SPORTS TOURER Bike Reviews
New riders
Rated at least
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HONDA VFR750 (1995-1998)
New price: N/AUsed price: £1,800 - £3,500- 749cc
- 100 bhp
- 39 mpg
- Medium seat height
For many, bike journalists included, the best road bike ever built
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SUZUKI GSX1300R HAYABUSA (2021-on)
New price: £16,499Used price: £16,500- 1340cc
- 187 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Medium seat height
It may be a child of the 90s at heart, but even by today’s standards the new third generation Busa feels like a spaceship
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YAMAHA TRACER 700 (2020-on)
New price: £7,799Used price: £6,900 - £7,300- 689cc
- 72 bhp
- 54 mpg
- Medium seat height
As capable, lightweight, characterful, well made, great value sports tourers go, it’s a classy piece of kit.
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YAMAHA TRACER 9 (2021-on)
New price: £10,199- 889cc
- 117 bhp
- 56.5 mpg
- Medium seat height
A fine sports-tourer that should keep the Tracer name at the top end of the sale charts
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KAWASAKI ZZR1400 (2012-2020)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,200 - £11,500- 1441cc
- 200 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
When launched, the new king of speed and power, beating the formidable Hayabusa
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HONDA VTR1000 FIRESTORM (1997-2005)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,000 - £6,800- 996cc
- 97 bhp
- 35 mpg
- Medium seat height
A brilliant all-rounder with few foibles
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SUZUKI GSX1300R HAYABUSA (2007-2018)
New price: N/AUsed price: £4,700 - £9,700- 1340cc
- 194 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
"Suzuki have played around with the Hayabusa without losing the original's looks and character"
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TRIUMPH SPRINT ST 1050 (2005-2011)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,500 - £4,800- 1050cc
- 123 bhp
- 40 mpg
- Medium seat height
The best sports-touring motorcycle of its generation
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HONDA VFR800 VTEC (2014-2021)
New price: N/A- 782cc
- 105 bhp
- 46 mpg
- Medium seat height
New VFR is classy, uniquely able, invigorating and truly rekindles the pleasure of the old
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YAMAHA TRACER 900 (2018-2020)
New price: N/AUsed price: £7,000 - £9,300- 847cc
- 113.4 bhp
- 51 mpg
- Tall seat height
Yamaha’s sports tourer gains more refinement for 2018 while retaining its bargain price tag
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HONDA VFR1200F (2012-2015)
New price: N/AUsed price: £6,500 - £7,000- 1237cc
- 160 bhp
- 43 mpg
- Medium seat height
A good bike; but it's not a great one. And after all the hype that is not good enough
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HONDA CBR1100XX SUPER BLACKBIRD (1997-2005)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,300 - £6,500- 1137cc
- 164 bhp
- 36 mpg
- Medium seat height
Sensible and utterly insane in one nicely presented Honda package
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KAWASAKI NINJA 650 (2020-on)
New price: £6,899Used price: £5,500 - £6,700- 649cc
- 67 bhp
- 52.1 mpg
- Medium seat height
Don’t be fooled by the sportsbike looks; it’s a Ninja by name only
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KAWASAKI NINJA 1000SX (2020-on)
New price: £11,145Used price: £10,000 - £11,000- 1043cc
- 140 bhp
- 43 mpg
- Medium seat height
Not just a Z1000SX with a new name, the Ninja 1000SX steers more crisply, is more comfortable and feels classier
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YAMAHA FZS600 FAZER (1998-2004)
New price: N/AUsed price: £1,900 - £3,000- 599cc
- 95 bhp
- 55 mpg
- Medium seat height
In many ways the older Fazer is better than the new model
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SUZUKI GSX650F (2007-2015)
New price: N/AUsed price: £1,700 - £4,300- 656cc
- 86 bhp
- 50 mpg
- Medium seat height
Budget and novice-friendly all-rounder proves that sometimes, brilliance is found in the most unlikely places
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KTM 1290 SUPERDUKE GT (2019-on)
New price: £16,799Used price: £10,000 - £16,000- 1301cc
- 175 bhp
- 43 mpg
- Medium seat height
If you can stomach a KTM the revised GT is probably the best road bike you can get
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YAMAHA TRACER 900GT (2018-on)
New price: £10,792Used price: £7,600 - £10,500- 847cc
- 113.4 bhp
- 51 mpg
- Tall seat height
Yamaha’s new Tracer 900GT brings even more value to this bargain sports tourer
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YAMAHA FZ6 FAZER (2004-2009)
New price: N/AUsed price: £1,700 - £4,000- 600cc
- 90 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Medium seat height
Looks sharp, has a brilliant motor, excellent handling and offers huge versatility
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BMW R1200RS (2015-2018)
New price: N/AUsed price: £6,200 - £10,800- 1170cc
- 125 bhp
- 56 mpg
- Medium seat height
BMW’s R1200RS: an unsung sports touring hero that can do just about anything, for not a lot of cash
