My 2013 FJR has arrived.....

[Fred W]

posting in the wrong thread?

 

[Burnspot]

posting in the wrong thread?

Methinks he just saw a neater option...a little too late.

 

[deanw]

The system is REALLY easy to use and very readable during daylight (unless the sun is behind you).

I usually leave the screen in the screen adjustment mode so i know that i only have to click the menu button once to get to the grips or twice to get to the info screens.

Hm. Guess I'll have to play with one.
PS- I'm probably not the only one that would be interested* in pics of the various different screens, with dialog on what/how they can be adjusted...

(Yeah, I originally said something else there, but why give y'all free ammunition?)

Yea, but if you are on an AE then that knob is in a stupid location. Catch your gauntlet or cuff while reaching down there and you've just downshifted with only one hand on the bars.

Assumption that I'm talking about any generation of OEM grip heaters is incorrect. I've never intentionally bought a bike with factory grip heaters before- and when the Tiger 800 XC came with them... I took them off.

Also you hands don't have to leave the bars to do any of this.

Me, either.
https://www.fjr1300.info/howto/switchgear.html

 

[FJR-RemingtonRider]

Really nice thanks for sharing your new owner experience.

 

[Troppo]

The manual for the new bike is on the Yamaha US website.

It explains the switches quite well - they look quite simple.

 

[Fairlaner]

Link?

I guess you are talking about the owners manual not the service manual?

R

 

[deanw]

Link?

R

Looks like https://www.yamaha-motor.com/assets/service/manuals/2013/2013_FJR1300_LIT-11626-26-45_2044.pdf

 

[Effjay]

nuked...

 

[Troppo]

Link?

I guess you are talking about the owners manual not the service manual?

R

Yes sir.

 

[Fairlaner]

when you find a service manual let me know.

R

 

[Slowshifter]

Great looking bike for 2013. I am in Europe and have the 2007 1300A in Dark Cherry farkled like crazy!! Leaning real hard towards the 2013 version but have time to decide as the riding season here in Germany doesn't really start until March. I have been following this thread and again compliments on the wealth of information provided with pictures on the Gen III.

I have read the discussion of the cruise control for the US model and would like to update all that the European version of the new FJR cruise control will operate starting in 3rd gear at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour (31.06856 US miles per hour) and operates until 180 kilometers per hour (111.8468 US miles per hour). This is clearly stated on Yamaha's brochure and the German website for Yamaha. Can't say if there is a way to change the US version but it might just be a software issue. When talking with my Yammie dealer here, I'll see if they'll give me the "how it is done" information.

Okay...outta here but will chime in when I see diferences from the US version vs the European version just so we can see how the world of the FJR turns on the different global markets.

Slowshifter

Mainz, Germany

 

[Fairlaner]

Thanks, let us know what you find out.

R

 

[Troppo]

would just be a software mod.

I'm very interested to see what the Aussie ones are limited to....

 

[SkooterG]

would just be a software mod.

I'm very interested to see what the Aussie ones are limited to....

No such thing as a 'software mod' on an FJR. Pony up to replace the whole ECU, I guess the Euro one. Can you say $$$$$?

So let's say you put a Euro ECU on your North American FJR to get the higher cruise limit. Would that work? What unwanted changes could come along wtih it?

 

[Troppo]

No, I am sure you can flash the ECU.

It is just a matter of cracking the ECU programming code. It has been done for the Busa and works very well.

Rgds

 

[SkooterG]

No, I am sure you can flash the ECU.

It is just a matter of cracking the ECU programming code. It has been done for the Busa and works very well.

Rgds

I am *extremely* skeptical of this. But hope I can be proven wrong.

 

[fudgejerkin1188]

would just be a software mod.

I'm very interested to see what the Aussie ones are limited to....

No such thing as a 'software mod' on an FJR. Pony up to replace the whole ECU, I guess the Euro one. Can you say $$$$$?

So let's say you put a Euro ECU on your North American FJR to get the higher cruise limit. Would that work? What unwanted changes could come along wtih it?

Euro bike come with chipped keys so unless the Gen 3 US bike now have a chipped key it won't be as simple as an ECU swap.

 

[xcsp]

Euro bike come with chipped keys so unless the Gen 3 US bike now have a chipped key it won't be as simple as an ECU swap.

According to Yamaha's site, the US-spec. key blanks are the same as previous generation bikes.

 

[wheatonFJR]

No chipped keys in USA FJRs unless I have missed something from Richard's report.

 

[ionbeam]

No, I am sure you can flash the ECU.

It is just a matter of cracking the ECU programming code. It has been done for the Busa and works very well.

I'm sure it can be done too. It's just that the word easy won't be in the same sentence. When the early Gen IIs had altitude sickness Yamaha chose to replace the entire ECU instead of doing an ECU flash. At ~ $750 plus labor to replace the ECU I think that Yamaha would have flashed the units if they could. It is also telling that none of the aftermarket people like Dynojet have a solution that lets them diddle with the spark timing either.

The US doesn't get an immobilizer (or colors) and I've heard from the Great White North that if you loose your chipped key it can cost roughly $1,000 Canadian Bux to recover. Perhaps I don't mind not having an immobilizer.