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gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:35 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 11:48 am Or perhaps....

The new KTM 1390 Super Duke GT...

You are 24 minutes slow.

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes.

gixxerjasen wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:57 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes.

People have been saying this for at least 20 years.

Cav47 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 11:52 pm

SkooterG wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:28 pm

Cav47 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2024 3:30 pm Chicken Little talk.

They have been tardy before on announcements. What do you consider Tardy? I believe all announcements for the last 5+ years have come in November. Mama Yama has some other more pressing issues. We are in their loyalty pocket. I see where you pushed out some exact data later. Well done, but a week late is no biggie in the scheme of things. They get us talking and on the edge of our seats.

All manufactures would take advantage of a final year model. The bean counters are too involved to let a $$$ opportunity to go by the wayside on a model that has a strong following. Strong following??? I get what you are saying but I am not sure you realize how slow a seller the FJR has been for many years now..... Yamaha still makes money off parts and they put very little into R/D. I bet the profit is higher than some models given what they have to put into them. No significant retooling or factory costs. You make a good point, they don't sell a lot of them, but has anyone gotten a confirmed steal on a brand new one lately?

I would also offer that many of the left over 23s they are selling at a discount is similar to the 15s they discounted right before (and after) a new-ish model 16 came out. They were selling 15A models for $9,999 as I recall. They had dealerships buy them speculativley just to try and get rid of them. There were plenty of deals out there as I was ready to buy an A model before I found my slightly used ES.

They have an inventory and will not get stuck with it. Me for one would be interested in a Brand New one if they were talking seriously about ending the run in ernest, but they are not, so I will just hang tight and see what my options are.

Dollar to a donut they "announce" no change in a few weeks. Or maybe a slight update, hence they are liquidating the 23s they had in reserve. Any takers? I can just about guarantee there will be no 'slight update'. Based on my keen intellect and extensive wisdom there will be three possibilities when it comes to the FJR in the next few years: 1) No FJR at all. Break for a year or goes away permanently, quietly. 2) Same FJR as since 2016 with the possibility of color change. 3) The Final Edition FJR when Yamaha announces it is officially done. I am gonna go with option 2. Maybe it will be Artic White/Pearl Blizzard. I will write the check. I think we all can recognize your true Yamaha fan status and even some inside info at times, but you are a long way down the covert product release food chain. LOL. I hope you are way wrong and they keep pumping/trickling out the machine. Can we just get some better colors? How about another Red, White, or Black/Gold version? Maybe you can talk to Yoshihiro Hidaka. That is unless his daughter doesn't slash him with a knife again. He prob was going to announce the new model before she went full katana on him. Crazy daughters.......who knew.

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes. The one thing I'll give the FJR is the lines are flat out sexy. All these transformers have no lines. It should flow and be beautiful, not look like a lego set (in my opinion). But, that's what they are pumping out everywhere now.

Cav47 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:33 pm I love guessing correct. Notice I didn’t say I was right, that would have meant I was willing to bet more than a dollar or a donut.

Some of the other prognosticators were a little premature. I heard they have pills or creams for that, but I wouldn’t know. lol.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:52 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes. The one thing I'll give the FJR is the lines are flat out sexy. All these transformers have no lines. It should flow and be beautiful, not look like a lego set (in my opinion). But, that's what they are pumping out everywhere now.

They also should stop making them all boring asphalt gray....

SkooterG wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:36 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:52 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes. The one thing I'll give the FJR is the lines are flat out sexy. All these transformers have no lines. It should flow and be beautiful, not look like a lego set (in my opinion). But, that's what they are pumping out everywhere now.

They also should stop making them all boring asphalt gray....

Hallelujah!!!

Whomever would ride an Asphalt Gray moto must not have had much of a mother! JSNS!!!

SkooterG wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 6:36 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 5:52 pm

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes. The one thing I'll give the FJR is the lines are flat out sexy. All these transformers have no lines. It should flow and be beautiful, not look like a lego set (in my opinion). But, that's what they are pumping out everywhere now.

They also should stop making them all boring asphalt gray....

Hallelujah!!!

Whomever would design an Asphalt Gray moto must not have had much of a mother! JSNS!!!

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:56 pm And stop making them all look like transformers! Go back and put some lines on your bikes. The one thing I'll give the FJR is the lines are flat out sexy. All these transformers have no lines. It should flow and be beautiful, not look like a lego set (in my opinion). But, that's what they are pumping out everywhere now.

Toter wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:56 pm Bad news guys. FJR and S10 gone for 2025. Last line of article.
https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/ya ... 25-models/

Festus wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:20 pm I wasn’t even thinking about that bike Ed. I was thinking about all the new Yamaha stuff in 2025.

That photo seems like the BMW is leaking like a Harley

I’m only kidding. I love BMW bikes. I’ll be spending some time on the 2025 S1000RR in the spring.

Hppants wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 2:37 pm

Toter wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:56 pm Bad news guys. FJR and S10 gone for 2025. Last line of article.
https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/ya ... 25-models/

Welp - that certainly reads definitive.

It was a good run. Nothing last forever. Nothing.

Festus wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:42 pm I’ve heard importing bikes from Canada isn’t the easiest or cheapest thing to do once it’s all legal in the USA. Any confirmation or negating of that?