alarmguy
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Originally Posted By: Norumbega
My hunch is that Yamaha added a sixth gear because their marketing types heard the whining about its absence and were looking for ways to update and garner some attention for an aging but still great machine. Their engineering types surely knew it really didn't need one.
Im glad your happy with your FJR, its a great bike, made better by a 6 speed gear box.
Any self respecting new modern and upper price range bike will have 6 speeds in this day and age.
Its not marketing, its simply smart to do. Read the reviews on the 2016, the gear box completely reworked, reviewer calls the bike so quiet in 6th gear on the highway that its spooky.
You call the bike "aging" well, its doesnt have to be and working in the 6th speed certainly brings it up to the modern age. I think I want one to add to my garage )
My hunch is that Yamaha added a sixth gear because their marketing types heard the whining about its absence and were looking for ways to update and garner some attention for an aging but still great machine. Their engineering types surely knew it really didn't need one.
Im glad your happy with your FJR, its a great bike, made better by a 6 speed gear box.
Any self respecting new modern and upper price range bike will have 6 speeds in this day and age.
Its not marketing, its simply smart to do. Read the reviews on the 2016, the gear box completely reworked, reviewer calls the bike so quiet in 6th gear on the highway that its spooky.
You call the bike "aging" well, its doesnt have to be and working in the 6th speed certainly brings it up to the modern age. I think I want one to add to my garage )