Is The FJR1300 Dead? No 2025 Model?

[escapefjrtist]

Last paragraph of the linked article is certainly disappointing to read. Here's hoping 2026 brings a new big bore adventure / sport touring machine!

~G

 

[FJRBluesman]

That rock is kinda big…..

Indeed it is.

 

[SkooterG]

Last paragraph of the linked article is certainly disappointing to read. Here's hoping 2026 brings a new big bore adventure / sport touring machine!

~G

My all-knowing and powerful crystal ball says the FJR just as it is will be back for 2026.........

 

[Coachpilot]

My guess is (like the R6 and R1) the FJR and SuperTenere may be caught between emissions regulations, small niche markets and the cost to bring them into compliance. AND, if they do that, will also mean they roll out an anemic disappointment and the loss of the saddlebags since they will need the space to put the 2 Honda Civic mufflers and cats back there. Enjoy the FJRs you've got boys and girl. At least the resale may go up when it's time to move on.

 

[dlowrey]

My guess is (like the R6 and R1) the FJR and SuperTenere may be caught between emissions regulations, small niche markets and the cost to bring them into compliance. AND, if they do that, will also mean they roll out an anemic disappointment and the loss of the saddlebags since they will need the space to put the 2 Honda Civic mufflers and cats back there. Enjoy the FJRs you've got boys and girl. At least the resale may go up when it's time to move on.

"Additionally, Yamaha is announcing that the FJR1300ES Sport Touring model and the Super Ténéré ES Adventure Touring model will no longer be offered in the U.S. market for 2025."

 

[RedRiderMN]

"Additionally, Yamaha is announcing that the FJR1300ES Sport Touring model and the Super Ténéré ES Adventure Touring model will no longer be offered in the U.S. market for 2025."

 

[torch]

My guess is (like the R6 and R1) the FJR and SuperTenere may be caught between emissions regulations, small niche markets and the cost to bring them into compliance. AND, if they do that, will also mean they roll out an anemic disappointment and the loss of the saddlebags since they will need the space to put the 2 Honda Civic mufflers and cats back there. Enjoy the FJRs you've got boys and girl. At least the resale may go up when it's time to move on.

The problem with that theory is Canadian emissions standards equal US regulations. In fact, to harmonize the North Amerian standard Canada adopted the US EPA regulations by reference in 2012.

There are differences in other areas. For example, Canadian headlight regulations will accept either the US DOT specification OR the Euro UNECE, although I doubt that's a factor here. Canadian speedometers must be graduated in KM/H and odometers in KM -- which may be why we have the immobilizer system: cheaper to put Euro wiring in than produce a third option).

I think it just comes down to a business decision based on were Yamaha thinks the market will go. They have X amount of manufacturing capacity and they are focusing on what they think will generate the greatest profit per unit.

Way back in the day, Yamaha didn't bring the FJR to these shores because they believed it wouldn't sell well. Their market analysis said North Americans were primarily interested in crotch rockets and cruisers -- nothing in between. They begrudgingly responded to the write-in campaign after Honda agreed to try the waters with the ST1300 -- even then only if the purchaser plunked down a non-refundable deposit in advance. The FJR success story took them completely by surprise.

But that was then, this is now. Today there is a wealth of other makes plus a large reservoir of used machines and surplus inventory to be discounted. Adventure-touring is the Next Great Thing. The current generation is dated but the European market is gone, so the cost per unit for further development is higher.

I think it all comes down to the bean-counters deciding "Yeah there might be some juice left in that fruit but we can get a lot more juice out of these ones."