Rip XT660Z & XJR 1300

[Loui5D]

[Evil Hans]

[Snowdonia Rider]

No surprise the new XJR is being dropped, looks like the designers barfed up the design sheet and said "That'll do pig, that'll do". People wanted a proper muscle bike not a ghey cafe racer hybrid.
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[Evil Hans]

Agree with you there. The latest facelift is an utter fuckup.
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[charlie74]

waiting to see if they disco the YBR125's as well,
when I spoke to the dealer today they were very evasive, when I asked how they are going to make it euro4 compliant, especially given the newly arrived MT125ABS

[Rogerborg]

They'll can it, it would need a rear disc as well as all the OBD / anti-tamper / Nanny Chip nonsense. Honda's new CB125F will go as well.

Lexmoto have let slip a few times that they're struggling to find any Chinese bikes that will satisfy all the Euro-bollocks.

Considering how small a market Europe is compared to Asia, it's hardly surprising if Whang Dong Motorcycles are just sodding it off.
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[Polarbear]

I thought the XJR could be traced right back to the FJ1100.

Air cooled lump finished again. Won't be any left soon
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[arry]

Quite like the 'new' XJR actually and would consider buying one of the last in lines. I am becoming increasingly hip and cool though, so it figures. If only I could grow the beard.

As for the 125 debacle I think we're going to end up with very few compliant bikes to choose from and some serious price inflection as a result. It will literally never make more sense foe the youngsters to just do their test.

[c-m]

I thought the 660 was already discontinued. It doesn't meat the Euro4 spec, and they are going to bring in the XT700 anyway.

Similar reason as to why BMW have discounted their singles.

Looking forward to some decent twins replacing them.

[Rogerborg]

Are BMW canning the G650GS globally then? They've dropped it in the UK this year, but I believe that's just them taking an item off the menu that nobody was ordering.

Thing is, we won't know what's going to survive Euro4geddon until the hammer actually falls. It's not just emissions, it's a whole raft of other cruft that needs bolted on, tested and certified to satisfy TUV Brussels. It may just not be worth the cost for low volume models, even if their engines meet Euro 4.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Snowdonia Rider]

[Loui5D]

[Rogerborg]

[Snowdonia Rider]

[stevo as b4]

Best go out and start buying some decent old school second hand bikes then, like all those that have been doing it for the last 5years and being criticised for it.

If you want a fun, or mad or raucous bike soon, you have to restore and modify a classic instead. This is what all the people that keep putting their hand in their pockets for new bikes, while moaning about the looks and cheap plasticity parts, should have done ages ago, and saved a load of new tat from being made and sold.

[herulach]

[charlie74]