rasputin

I have recently got out of a 04/FJR1300 because of very bad "ticking" (exhaust valve guides suspected) but am interested in a very nice 03/XJR1300 with very low Kms. Is the FJR valve guide problem likely to surface in this motor too? How robust is the XJR motor..any thing I should look out for when test riding it?..cheers, Greg