Not sure if anyone here was watching this as closely as I was but i was disappointed not to see a 2013 FJR today. I am told that bike and the new FZ8 will break cover in October. So FJR speculators can run amok until then. ::008::
That's what they put out before the Gen1 to Gen2 change. Hang in there.20valves said:I too was hoping for BIG changes, or a completely new FJR. Sadly, this was from Yamaha's official statement:
Both the 2013 model FJR1300 and FZ8 will receive minor changes for 2013 and will be introduced within the next month.
I liked the Gen II mods enough I sold my Gen I got one and still think it's a great bike. It wouldn't bother me to hang on to it for another year but if we get a significant upgrade, I'd definitely consider getting one. :-\Checkswrecks said:That's what they put out before the Gen1 to Gen2 change. Hang in there.
Hard to argue with this reality. Even if Yam did spend the dosh to totally upgrade/redesign, are there enough buyers out there for it in this crap economy? It might be a Gen II bike with newer EFI (mostly for emissions) YCCT, TC. Maybe they'll do it like they transitioned the R1 from the 20 valve motor to the 16, then two years later they did crossplane crank/total resdesign. A few incremental changes....then WHAM! On the other hand, is the S/T market as big as it once was? I think our very own Super Tens and other adv type bikes are crowding the S/T market out a bit. And with the crappy roads these days, the longer susp. travel adv bikes are a lot happier dealing with that reality.viewdvb said:...Being so strapped for cash, they are unlikely to spend money on major redesigns when they can get away with a few cosmetics and that seems to be the picture emerging from the 2013 range.