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2008 Super Sport-Touring Comparo Conclusion
…)Range 4 (3)The Yamaha does nothing wrong and everything well. While its motor can't match the Kawi or BMW, it is a more than capable powerplant. The FJR looks sharp, has impressive fit and finish and is an absolute dream when the road starts getting curvy. The unique paddle-shifting AE version fared better…
2006 Yamaha FJR1300 First Ride
…'06.If you want to go sport-touring and need to go fast, we judged Yamaha's FJR1300 as the top dog in our 2004 Sport-Touring Shootout. Although the FJR wasn't the most powerful (Kawasaki ZZR1200) or the most luxurious (Honda ST1300), its hunger for speed combined with its far-ranging versatility made…
2008 Super Sport-Touring Comparo
…was the winner of our first-ever S-T Shootout back in 2004. We knew bringing back the Beemer and Yamaha, along the auto-shifting AE version of the FJR, was a no-brainer, but we had to see how the new kid on the Sport-Touring block, the Kawasaki Concours 14, held up. And if the much-hyped C14 was getting…
2007 Yamaha FJR1300 Comparison
…past Cambria and San Simeon, it is easy to fall in love with the Yamaha FJR1300. We already discovered as much in our previous S-T comparos, with the FJR victorious in 2004 and just falling short in 2006. If it was to be victorious this year, it would be a real upset, as our Tuning Fork test bikes, which…
2006 Super Sport Touring Faceoff
…the class leader in the Super Sport-Touring segment, but The BMW K1200GT has emerged from the Motorrad garage as a new challenger to knock the latest FJR off its throne.Yamaha has owned the Super Sport Touring class since it coined the term when the FJR1300 was introduced late in 2002. Some other sport…
2008 Honda ST1300 Comparison
…smooth. Eck, how can we get this smooth taste out of our mouth?Well, don't talk about the transmission because it's, you guessed it, smooth! Like the FJR, the Honda transmission is just five speeds, but sixth gear isn't missed, with the ST's velvety gearbox accurate and, what's the word... "Reliable,"…
2004 Honda ST1300 Comparison
The ST1300 and FJR are now mainstays in the sport-touring genre, but the ZZR enters the fray for 2004, boasting a motor built from ZX-11 and ZRX1200 parts.When Honda first let us loose on its big ST in 2002, I summarized the bike by writing: "If someone told me I had to ride two consecutive 12-hour days…
2004 Yamaha FJR1300
…-Touring segment in America. Its blend of big power and long-haul comfort has gained crossover popularity with both the sport and touring markets. The FJR was the best-selling Japanese sport-tourer last year (thanks in part to the late arrival of Honda's cushier but more expensive ST1300), and Yamaha has…
2008 Super Sport-Touring Comparo FMM
…performer as well. Looks good, hauls butt, and is a comfy long-haul ride.Bart MadsonMCUSA Managing EditorFMM: YamahaFor me it's the Yamaha regular FJR, without question. It's one of the cheapest bikes in our test, which is a huge factor in all my FMM pick. But even if money was no object, I think I'd…
2003 Yamaha FJR1300
…, though, the muscle-bound FJR1300 that was introduced in Europe more than a year ago is set to land on our shores as a 2003 model. Yamaha says the FJR "explodes the sport-touring mold" to create what it calls a Super Sport Tourer. The formula is simple: Wrap an aluminum perimeter frame around a torque…
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