If I didn't already have a Tenere I would look very hard at that bike for sure. That being said, it would be really hard for me to give up my shaft drive!
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FJ-09??? Yamaha's possible 3-cylinder Touring
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It's just a trademark drawing. Lots of people are guessing, and those guesses are being written down as facts that more people are reading and repeating. Especially Fred. 
Leading rumors are: New Africa Twin (KTM killer), KTM 1050 ADV (Africa Twin killer), a dirtier Wee-Strom, Yamaha FJ-09 triple, Yamaha midsize Tenere with MT07 twin engine, dirtier Honda CB500X.
The Intermot show in Cologne starts October 1. The Yamaha announcement to dealers is October 15. The EICMA show is in Milan beginning November 6th. We'll get the facts soon.
Leading rumors are: New Africa Twin (KTM killer), KTM 1050 ADV (Africa Twin killer), a dirtier Wee-Strom, Yamaha FJ-09 triple, Yamaha midsize Tenere with MT07 twin engine, dirtier Honda CB500X.
The Intermot show in Cologne starts October 1. The Yamaha announcement to dealers is October 15. The EICMA show is in Milan beginning November 6th. We'll get the facts soon.
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It's just a trademark drawing. Lots of people are guessing, and those guesses are being written down as facts that more people are reading and repeating. Especially Fred.
It's official. It should arrive the next month or so at the dealerships.
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What is up with the Japanese engineers and their insect fascination?
If you look carefully at the front-end photos, there's a honeycomb pattern in between the headlights. I think that the FJ-09 designer is in love with wasps.
Fred was right.
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I feel (probably the only one 
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Going a very cold test drive in my future.....
Maybe in the winter down time on the farm I will have time to finish at least one.
) I have enough "investments" in current "projects" to pay for this bike outright.Going a very cold test drive in my future.....
Maybe in the winter down time on the farm I will have time to finish at least one.
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It's official. It should arrive the next month or so at the dealerships.
It's alright. Chain and seat height will make me keep the F800ST for awhile.
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...the upcoming Versys 1000 looks like a FJR crusher! I don't see cruise control though as an option....
...the new Versys 650 looks like a worthy competitor to the V-Strom 650...
...the new Versys 650 looks like a worthy competitor to the V-Strom 650...
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Can you trust a bike like that without a beak on it???? Something fishy there!!!
Quite a few cars and bikes at certain time looks "the same"...imitation is a form of flattery or so goes the saying...
BMW did not start the beak thing, I think it was Suzuki:
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Where's the reincarnation of my beloved XS850G. Shaftie triple with disc brakes. Slipped a little windshield fairing on it and went everywhere.
It and the Suzuki 850 (4 cylinder) where the middleweight, shaft drive, sport tourer's of the 80's.
Might go old bike shopping.
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It and the Suzuki 850 (4 cylinder) where the middleweight, shaft drive, sport tourer's of the 80's.
Might go old bike shopping.
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I could go for that but I'm sure most wouldn't. The market is for Adv. touring or Adv. sport it would appear. I like the Versys but seat height is an issue.
Not if you lower it.
While you were over at the house, you should have sat on Rachel's bike. I'd bet good money that it would fit you really well. And lowering it was a snap.
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Not if you lower it.
I like to have a center stand too and that causes some issues. The lowered F800ST has that problem too.
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The FJ09 has a two position seat height, and at 5'8'', I can almost flat-foot mine. And, it does have a center stand.
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Care to give a short review on the bike? I'm thinking about swapping my super Tenere for one.