I was at a stop light the other day and thought I had my first local FJ sighting.
As the bike made a lefty turn right past me I saw Kawasaki on the tank. After a little studying
I think I may have been looking at a mid to late 90's Concours. Can anyone confirm the Concours as
an FJ ripoff?
They're comparable, I suppose if you squint a bit and it's dark out?
(http://kenadams.org/equip/1999%20concours.JPG)
The Concours was a shaft final drive -no?
Seems pretty far-afield mechanically anyway.
Dan
A good friend had a mid 90's model Concours, maroon just like the one pictured. I rode it a fair amount back to back with my 91 FJ. It was a beast. >700 lbs, iirc. If it were intended as an FJ ripoff it was not well executed.. Looking back, relative to FJ I would describe it as: heavy, slow, buzzy, less comfortable and way inferior handling.
All I can say for it was it held a lot of gas and had good factory bags and more roomy for two up.
Otherwise :boredom:
I rode one of the new Concours-14's....all I can say is :shok:..frikkin rocket ship. Lays down streakies without even trying. Nice and smooth and comfy. Looks to be a good long hauler.
Cheers...Jake
Did Kawasaki make a bike that looked more like an FJ than this?
(http://i56.tinypic.com/14y91nb.jpg)
Quote from: jvb_ca on August 08, 2011, 01:09:40 PM
I rode one of the new Concours-14's....all I can say is :shok:..frikkin rocket ship. Lays down streakies without even trying. Nice and smooth and comfy. Looks to be a good long hauler.
Cheers...Jake
I parked next to one the other day - it does look the part, but a bit of a fatty - 100lb heavier than an FJ
Stuart
Quote from: jf ahamay on August 08, 2011, 01:58:51 PM
Did Kawasaki make a bike that looked more like an FJ than this?
I'd say a GPZ1100 was the closest, built at about the same time and for a comparable role.
(http://michaelsmotorcycles.com/1983KawasakiGPZ1100/MVC-007F.JPG)