YAMAHA FJR1300 (2002-2002) Specs, Performance & Photos

In 2002, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer launched the Yamaha FJR 1300, a motorcycle that might have been one of the benchmarks for sport-touring performance as a big yet slender machine loaded with a powerful engine that delivered low-end torque and sizzling top-end performance with a low-maintenance shaft drive and plenty of touring accessories.

Yamaha claimed that their 2002 FJR 1300 had the chassis performance of a sports bike and the ergonomic characteristics of a long-distance touring machine with a new four valves per cylinder design rather than the five valves per-cylinder Yamaha's trademark design, with the engine used as a stressed member of the chassis, and a one-piece block and crankcase assembly design derived from the R1 model.

The 2002 Yamaha FJR 1300 motorcycle had its heartbeat set by a 1,298cc four-stroke four-cylinder liquid-cooled fuel-injected engine that delivered an output power of 145 hp with a peak at 8,500 rpm and 125 Nm (99 lb-ft) of torque at 6,000 rpm.

For suspension, the big tourer packed a 48 mm Soqi adjustable telescopic fork on the front and an adjustable link-type single shock absorber on the rear.

As for braking performance, the bike stopping power was provided by two 298 mm discs with a couple of four-piston calipers on the front wheel and a 283 mm disc on the rear squeezed by a two-piston caliper.