Hi All-
I thoroughly enjoy my 2000 ST1100, but have been considering the purchase of a newer bike. It hard to not consider the ST1300 for many reasons, however I am very leery of the heat issue that seems to be much more profound on the bike as compared to the 1100. I once owned a BMW K100LT that also had a problem with heat to the lower legs, and it got pretty miserable with temps over 75 degrees. Thus it got sold.
Are there certain model years of the 1300 that are better/worse for heat than others? Based on the variety of comments in this section of the forum, it appears that solutions vary and perhaps none work completely. If it’s a matter of a incorporating a couple of the suggest items like eliminating the cat, etc., to produce a 90 percent reduction of the excess heat, I would consider it. But it would also help to start with a model year that is the least of the heat offenders, if one actually exits.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Tom
I thoroughly enjoy my 2000 ST1100, but have been considering the purchase of a newer bike. It hard to not consider the ST1300 for many reasons, however I am very leery of the heat issue that seems to be much more profound on the bike as compared to the 1100. I once owned a BMW K100LT that also had a problem with heat to the lower legs, and it got pretty miserable with temps over 75 degrees. Thus it got sold.
Are there certain model years of the 1300 that are better/worse for heat than others? Based on the variety of comments in this section of the forum, it appears that solutions vary and perhaps none work completely. If it’s a matter of a incorporating a couple of the suggest items like eliminating the cat, etc., to produce a 90 percent reduction of the excess heat, I would consider it. But it would also help to start with a model year that is the least of the heat offenders, if one actually exits.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Tom