Bought an 04 Yamaha Warrior 1700

[Bminder]

Been wanting a newer bike an more upright seating position for awhile. Test drove a couple Vrods and LOVED them, but too pricey.  Rode an 03 Honda VTX 1800 and it was like riding an old farm truck in corners and stuff.
Then after doing more research, rode an 04 Yam Warrior 1700 and loved it!
Bought it last Thursday, 11,900 miles on it, new tires, very well taken care of.   The gigantic muffler is kind of strange, but really like the thump thump of the V-twin. Gobs and gobs of torque.  And it has the front forks of the R1, and I read it handles extremely well for a cruiser.
The tach and speedo faces are really cool too.  Miss the fairing a little bit for my legs on cold days, but so far so good!



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Not sure why I can't get the second photo to post...

[pdxfj]

That's not a muffler.. it's a cannon!

Congrats on the purchase!

[Bminder]

Yeah, I've seen it called cannon, gatling gun, water heater... it's pretty big.

[novaraptor]

Great looking ride... Congrats and enjoy..

[FJmonkey]

Kind of reminds me of the space shuttle booster rockets.. But they fall off a few minutes after starting.... Just remember where they fall, they can be reused... 

[Bminder]

Kind of reminds me of the space shuttle booster rockets.. But they fall off a few minutes after starting.... Just remember where they fall, they can be reused...  

As long as it doesn't burn through an o-ring and explode!

[FJmonkey]

Kind of reminds me of the space shuttle booster rockets.. But they fall off a few minutes after starting.... Just remember where they fall, they can be reused...  

As long as it doesn't burn through an o-ring and explode!

Just one more shit stirrer, like me... 

[Bminder]

Kind of reminds me of the space shuttle booster rockets.. But they fall off a few minutes after starting.... Just remember where they fall, they can be reused...  

As long as it doesn't burn through an o-ring and explode!

Just one more shit stirrer, like me... 

Hey I'm not stirring!!! I'm playing off history! 

[pdxfj]

If you decide to change it, you could sell it to a kid in a riced out Honda.

Hey kid!  Have I got a deal for you.. forget the grapefruit shooter muffler.. I've got grapefruit cannon for ya!

Sadly I can picture that muffler hanging off the back of a POS Honda with a ground effects kit..

It is a good looking bike.  I have a couple of friends looking for that style of bike.  I'll tell them about it.

[FeralRdr]

Dear God! 

Someone's actually bringing a Self-Propelled Potato Gun to the next rally:  INCOMING!

[FJmonkey]

Dear God! 

Someone's actually bringing a Self-Propelled Potato Gun to the next rally:  INCOMING!

The potato might have a high velocity, but a low trajectory. Wear good boots, that is all I am saying... 

[charleygofast]

Drummer in my band has one of those...silver. His has those gawd awfull way too fuckin tall apehangers on it! Other than that its a bitchin ride and I like it. Oh yeah his has V/H shorties on it....way cool!                                                                                                                                             Congrats! Charley.

[Bminder]

It handles great and love the torque. And the thump from the 2 pistons is awesome.
1700cc's... if it were a V8 it's be a 6.8 liter! 

[FJmonkey]

It handles great and love the torque. And the thump from the 2 pistons is awesome.
1700cc's... if it were a V8 it's be a 6.8 liter! 

And that is why we ride these things, they make us feel good... 

[Bminder]

OH, and I need to make a new US map and add Colorado to the states... the state I've ridden in cuz I bought it in CO and rode it home!