01-10-14, 11:29 AM
I used to have an XJR1300, I bought it for touring 2 up. I had it 6 years and did 50,000 miles on it. I thought it was a great bike and only sold it because I wanted something with better wind/weather protection.
The exhaust looks the same as the previous year, only painted black.
The tank is now 14.5 litres, it was 21 litres. I used to get 45mpg so that's 64 miles tank range gone.
I bought the bike as I took a pillion regularly, that new seat looks a lot poorer for comfort 2 up. But you gain that ugly bracket for the number plate/mudguard as it has to overhang the back of the rear tyre for legal reasons. You also loose a large cubby hole the old bike had. Although I do like the styling of the seat, without the seat cover.
No grab rail.
The headlight cowling looks as bad as the original one you could get for the old model.
The old larger diameter headlight looks better than the new smaller one.
Any suspension upgrades are welcome although it had Ohlins rear shocks before.
I don't like the side panels at all, they seem out of place.
New slightly higher bars I can get on with but the clip-ons of the racer a no-no.
The new instrument panel doesn't give you anything more than the old one from what I can make out.
The centre stand seems to have gone.
Overall, I don't like it.
The exhaust looks the same as the previous year, only painted black.
The tank is now 14.5 litres, it was 21 litres. I used to get 45mpg so that's 64 miles tank range gone.
I bought the bike as I took a pillion regularly, that new seat looks a lot poorer for comfort 2 up. But you gain that ugly bracket for the number plate/mudguard as it has to overhang the back of the rear tyre for legal reasons. You also loose a large cubby hole the old bike had. Although I do like the styling of the seat, without the seat cover.
No grab rail.
The headlight cowling looks as bad as the original one you could get for the old model.
The old larger diameter headlight looks better than the new smaller one.
Any suspension upgrades are welcome although it had Ohlins rear shocks before.
I don't like the side panels at all, they seem out of place.
New slightly higher bars I can get on with but the clip-ons of the racer a no-no.
The new instrument panel doesn't give you anything more than the old one from what I can make out.
The centre stand seems to have gone.
Overall, I don't like it.