who-else likes this? Air-cooled XJR1300

[Fire-medic]

A great looking bike but only in Europe for now. Just the sort of thing to appeal to the Boomer motorcyclists. Dig the silver metalflake helmet w/the 'chrome' plastic mylar trim! You might have to fight a (much-younger than you, Boomer!) Vandyke-wearing hipster in a flannel shirt, blue jeans, and Ray Ban Wayfarers (or Persols) to buy this one. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2014...als-hipster-restyled-xjr1300-for-euro-market/

Mechanically, the 2015 XJR is pretty much the same bike as before, with the fuel-injected Four offering up just under 100 horsepower and about 80 ft.-lbs. of torque. A new black-finished 4-2-1 exhaust offers an updated look over the old chrome-finish system. Wet weight is 535 pounds, about what you’d expect from a bike like this. The fork tubes get a diamond-like coating to improve the action, and shocks are still Öhlins. You may recognize the brake calipers from such hits as the first-generation YZF-R1.

Perhaps you prefer silver?


Great lines and retro style, but modern electronics, fueling & suspension (Ohlins).

 

[adambweird]

I like it! It looks like itd be quite easy to bob it, go full on cafe racer, streetfighter, stunt bike.... it almost looks to be a perfect blank slate to go crazy with in whatever style you wish. Or you could just leave it as is and ride it... but whats the fun in that? lol

 

[Sharky]

I like it...but then I'm biased lol

 

[robmac]

That XJR would look a whole lot tougher with a set of USD forks. Just too weedy looking at the front for me.

 

[jethrobolas]

Just under 100 horse? From a 1300? Did Hardley have a hand in engine design? Looks really nice, but no thanks. I want more, not less. Especially if that is 100 at the crank. Wtf yamaha?

 

[Fire-medic]

They usually tune these for lots of torque, and roll-on acceleration w/o shifting. It probably does a sub 4 sec topgear 60-80 mph. Lotta grunt.

Yes, the front end does look a bit 'slim,' but I bet it has a price point which makes it very attractive, like the FZ-09, and it should, as it's using an engine paid-for long ago in the tooling. And you young whippersnappers are spoiled compared to those of us who began riding when a 33 mm Ceriani or Betor front-end was high-tech, a modded exhaust meant sawing-off the 2-1 collector on your Honda 305 scrambler and installing Snuff-R-Nots, Triumph 650's, Norton 750's and BSA 650's were performance bikes, and the biggest Honda was a 450 twin that shook like a paint mixer.

Just under 100 horse? From a 1300? Did Hardley have a hand in engine design? Looks really nice, but no thanks. I want more, not less. Especially if that is 100 at the crank. Wtf yamaha?

 

[Tex85]

I've always loved the cafe racer style bikes. This would be a great one to own without all the headaches of the older models and quite a bit more power.

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[Rollie]

Looks like a motorcycle , U.J.M. This is what got a lot of us started on this odyssey.

 

[Biker Dash]

That XJR would look a whole lot tougher with a set of USD forks. Just too weedy looking at the front for me.

Yeah, a fully adjustable USD fork, and matching rear shocks, or maybe a conversion to a monoshock, fully adjustable, would be sweet. Add a different solo seat/tail section, a VTX headlight with the matching aftermarket headlight cowl, to add to the sport look, and clip-on bars, and that puppy would REALLY look sweet!

Just under 100 horse? From a 1300? Did Hardley have a hand in engine design? Looks really nice, but no thanks. I want more, not less. Especially if that is 100 at the crank. Wtf yamaha?

This is a dyno run I found for the bike last night...
Don't sound too bad either, but I think it would do better if it ran a crossplane crank like the R1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfQPzpCc7BM

 

[Sharky]

Like the max they are strangled by the exhaust and intake.
Most get around 120 with these sorted.

 

[invalidsession]

Looks like my old 89 FJ1200 with some plastic bits missing. I like it very much but it doesn't have the sheer hooligan arrogance of my V-Max. Seems like a retro step back to the manufacturer race of the late seventies when Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki were knocking out ever increasing capacity bikes for bragging rights.
Just my thoughts.


Chris.