2015 YAMAHA FJ-09
FIRST RIDE
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For 2015, Yamaha aims at tak-
ing a piece of the steadily grow-
ing sport touring (and even a bit
of the adventure) market from
BMW, Kawasaki and the rest of
the manufacturers with the all new
Yamaha FJ-09. The FJ-09 is based
off of Yamaha's number-one sell-
ing motorcycle, the FZ-09. The
FZ-09 impressed a lot of people last year, including
us, thanks to its lively three-cylinder motor, sporty
handling and comfortable cockpit. While the FZ-09
was more of a hooligan bike, Yamaha set out to re-
(Left) We love this motor, more so now that it has
smoother throttling at low rpm. (Right) The FJ-09 has
a clean and easy to read instrument cluster.
