Premium Member micah2074 Posted September 24, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2018 Has anyone actually seen, sat on, or ridden one yet? Let’s go Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I am yet to see one. But I'm also in rural Missouri. So I expect it to be a while before I do. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted September 24, 2018 Supporting Member Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nothing on the road here in the greater Houston area yet. I haven’t been by a dealership recently, so not sure if one might be on a showroom floor. I am interested in actually seeing one in person... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nothing on the road here in the greater Houston area yet. I haven’t been by a dealership recently, so not sure if one might be on a showroom floor. I am interested in actually seeing one in person... I saw one the other day - with a unicorn... Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member micah2074 Posted September 24, 2018 Author Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nothing on the road here in the greater Houston area yet. I haven’t been by a dealership recently, so not sure if one might be on a showroom floor. I am interested in actually seeing one in person... I saw one the other day - with a unicorn... Was the unicorn riding it? Let’s go Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusk Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I saw one the other day - with a unicorn...Was the unicorn riding it?And a Rainbow exhaust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okietgtrider Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Is anyone looking for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member micah2074 Posted September 26, 2018 Author Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2018 I would like to see one.....and ride one. The tech/mechanics intrigues me. How boring would the world be if we didn’t try and do things differently sometimes? 1 Let’s go Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DavidS Posted September 26, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2018 I'm in Seattle, and I haven't seen one on the road, or even in a dealership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fddriver2 Posted September 26, 2018 Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2018 Is anyone looking for them? Not me... "It doesn't matter who walks in, you know the joke is still the same" Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peripateticmike Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Here in socal we generally get the early bikes first from Japan, I was just in my local dealer this past weekend. Nothing yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted September 27, 2018 Supporting Member Share Posted September 27, 2018 I would like to see one.....and ride one. The tech/mechanics intrigues me. How boring would the world be if we didn’t try and do things differently sometimes? Exactly, same thoughts here. They hype the front end stability and deep lean angles with deep carving ability... whats not to like? I'd love to test ride one. ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justplainbill Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I'm not sure this is completely true but Road Racing.com says not only will the Niken be on display Oct 13-14 to the public at the AIMExpo in Las Vegas, but demo rides will be available. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/yamaha-motor-corp-usa-to-showcase-new-models-during-aimexpo-october-11-14-2018-in-las-vegas/ I don't doubt the Niken will be on display (yawn) but an AIMExpo promotion email I got from Yamaha did not list it among the demo models available. Because Niken is being marketed "by reservation" only and is shown as sold out on Yamaha's website, they may offer demo rides only to those who have reserved one and will be attending the expo. (I am not on that list.) A friend living in Henderson NV plans to attend and ride an FJR1300. I'll ask him to look into the Niken and demo rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruizin Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I talked to a few Yamaha dealers about this. They all said the same thing. NOBODY is asking about this bike. And none of the dealers are ordering any Nikens. Yamaha will not discount any demo bikes for dealers, and dealers do not want to floor model a Niken and risk being stuck with an expensive bike that nobody wants. This bike better perform in some currently unknown way. Or it will fail miserably. What pisses me off is that Yamaha could have just released the Tenere 700 instead of wasting years of R&D on this three wheeled bike that nobody wants. Someone is gonna get fired. Maybe an entire dept. Yamaha FZ-10 Forum Yamaha FZ-07 Forum Yamaha Ténéré 700 Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justplainbill Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I talked to a few Yamaha dealers about this. They all said the same thing. NOBODY is asking about this bike. And none of the dealers are ordering any Nikens. Yamaha will not discount any demo bikes for dealers, and dealers do not want to floor model a Niken and risk being stuck with an expensive bike that nobody wants. It's almost like there a "deep state" at Yamaha who wants the Niken to die before it's out of the box. Non-existent promotion and marketing, the silence is deafening. No public demo rides at a major motorcycle exposition? Corporate politics can be cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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