Sports tourer FJR 1300 with anti-lock braking system

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Sports tourer FJR 1300 with anti-lock braking system

Yamaha’s delaying tactic

Yamaha is finally offering the revised FJR 1300 sports tourer with anti-lock braking system. Also new in Europe: the Powercruiser Road Star Warrior with a sporty chassis and powerful 1670 engine.

Highly praised, much praised: The sports touring bike Yamaha FJR 1300 convinced in tests and comparative tests with balanced handling characteristics, powerful drive and extensive equipment. The safety-conscious touring clientele, who have so far been mainly oriented towards Bavaria, have only been missing one thing: an ABS. The Japanese have now rectified this shortcoming. The 2003 model FJR 1300A finally has an electronically controlled anti-lock braking system in which both wheels are decelerated independently of each other and controlled by sensors.
The FJR equipped with ABS increases seven kilograms compared to the basic version due to the necessary electronic and hydraulic controls, and the price rises to around 14,500 euros. Not only is the ABS new, but also the front braking system. The discs have grown to 320 millimeters, and a brake master cylinder developed by Brembo operates the tried and tested in-house four-piston calipers.
Optimized suspension elements are intended to further improve driving comfort. In addition to the adjustment options for rebound and compression, the fork can now also be adjusted in the spring base. So far, taller drivers have often complained about turbulence in the head area. That is why Yamaha has given the new FJR a 40 millimeter higher disc, which, thanks to a larger setting range, can be set five degrees steeper. In a small, lockable storage compartment in the upper part of the cladding, important items can be stowed away in a theft-proof manner. And so that the entire motorcycle does not disappear, the A-model has an immobilizer that paralyzes the injection via the central control unit.
The Sportcruiser Road Star Warrior, which was already offered in the USA this year, appeals to a completely different target group (see driving report in MOTORRAD 3/2002). The engine is essentially based on the tried and tested Wild Star engine, the pistons of which have grown by two millimeters to 97 millimeters. Results in a displacement of 1670 cm3. An injection system prepares the fuel, a secondary air system ensures the legally required, low pollutant emissions. While the American model has almost 80 hp, Yamaha specifies 84.3 hp at 4400 rpm for the European version. Extensive modifications to the cylinder heads mean that the steam hammer, which is equipped with maintenance-free hydraulic valve lifters and with a 113 millimeter stroke, is still quite long-bodied, revs up more readily.
D.Like the swingarm, the matt black painted frame of the Warrior is made entirely of aluminum, the sporty note is also underlined by an upside-down fork derived from the R1 and the powerful braking system with two large 300 mm discs at the front. It makes sense that such a piece of sports equipment is not equipped with the wire-spoke wheels of the Wild Star, but with wide cast rims that are 11.5 kilograms lighter. It has low-profile tires measuring 120/70 ZR 18 at the front and 200/50 ZR 17 at the rear. By the way: The fenders are not made from cheap plastic, but from solid sheet steel. The Warrior can be individually designed and upgraded with a range of accessories. Yamaha is still silent about the price.

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