FZ1/Fazer - Street or Sports

[mangell6]

Europe have a choice of two models of the Yamaha FZ1

The well known stealth machine

http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/products/motorcycles/sports/FZ1_Fazer.jsp

and now a new version that comes under the heading of "Street"

http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/products/motorcycles/street/fz1.jsp

Now the question is which one shall I get???

[James Deuce]

The blue one.

[pritch]

The FZ1 is a nice bike and it can make a fair sports-tourer.
Then again, it costs almost half as much again as a Honda Hornet.
I'm prepared to concede that in some ways it may be a slightly better bike than the Hornet but not that much.

The new model looks nice, but I'd be checking all the prices.

Have fun

[FROSTY]

That is one fucken sexy bike. Sexy to me -upright riding pozzy but sportbike performanceand handling.
hmm I wonder how hard to reverse the "detuning"

[nicmotors]

Blue looks cooler if that mean anything, mate i'm only able to drool over those sorts of bikes:(

[skelstar]

FZ1, but then Im a naked bike fan and dont like the look of the semi-faired-ness. Why not ride both and decide?

[Big Dave]

No contest - street.

[John]

no contest, zzr14. yesirey

[Zed]

Now the question is which one shall I get???Oh to have the choice, surely both go as fast as eachother??

*Sports* all the way! :headbang:

[mangell6]

That is one fucken sexy bike. Sexy to me -upright riding pozzy but sportbike performanceand handling.
hmm I wonder how hard to reverse the "detuning"

HP at crank is 150

RW is 8 more than the current model at 130

Easiest way to reverse the detune is to replace the exhaust, good for an extra 6+HP in the mid range and top end

BTW which one is the sexy one, belue or the 'street'?

Would love to be able to have both though.

[mangell6]

Oh to have the choice, surely both go as fast as eachother??

*Sports* all the way! :headbang:

Agreed, but the question is will the blue come to NZ or remain in UK/Europe and maybe Australia.

Still that street looks mighty tempting . . . . . .

[Zed]

Agreed, but the question is will the blue come to NZ or remain in UK/Europe and maybe Australia.

Still that street looks mighty tempting . . . . . .I see what all the commotion about the blue is now...that Ocean Depth is most attractive. But is the colour really THAT important? :blip:

[Mooch]

Having spoken with your wife a couple of times on the odd tour I'd be picking the one that can the MOST luggage cos she ends up carting around most of it. :whistle:

Not that I can talk. I like the street version , but you may miss the top fairing at times.

[Sniper]

The one with the exhaust thats large enough to sleep in if you get stuck in the wop wops.

[Lou Girardin]

The question is, why are we getting shafted on FZ1 prices in NZ?
They're not much dearer than a bandit in Oz. But around 6 - 7 grand more here. That moola will make the Bandit a much better bike than a stock Fazer.

[Ghost Lemur]

Street version all the way.

[wil]

we are going to the bike show in the uk next week where all the new models will be on display, the new fazer is around £7,500- £8,000 here, but not available yet. you can buy a brand new older model for £5,000 on the road. i paid £5,495 for mine last feb brand new and sold it 5 months later for £5,200.
I really want the new fazer (with half fairing) but it is too expensive, and from what you guys have said i wont be able to afford it in NZ.

[marty]

wouldn't have thought this was too bad at only $7990 - 3100 quid!. should be able to drop a bit more off that too!
http://www.bikepoint.co.nz/DesktopDefault.aspx?UsedBikeID=851036&TabID=3553&Alias=bikepointnz