MojoGuzzi
Well-known member
Hi,
I'm still thankin' about an FJR. Last fall I was almost ready to pul the trigger, then AGirl's (and others') converns about the altitude sickenss sorta put me off. Tehn at the Morton's BMW open house in October, I met two guys, a Breva and an FJR owner. They'd traded bikes a time or two. The FJR guy said, "Man, the Breva's sweet! Cool that you have one!" The Breva guy said, "The FJR is noticeably heavier to maneuver. Stay w/the Breva."
Then I got into a great conversation with Mike O'Neill in DC at the IMS, in the Yamaha booth. Chatting with him made me rethink thinkin' about it.
As soon as the weather gets decent (don't wanna risk it otherwise), I'm going to rent the '07 FJR that Eagle Rider has on North Boulevard in Richmond for a day. Heck, I'd rather spend $100 or so to ride for 8 hours so I'd KNOW whether I liked it.
Longwinded way to ask: Which is a better strategy, assuming I liked the FJR:
So--just how different is the '08? I'm asking because I think Virginia Yamaha (the old Cliff's) in Richmond has an 07.
TiA
I'm still thankin' about an FJR. Last fall I was almost ready to pul the trigger, then AGirl's (and others') converns about the altitude sickenss sorta put me off. Tehn at the Morton's BMW open house in October, I met two guys, a Breva and an FJR owner. They'd traded bikes a time or two. The FJR guy said, "Man, the Breva's sweet! Cool that you have one!" The Breva guy said, "The FJR is noticeably heavier to maneuver. Stay w/the Breva."
Then I got into a great conversation with Mike O'Neill in DC at the IMS, in the Yamaha booth. Chatting with him made me rethink thinkin' about it.
As soon as the weather gets decent (don't wanna risk it otherwise), I'm going to rent the '07 FJR that Eagle Rider has on North Boulevard in Richmond for a day. Heck, I'd rather spend $100 or so to ride for 8 hours so I'd KNOW whether I liked it.
Longwinded way to ask: Which is a better strategy, assuming I liked the FJR:
- Buy an '07 Black Cherry, makign sure the warrantied ECU was done
- Buy an '08 'cause it's so much better
So--just how different is the '08? I'm asking because I think Virginia Yamaha (the old Cliff's) in Richmond has an 07.
TiA