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====Touring: Sport-Tourers==== | ====Touring: Sport-Tourers==== | ||
[[Sport touring|Sport tourers]] are a hybrid form between sport bikes and tourers, allowing long-distance riding at higher speeds and with more emphasis on sport-like performance (in both handling and speed) than standard tourers; these bikes offer a mid-ground between both segments. The paradigm arguably originated with the 1976 BMW R100 RS, which combined BMW's traditional strengths for touring with a full-coverage racing fairing that entailed clip on-like handlebars and a semi-crouched riding position. The sport touring category includes such motorcycles as the [[Honda VF and VFR|Honda Interceptor]], the [[Triumph|Triumph Motorcycles]] Sprint & Sprint ST, [[Ducati|Ducati Motor Holding]] [[Multistrada]] and ST series, (debatably) the [[Suzuki Katana|Suzuki Katana (GSXF series)]], Honda VFR and ST series, several subsequent BMW models and (debatably) the [[Buell]] Ulysses. These bikes do not necessarily ship with hard luggage, but usually offer them as optional extras either from the manufacturer or via third-party suppliers. | [[Sport touring|Sport tourers]] are a hybrid form between sport bikes and tourers, allowing long-distance riding at higher speeds and with more emphasis on sport-like performance (in both handling and speed) than standard tourers; these bikes offer a mid-ground between both segments. The paradigm arguably originated with the 1976 BMW R100 RS, which combined BMW's traditional strengths for touring with a full-coverage racing [[fairing]] that entailed clip on-like handlebars and a semi-crouched riding position. The sport touring category includes such motorcycles as the [[Honda VF and VFR|Honda Interceptor]], the [[Triumph|Triumph Motorcycles]] Sprint & Sprint ST, [[Ducati|Ducati Motor Holding]] [[Multistrada]] and ST series, (debatably) the [[Suzuki Katana|Suzuki Katana (GSXF series)]], Honda VFR and ST series, several subsequent BMW models and (debatably) the [[Buell]] Ulysses. These bikes do not necessarily ship with hard luggage, but usually offer them as optional extras either from the manufacturer or via third-party suppliers. | ||
Common to the majority of the Sport-Tourer market is for the original manufacturer to utilize an existing engine and technology from the current or last generation of their sport bikes as a trickle-down effect (which is cost effective through reuse of existing tooling and parts), rather than building the engine design from scratch. As a result: | Common to the majority of the Sport-Tourer market is for the original manufacturer to utilize an existing engine and technology from the current or last generation of their sport bikes as a trickle-down effect (which is cost effective through reuse of existing tooling and parts), rather than building the engine design from scratch. As a result: | ||