…other, the Beemer sports almost a 12-point advantage over the second-place FJR. How? It matched or exceeded the previous strengths of its rivals. Where the Kawasaki had the more powerful engine, BMW closed the gap. Where the FJR was the best handler, the GT blows right past it. With so many strengths and…

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…Alaska. 5,191 minutes later, Ryan was in Key West, Florida, having traversed the entire North American Continent, the long way, on his 2005 Yamaha FJR 1300, outfitted with Metzeler Z6 Interact sport-touring tires. And with those 5,191 minutes, or, if you prefer, 86 hours and 31 minutes, Ryan totally destroyed…

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The Honda ST1300 is the longest standing model in our 2008 comparo, with the 1300 a revision of the long-serving ST1100.2008 Honda ST1300After a momentous crossing of the Golden Gate, our S-T troop plodded forward on Highway-1, winding up the serpentine PCH toward Stimson Beach and Point Reyes. Fog…

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…FJR got the most praise from our testers."Personally I don't like ABS on a motorcycle, so the fact that the FJR doesn't come with it is a bonus to me," said one unnamed tester who we'll tease for months.The power-assist brakes of the BMW didn't get as much praise as the traditional units of the FJR…

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…'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…

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…our layover. The 2002 ST1100 brought along for comparison, though blessed with decent power and comfort, simply feels a generation behind the new 1300. Er, make that two generations behind. The ST1300 is a willing accomplice for inhaling wide-open expanses of open road and doing so in quite a bit of…

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…various large capacity scooters. It is expected that they would use the technology on a whole range of bikes in the future. (The Semi-Automatic FJR 1300 has a conventional gearbox mated to an automatic clutch!) And FinallyIn Mumbai, India, a biker who was hit by a car, survived after being thrown over…

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