What's better than a Fazer 1000?

[AyJay]

Two Fazer thousands!

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Hooray!


The one of the left is an '01 and it's done 149,300 miles and I've just bought the '02 on the right which has done a tiny 34,400 miles and feels like new to ride. I got it for a steal and was dreading picking it up as I hadn't even ridden it, but it time warped me back to buying the old beast 14 years ago. It feels pretty much like new to ride and really shows how baggy and arthritic my much loved original is.


The only downside is sliver engine paint is in a state and the EXUP rattles like snake, but it's not like I haven't sorted those two problems out more than once in the last 14 years! But at the price, it was a no brainer. It was obviously a summer use only bike, and given it's only been doing 3000 miles a year it was probably a summer tourer for the last owner.


Thing is, where am I going to garage the MT-10 I'm going to buy next year?.....

[tommyardin]

Why a FZS600 of course.
No stupid Exup to start with, black engine paint that stays where it was put, and still shines.

[AyJay]

Haha! Maybe I missed a trick there.


Thing is, I do 38 miles of motorway each way every day and small engines just don't return the fuel economy. The big fellas do around 47 to the gallon at a steady 90 and even an ERF-6 I tried couldn't match that. I was pondering an MT-07 as they're supposed to be really good on fuel, but small tank.... The 1000s will do 164 to reserve and another 30 after that. And they are f. fast, of course!