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Yamaha FJR 1300 / ABS
Sport-tourers, for awhile, were comfortable and convenient for the long haul but missing that critical ingredient - pure, outright performance. In response, we created the 2003 Yamaha FJR1300. Cycle World magazine immediately gave it another title upon its U.S. debut last year: "Best Sport-Touring Bike." The FJR1300 they said, "Combines cruise-ship comfort with a motor that would probably propel an ocean liner at a good clip, all wrapped in a classy-looking silver package." The FJR1300's YZF-inspired 1,298cc four cylinder provides enough seamless fuel-injected urge to blow the portholes clean off any normal "sport-touring" bike you can name - 145 horses at 8,000 rpm. And since half of sport-touring is touring, the engine is also tuned to produce abundant low-end and midrange. Producing 99 foot-pounds of torque at 7,000 rpm means the FJR1300 responds instantly. And it's smooth as silk all the while, thanks to twin internal counter balancers. The latest FJR1300 gets a taller adjustable windshield and a small-item storage compartment in its fairing, as well. Even with saddlebags (Accessory saddlebags as standard equipment), shaft drive, power windshield, 6.6-gallon fuel capacity, a thick dual seat and that fullback of an engine, the FJR1300 weighs just 537 pounds, dry (without ABS)
It had to handle, too. The engine bolts solidly into a rigid, massive, yet lightweight, aluminum frame. Comfort and confidence are assured by a fully adjustable 48mm fork, a linkage-equipped rear shock, and a pair of R1-style front brake calipers squeezing even bigger, 320mm discs for 2004. This year, you can choose the ABS model for even greater braking confidence. All of the old words still apply ... comfortable, convenient and practical. The FJR1300 adds a few new descriptors to the sport-touring class: Mind-bending performance. Sportbike handling. Pure excitement.
2003 BMW K1200GT, 2003 BMW R1150RT, 2003 Honda ST1300 & 2004 Yamaha FJR1300 Sport tourers are the gold standard for distance-riding, hybrids that blend the
best attributes of dressers and sportbikes. Their comfort level approaches that
of dresser tourers, but without over-large fairings, permanently mounted
luggage, sound systems and all that weight. Sport tourers also lean in the
direction of sportbikes, but with bigger, more protective fairings, more
comfortable upright seating positions and hard-sided saddlebags. If you're going
to spend days in the saddle roasting back roads for tasty consumption, sport
tourers are the bikes for the task.
The bike's "tuned-flex" frame is
composed of triple box-section aluminum spars and is stronger than the original,
yet weighs less, and the new engine is shorter and more compact. The 90-degree
Vee engine with a 360-degree crankshaft and dual counterbalancers, which Honda
mounted as a stressed member in the chassis, is a model of smoothness. Its power
is fed through a five-speed transmission and wet clutch. The advantage is that a
Vee engine can be narrow, and when turned longitudinally can be positioned low
and forward.
Brakes Source Rider Magazine
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