Yamaha Announces 2011 FJR

[Iris]

That's all I have to say....... :angry:

https://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products...180/0/home.aspx

ADMIN NOTE: Two threads started close to the same time, but herfjr definitely got the scoop. Thread title tweaked to aid constructive forum discussion.

 

[Ignacio]

It's here...it's liquid silver....it's still a Gen 2. It's $300 more.

Seems similar to the '08/'09 model year. I'm gonna have to rethink how I do my comparison matrix and possibly combine years.

 

[gregory]

HEATED GRIPS?????

THAT'S IT????? HEATED FREAKING GRIPS!?!?!?!?!??!

 

[GreyGoose]

It's here...it's gray....it's still a Gen 2. It's $300 more.

Wow,

check out one of the key features: The world’s first supersport touring bike boasts standard ABS and adjustable ergonomics—that widen the gap between it and common sport tourers to a [SIZE=12pt]gaping chasm[/SIZE].

Dont know if i'd advertise that in mixed company... :blink:

greygoose

 

[ScottyUSN]

As expected, but still a bit dissapointing.

 

[snikr]

It looks like I'll be keeping my 04 for yet another year.

Tom

 

[Ignacio]

Oh...and the new one is 3 pounds heavier. And the height and lengths are different....that's interesting....could be an artifact.

2011 2010

Height 57.1 in 52.4 in

Length 87.8 in 88.2 in

 

[mferriter]

Whatever happened to color options? I had a CBR600RR a few years ago and had a choice of 4 or 5 colors

 

[Bounce]

Also being discussed here: https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?s...=132240&hl=

yes, i know this beat that thread by a few minutes, but more discussion is already happening over there, so...

 

[SkooterG]

No surprise. As expected.

You get the scoop this year my friend. Had been checking but you got me while I was walking the dog.

Yes, disappointing, but still not surprising. Yamaha is hurting, and the FJR is still selling. It is a damned shame they can't even change the freaking color every year. Ya know, they are starting to piss me off. Where's the kool-aid?

 

[Iris]

Whatever happened to color options? I had a CBR600RR a few years ago and had a choice of 4 or 5 colors

Seriously.....I'm so pissed off at them right now.

 

[LDRydr]

Yawn....

 

[Spud]

Since I added heated grips to my '08A, looks like I STILL have "state of the art."

 

[motoxr124]

That's pretty weak. Kawasaki ups their game while Yamaha goes to the table with heated grips standard?! 2012's FJR better hover or something :blink:

 

[ALDAWG]

It's very difficult to improve perfection.

 

[GalaxyBlue]

It looks like Yamaha wants us to keep our aging FJR's instead of replacing them. Fine by me!

 

[garauld]

It looks like I'll be keeping my 04 for yet another year

Ditto...

Whatever happened to color options?

Well, git yurself a spray gun and you got all kinds of color options....

 

[Ignacio]

You get the scoop this year my friend. Had been checking but you got me while I was walking the dog.

Actually, that prop goes to herfjr, but I was loathed to having "the annual thread" starting out with the extremely loaded "it's grey again" and no initial details in the first post.

herfjr gets the scoop! :clapping:

And, I PM'ed her, she said OK, and the two threads are now merged.

 

[bramfrank]

So, for your $300 you get the 'used to be an option" $500-installed speed sensitive heated grips. As to being competitive, it is indeed competitive to a very huge degree aginst the main North American competition, the C14 - though the Kawasaki does have some higher tech on board . . . and the BMW remains overpriced. Honjda is out of the running with both the ST1300 and the overpriced VFR.

Having lost a half billion dollars last year they simply couldn't spend money upgrading a low volume model.

As to color options, we've never had them, so what's changed?

As to the weight gain - maybe it's the new grounding blocks they've designed in as the solution to the spider problem?