the main difference I see, is the Dealer.....I've done business with 3 honda dealers during the last 40 years of owning Hondas and they've were all +1...The one I did business with for the last 15 years welcomed me to come into the repair area to watch my repair and talk to the mechanics, again, everything was first class..The mechanics wore uniforms which displayed the certificates they'd achieved, etc..The Head Mechanic is an older gentleman who been there 30+ years and knows his stuff...
On the other hand, The Yama dealer has been a rude awakening -10, for me anyway. It's taken me a while to get used to being treated like some numbnut punk kid who borrowed money from his grandfather to buy a motorcycle and now I need something, but the alternative was for me to drive to another Yama dealer thats 200 miles away in Texarkana, Tx. that is if I wanted Honda type service..(I'm in Dallas mind you).....back to the story, This Dallas Yama's repair area is about as big as friends 3-4 car garage at their house, plus everyone is cramped, and they have kids for mechanics who all wear ball caps backwards and ratfink t-shirts around the shop. Plus, they chase you out like you violated their bedroom if you step back there to watch or have a question.....Meanwhile, the dealer seems to specialize more on Jetskis and 4-wheelers than motorcycles, meaning your bike can sit there for days just for an oil change if you take it in like at the beginning of dear season which means they're stacked full of all the hunters 4 wheelers who bring in to prep em for dear season, or what's worse like if some Heavy Metal Rock Concert is going on and all the mechanics called in sick.....
Love the FJR, but there is a difference.......and who know’s, your neighborhood YAMA dealer might be a good one…..and if that’s the case, I can assure you, you’d be a very lucky man!
