The Yamaha WRs of recent years have come fairly well corked up from the factory.  I rode the machine around for a few weeks during break in while it was corked up.  It's rideable in that configuration, however it feels like an air cooled XR250 with a really light flywheel.  And it feels like it only revs to 6 grand.  I couldn't wait to get it uncorked.  I wish Yamaha would see fit to release multi state versions so we wouldn't have to uncork them.  Plugging up the exhaust, limiting throttle travel and restricting airbox flow as well as including some kind of smog pump are measures Yamaha has taken to make this bike green sticker legal.  

Alrighty then.. let's release the hounds.

Ok.. somebody please tell me Yamaha has a bigger supermoto on the way.  http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/596/0/home.aspx

A 250 supermoto is nice and all.. but for serious riders.. this just ain't gonna cut it.  Hopefully, they're saving the 450 supermoto for a not too distant future release and they're just wetting our appetites with the 250.

My wife Ellen and I had the opportunity to test ride a 2005 Yamaha FJR1300A ('A' stands for ABS) this week.You can visit the site here http://www.yamaha-motor.com/products/unitinfo/2/mcy/27/180/0/yamaha_fjr1300.aspx I think she was more excited than I was about putting some miles on the sport-touring machine. She has a CBR600F4i and rarely rides on the back of my GSXR1000 because she hates the passenger seat of the gixxer. The FJR was recently bought by a good friend of mine Lanny Zuenges owner of Cumberland Cycles in Cumberland Maryland, 301-777-3614. ( Have to plug the ones who support our habbit.) He gracously offered to let Ellen and I take it for a day because we are kind of in the market for another bike. We have traveled to Canada and have done many long rides on our current bikes but, something a bit more confortable would be nice. Ellen will be doing an article From the Passengers Seat with her opions of bikes from the back. As you know these are our opinions and we are not professionals by any means, meaning we do not get any money from the bike industry which makes us unbiased. Anyway on to the meat of things........