gee wizzz
Ever since the Yamaha FJR 1300 was anounced I've wanted to own one.
I rode the first one available for sale in NZ thanks to the good blokes at Haldanes. It quite frankly felt fantastic to ride.
Roll on a few years and the chance to own one came up.
I took the beast for a decent ride. I came away totally underwhelmed.
It felt heavy.No feel through the back brakes and just generally tank like to ride.
I know the bike hasn't changed so it must be me.
Darn it all
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
Toxteth O'Grady
Nostalgia aint what it used to be
Forum whore
there is a old saying...you can never go back
on the up
Too true mate. I had a similar thing happen when I got a chance to ride a VF1000R recently.
I took one out for a test ride when I was 20. It was fast, fast fast, and handled and stopped so well.
It doesn't now.
I would suggest you try the XJR1300 instead.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Deus ex ukulele
How many km had the FJR in question traveled? That back brake thing can be remedied. I've ridden several new bikes where the brake performance -- particularly the rear -- was suboptimal. I kind of expect that now.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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