Author Topic: Was briefly excited by this tease from Yamaha motorsports.........  (Read 2541 times)

Offline sanmo

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Visions of a worthy successor to the FJR and C14 danced in my head. But since its being introduced within the Star line, I'm guessing its a V-twin bagger with fairing, to go against the Harley and Indian bikes. Anybody have the scoop on this?
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Re: Was briefly excited by this tease from Yamaha motorsports.........
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2017, 03:52:50 AM »
New Venture???

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Re: Was briefly excited by this tease from Yamaha motorsports.........
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2017, 05:43:17 AM »
You could be right. An updated version with fuel injection, heated grips & seats and reverse, if you go by the wish list enumerated in those videos. Never did figure out how they got the classic v-twin sound in a V4.
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Re: Was briefly excited by this tease from Yamaha motorsports.........
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2017, 05:52:47 AM »
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Re: Was briefly excited by this tease from Yamaha motorsports.........
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2017, 07:09:15 AM »
New Venture???

I'd put money on that being exactly what it is.