Jedi Kirin 750 Tourer Wants You to Use The Force

True touring motorcycles are, sadly, becoming increasingly rare, with manufacturers seeming to go either one of two ways with their mile-munching models.

Either they go down the adventure-touring route, as per the Kawasaki Versys and V-Strom 1050, they take a sportier route, like the Kawasaki Ninja SX and the Suzuki GSX-S1000GT. One outlier in the true tourer category, though, comes in the form of the Honda NT1100, a bike which channels the spirit of its great grandfather, the Pan European.

Honda’s NT1100 (and smaller NC750) aside, there aren’t many no-frills tourers to choose from, although this quirky looking thing from Asia could be just the ticket. It’s from a company called Jedi Motor, a brand that we are pretty sure you have never heard of because A. you don’t live in Asia, and B. you aren’t an Asian police officer. Had both of those statements been true then the Jedi name, and indeed this very bike, would probably be very familiar to you, as Jedi primarily build machines for emergency services, which is what this bike is mainly used for.

So what exactly is the Kirin 750? To us it's a bike that epitomises the phrase ‘what you see is what you get’, in that it is not pretending to be a sporty big-bore hyper-tourer, nor a rugged world-beating mud-plugger. It’s powered by a fairly low-stressed engine putting out a modest 80-bhp and 51lb ft of torque. On the chassis side it features traditional manual suspension, brakes from Brembo, a low 780mm seat and a claimed weight of 225kg.

So, it’s all sounding pretty boring so far. And while it is fairly humdrum, for many who enjoy covering big miles in comfort, that’s precisely the appeal of bikes like this, and part of what made the aforementioned Pan European models such a huge success.

You may be sitting there wondering, “Well, how does this affect me?” While it’s true that Jedi doesn’t export to the UK or Europe at this time, there is a small window of opportunity for some Jedi models (albeit likely branded as something more recognisable) to land in the UK and Europe. Moto-Station reports that Jedi is linked to the Sima group of companies. It’s a type of conglomerate that includes the quirky retro brand Mash among others. That means a re-badged and re-branded version of the Kirin could, theoretically speaking, become a model we could go out and buy.