Sooner State Valkyrie Riders

We are planning a wrench party on November 5th in Chandler, Ok. The goal is to get folks together for some tech sessions and help get some needed work done on each others Valks. If you’ve been putting off a certain task on your bike because you weren’t sure you knew what to do or didn’t have the right tools, this is your oppurtunity to get a little helping hand. Everyone is welcome.

Please visit this forum thread on our message board for details and to get your name on the list. We will be updating the first post with more details as we get things nailed down.

This is a bit off topic for our site but I found this interesting. The new Yamaha FJR1300AE is an automatic with no manual clutch! I quote the Yamaha website:

FJR1300AE receives, in addition to the other `06 refinements listed, heated grips and a Yamaha excusive electric-shift five-speed transmission that eliminates the clutch lever entirely—now you can click off supersmooth shifts using either the left bar-mounted paddles or the foot-operated gearshift lever.

Nice writeup at Motorcycle Bloggers. Or you can check it out at the Yamaha website.

I’m a bit of a purist myself and don’t think I would want a bike with no clutch. What do you think?