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The two and three cylinder scream machines called "sport tourers"
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<blockquote data-quote="Crazywheels" data-source="post: 1463279" data-attributes="member: 97877"><p>Fun post. As I read it with George Carlin's voice in my head, I appreciated where the OP was coming from. He wasn't saying other bikes can't be modified to perform in a Sport-Touring arena. He's perhaps saying it chaps his hide a little that naked-sports, adventurers, thumpers, two-bangers, flickers, and v-poppers are being pushed off as sport-tourers with a subsequent price elevation, when the beloved FJR is already built for such a riding class, with fewer modifications needed to increase the balance of comfort and performance. I suppose it's just as insulting as telling the track guys that the FJR is a formidable race bike; it's not. And it'll never be an R1 no matter how much we modify it. So in the end, he's right. Still though, ride our bikes anywhere we want, for as many miles as we want. You can ride a 50cc from coast to coast, but not because a salesman pushed it off as a "Sport-Touring" motorcycle to the unsuspecting youngster, but simply because you wanted to ride it that way. When comparing it to a true Sport-Tourer though, it's a little tougher to meet the standards. </p><p>I ride an FJR1300ES, and a Ducati Monster 1200S. One leans toward sport, the other leans toward touring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crazywheels, post: 1463279, member: 97877"] Fun post. As I read it with George Carlin's voice in my head, I appreciated where the OP was coming from. He wasn't saying other bikes can't be modified to perform in a Sport-Touring arena. He's perhaps saying it chaps his hide a little that naked-sports, adventurers, thumpers, two-bangers, flickers, and v-poppers are being pushed off as sport-tourers with a subsequent price elevation, when the beloved FJR is already built for such a riding class, with fewer modifications needed to increase the balance of comfort and performance. I suppose it's just as insulting as telling the track guys that the FJR is a formidable race bike; it's not. And it'll never be an R1 no matter how much we modify it. So in the end, he's right. Still though, ride our bikes anywhere we want, for as many miles as we want. You can ride a 50cc from coast to coast, but not because a salesman pushed it off as a "Sport-Touring" motorcycle to the unsuspecting youngster, but simply because you wanted to ride it that way. When comparing it to a true Sport-Tourer though, it's a little tougher to meet the standards. I ride an FJR1300ES, and a Ducati Monster 1200S. One leans toward sport, the other leans toward touring. [/QUOTE]
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