FJR/ST/ST100 weights(Re: [ST] RE: st-digest V2002 #133)

[brian <brd@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 05:17:58PM -0800, bare wrote:
>> Sorry for the OT post.  I guess maybe it is relevant in that this is
>> going to cut into Sprint sales, I betcha:
>> 
>> http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products/products.asp?lid=2&lc=mcy&rdir=1
>> 
>> Looks pretty sweet.  Saddlebags come standard as well as a luggage rack,
>> and the adjustable windshield looks very handy.  Only available in
>> silver here for this year, but has shaft drive and 145hp.
>> 
>> Triumph content:  Triumph could learn a lot from looking at Yamaha's
>> website.  It's clear, doesn't have the stupid dropdown menus (pet peeve
>> of mine, they never load right on non-IE for non-windows browsers, loads
>> fast, has cool quicktime VR stuff (I kept playing with the windshield
>> up/down movies), and has a TON of pictures in the picture gallery.  On
>> Triumphs's Photo Gallery for the ST, there's 6 photos.  For the FJR,
>> Yamaha has 48!
>> 
>> Laters,
>> Brian
> 
> It may get some Triumph sales, but it won't be mine. Too tall, too heavy for
> me. THat thing is going to weigh well over 600 lbs full of gas. Nice looking
> bike, though, but more in the category of an ST 1100/1300 than a Sprint.
> This thing is a touring bike, not a sport-tourer.
> Bare

True, it is heavier than the Sprint, and as someone else said, more
expensive.  But I don't think it's near as big as an ST1100.  

Dry weights:

Sprint ST     456lbs
FJR1300       521lbs
Honda ST1100  635lbs

And that's for a stock Sprint ST.  With hard side bags and luggage rack,
the sprint would be close to 500, I imagine.  Adding those two options
would also bring the US$10800 base price of a Sprint ST up higher than
the Yamaha's US$11499.

Last spring when I was looking for a new bike, I looked at the ST1100 and
sat on one.  They are big bikes, and heavy.  Granted, I've never seen
an FJR1300 in person, but I picture them being more the size of a
Blackbird.  If the FJR had been available this time last year, I think I
probably would have gotten that instead of my ST.

Well, maybe not, since I couldn't have bought a used one, like I did the
Sprint.  The other deciding factor would probably be insurance.  There's
no way I'd pay anywhere near as little for a 1300cc japanese bike as I
do for the sprint.  

In short: I need to quit ogling the Yamaha and get out and ride my baby
more.  Especially now that that freaky cold front is gone and highs are
around 75F this week.  

I did at least get out and wash the bike today.  Tom, if you thought it
was dirty that time before, you wouldn't want to have seen it when I
got back from Big Bend.  After 1750 miles of dust, bugs, some rain, and some
dirt/gravel roads, it was not a pretty sight.

Laters,
Brian
- --
'99 ST (black)
Dallas, TX

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