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Interesting review Gix, I must admit that when you went up to Rutland Water on it with me you seemed to go very well on it. However the FZ seems to be trying to please everybody and winding up a sort of mush with little resolved character. As you said, I suspect it has had a hard life. I had been pondering buying one to replace my departed XJR but having ridden a R1 now I know where my money will be going when the time comes.
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Originally posted by RadarThe FZ seems to be trying to please everybody and winding up a sort of mush with little resolved character.
I think this too, I think with a shorter rake and tweaked suspension, better tyres and a bit of tuning it would be a totally different review, oh and an overhaul on the gearbox lol. I think yamaha have tried to appeal to too many markets with just one bike, its not an alrounder, but I think thats what yamaha wanted it to be, I have heard there have been vast improvements since the model I had on loan. Its not a bad bike, but its not anything really, and thats one of the problems I suppose, it doesnt fit into any “niche”.
Rod Gibson, editor of Classic Motorcycle Magazine , wrote in his editorial this month about a Fazer Thou he had access to recently:
“A recent extended spell on a Yamaha Fazer 1000 left me completely cold. There was nothing wrong with the bike, quite the contary in fact. It went, stopped and handled with great poise, it was reliable as clockwork and exceedingly comfortable to ride. It was also very fast. But at the end of the ride there was simply a feeling of having arrived at your destination, no sense of adventure along the way”
Taken from CMM October 2007
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