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Yamaha FJR1300 (2000 - 2005)
Price: £11500
Year: 2000
Reader rating: 4/5 from 14 reviews
Power130.2Max Torque Revs6700Max Torque92.5Max Power Revs7700 alan sh: BEST LONG DISTANCE SPORTS TOURER ON THE PLANET Strengths: Relates to the version with clutch lever. Easy to ride fast. Comfortable. Lots of storage space. Good mpg (250 miles to a
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Honda VFR1200F (2010 - present)
Price: £12000
Year: 2010
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 7 reviews
quality and development. Strengths: Superbly built modern sports tourer, slightly more orientated towards touring. Comfy, fast and relaxing to ride. Weaknesses: Superbly built modern sports tourer, slightly more orientated towards touring. Comfy, fast
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Honda VFR 800Fi (1997 - 2001)
Price: £8289
Year: 1997
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 4 reviews
absolutely everything, and does it well.If there's any bike that can showcase Honda's design philosophy, it's the VFR. On the market since 1986, the V4-engined sports-tourer has always been able to boast class-leading performance, reliability, comfort
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Honda VFR800 VTEC (2002 - 2005)
Price: £7849
Year: 2002
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 23 reviews
45mpgI can't think of another sports tourer that I'd rather have. If you have to settle for one bike, this would be it Weaknesses: Versatile - great solo or with pillion (and I'm a big lad). Fit an aftermarket double bubble (I've got a Fabbri one
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Kawasaki ZZR1400 (2006 - 2011)
Price: £9799
Year: 2006
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 13 reviews
. Completely stable at walking pace, so easy to ride slowly. Not at all intimidating for such a big bike. Build quality is superb. Handling is very competant at speed but she isn't a sports 600. Comfort is good but I may install risers for long distance touring
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Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 (2002 - 2005)
Price: £8030
Year: 2002
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 2 reviews
Mason: AN EXCELLENT BIKE , SEAMLESS POWER AND GOOD FUEL ECONOMY TOO Strengths: good comfort ( two up fully loaded ) proves no problem, the brakes give confidence as does the handling ability for such a big sports tourer Weaknesses: good comfort ( two up
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BMW K1300S (2009 - present)
Price: £11060
Year: 2009
Reader rating: 4.5/5 from 8 reviews
tourers? Yes. Is there a better all around bike? No. It's simply amazing. Beckers878: Excellent Sports tourer Strengths: Great riding position, shaft drive, handling, power, good economy. BMW dealer back up. Weaknesses: Great riding position, shaft drive
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Honda VFR1200F DCT (2010 - present)
Price: £12596
Year: 2010
Reader rating: 5/5 from 4 reviews
mainstream manufacturer made another attempt to bring automatic to the people. Yamaha’s flagship sports tourer, the FJR1300AE featured semi-automatic transmission based around a manual gearbox. It was called Yamaha Chip Controlled Shift (YCC-S). A
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Kawasaki GTR1400 (2007 - present)
Price: £12400
Year: 2007
Reader rating: 4/5 from 7 reviews
one of these bikes, as its an awesome compromise between sports and tourer. It really is a hoot to ride quickly whilst maintaining a huge amount of practicality. Stevie gee: NICE LOOKER HEAVY BIKE TRIKY IN SLOW MONOUVERS Strengths: good
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Suzuki SV1000S
Price: £4049
Year: 2004
Reader rating: 4/5 from 4 reviews
riding position can put a bit of a strain on your wrists making it a pain through town – the naked version comes with flat bars and a comfier and much more upright riding position. And like the SV650, this makes it a much better town bike
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