Re: [ST] OT: FJR1300 coming to USA (again)

[Tom Emberson <ate_st@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, brian 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.

Sweat looking machine. The 145 hp is not what impresses me, it is the 93 lb-ft
of torque. and of course

	Fully adjustable (preload, compression and rebound damping) 48mm
	front fork with 5.4" of travel provides quick, responsive
	steering with excellent rider feedback in a wide range of
	conditions.

	Adjustable (preload and rebound damping) 46mm link-type rear
	shock with 4.8" of travel features a handy, two-stage
	(hard/soft) preload adjustment lever that allows the rider to
	switch quickly between solo and two-up settings.

The only stat about the bike that catches my eye in a bad way would be
the 521lb dry weight. Of course that probably includes the paniers.

But I think Triumph is going to have some competition on their hands.
when the ST hits 40-50 K miles, this bike is going to get some
attention. Hmmm, FJR 1300 and CBR954 side by side in the garage. Oh,
plus I might be getting a '97 ZX11. Hmmm, need to slap my self. Time to
go to a self help group for my addiction.

> 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!

And the abuse continues :-)


And of course, rode the ST in to work this morning, big grin :-)

t,

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