Re: And another thing!
Unfortunately, Yamaha decided to force riders to special order their FJR's, unless you find a dealer who likes to put down-payments on FJR's in the name of a fictional buyer. I only know of one dealer who special orders FJR's by using fictional buyers, and the FJR's they have on the floor disappear very quickly! The other dealers I've spoken to always had someone lined up to special order their allotment of FJRs. At one time, I was desperately hoping to find an FJR that someone backed out on so I could get a test ride before buying one. But, I was never that lucky and moved on to a different bike. I'm sure that sport tourers aren't the best selling bikes in the world, but plenty of riders do buy them. When the current crop of sport bike owners get to the point that they can't tolerate the lack of comfort of a true sport bike, they're probably going to be looking for a sport tourer. They again, I don't see the typical H-D rider being interested in a H-D sport tourer. But, that may be a good move to pull in the other riders who have no interest in any of the current H-Ds. However, like you, I seriously doubt that H-D would engineer a whole new platform to try to sell a sport tourer. No facts here on this point, just my opinion.