Sooner State Valkyrie Riders

10/6/2005

Yamaha FJR-1300AE

Filed under: — Scott @ 5:29 am

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?

2 Comments

  1. Not sure if I would like it or not. Maybe, the old three wheeler had no clucth but was a blast to ride. Bring one to me for a 5,000 trial and I’ll report back.

    Comment by Raymond — 10/6/2005 @ 9:11 pm

  2. As a previous owner of a black ‘97 standard, I agree with you wholeheartedly. My Valk had the 2 Bros 6 into 6 pipes and every now and then it was nice to whack the throttle (a little bit) between gears to hear that awesome sound. I’m also curious to see how fast/natural the shifts are on ’spirited’ rides.

    Thanks for the plug.

    Comment by angrybob - motorcyclebloggers.com — 10/8/2005 @ 8:50 am

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