Recent content by Dallara

~ Just my humble opinion... But I'm glad they didn't make any major changes the FJR, and for any number of reasons. First off, and again in just my humble opinion, the bike is about as close to the perfect sport touring mount as current technology allows, at least in the basics. Honestly...

~ A V-4, more displacement, and more fuel capacity would certainly be cooler than canned beer, and since it would be a V-4 you'd have to assume the cam chain tensioner would be all new, too... But as long as we're asking, how about a fully integrated radar/laser detector set-up with...

~ Yamaha is having only regional dealer meetings this year for showing the 2010 product, instead of one big national one. Reportedly they start on Tuesday, Sept. 8th., so your local Yamaha dealer should have info on all the new 2010 models by sometime late next week. And that includes even the...

~ Word is the Yamaha dealer meetings start Tuesday, Sept 8th, and they are having regional ones instead of one big national one. Check with your dealers as they should have the straight skinny on most all the 2010 Yamaha models by the end of next week, including the wild new, "reverse head"...

~ If you are referring to the Audiovox cruise control and something like a Skyway mount pad (aren't those like $90??? :questionmark: ) then I'm with you. In fact, I still have an Audiovox CCS-100 here in my shop, in the box, that I was going to install on my '06 FJR before I sold it. I...

~ Thank you! South in "South Texas" is Corpus Christi. Notice you're from Katy. I'm was born in Houston, and most all of my family came from these. Still got folks in Friendswood and Galveston, both. And I get my Ducati's from Ronnie Lunsford up at Northwest Honda-Ducati. Big thanks to...

Never said I needed another bike... Just want another one for specific tasks. :) What can I say? I love motorcycles, and have for over 38 years... And I was a dealer for over 11 of those. But I never looked at it from the standpoint of "total" cc's. I just like to ride different stuff for...

~ Hello, Gents. Been gone a while. Like a fool I sold my 2006 FJR some time ago to sample other bikes and brands, but now here I am again needing a long-distance mount. Been reading tests, comparisons, etc. here and there and despite what some of those say about some of the newer sport-touring...

I know Wally, Sr. very well, and his son Wally, Jr., too. Know Peppi well, too. Wally was chief steward for the CART series, not Indianapolis, though. Be happy to answer any questions... What are you curious about regarding the "Indy connection"??? Dallara

Motorcycle mechanic for years, right through college. Motorcycle racer for decades. Engineering education by schooling. Motorcycle dealer for a long time. Engineered and owned race cars, too, for a while. Now I'm a car dealer, and soon to be retired, hopefully... More time to ride that way...

I'm one of those 26 on Gary's list for the V-Stream... And though I still want to get, and try, the V-Stream when Gary gets 'em I decided to try something else in the interim, so I got a CalSci medium shield sent out when they were available. I'm 5'8" tall, and even though the CalSci medium is...

Count me in as one of the Anti-Metzler League... Like many with BMW R-1150-R's (prior to getting my '06 FJR-1300-A) I had heard what wondrous, fantastic, incredible tires Metzler Z-6's were, so when my OEM rear Dunlop took a powder at only 4,500 miles I popped for a set - front and rear - of...

Hey, Folks. Just wanted to drop a note in here and let anyone interested know that about a group Texas Big Bend Ride this coming October. It is not an FJR exclusive ride, and at the moment includes BMW's, Honda's, Triumph's, Kawasaki's, Yamaha's, and even a sprinkling of Harley's! Currently...

Will add pics soon enough, Skyway... But unfortunately I am recovering from having my right hip joint replaced, and for the moment I can't roll the bike outside where I can get decide pictures. As soon as my hip is more functional and I am fully back online I will run up some fotos for ya'...

Hey, Folks... I am a bit tardy in posting this, but I got hung up having some friggin' surgery done, damn it! But one of the nicest things I found waiting when I got home was one of Gary's racks and backrests in 2006 Cobalt Blue. I had ordered one a couple of months ago and it made a nice...