Quote from: Lez72 on 08 March 2013, 08:30:10 amQuote from: pitternator on 08 March 2013, 08:06:24 am As such I think the biggest buying point has been missed.... I totally agree with that. They have laboured the commuter angle too much really, when as we all know its a stonking performance bike (and thats not just a biased opinion). It's one of the best bikes ever built for its performance, looks and versatility which 12 years on is still hard to better. I guess if it doesn't have the latest electrickery on it though it gets dismissed by journos to some degree. In fairness, they get to ride all the latest 'hot poop' bikes out there so become a bit 'blinkered' in my opinion It's not a performance bike though is it, it's just an all rounder that happens to have a number of strong points!
Quote from: pitternator on 08 March 2013, 08:06:24 am As such I think the biggest buying point has been missed.... I totally agree with that. They have laboured the commuter angle too much really, when as we all know its a stonking performance bike (and thats not just a biased opinion). It's one of the best bikes ever built for its performance, looks and versatility which 12 years on is still hard to better. I guess if it doesn't have the latest electrickery on it though it gets dismissed by journos to some degree. In fairness, they get to ride all the latest 'hot poop' bikes out there so become a bit 'blinkered' in my opinion
As such I think the biggest buying point has been missed....
Agree with all of the above but we all know that BLUE is still the fastest colour
Quote from: kitcrazy on 09 March 2013, 10:18:18 amAgree with all of the above but we all know that BLUE is still the fastest colour What is it with this 'blue being the fastest colour' thing ? If that is true then black is certainly the meanest
having said the above if i had to set off from my house on a 440 mile round route i think that i would complete it quicker in my escort van than on the fazer. why? there's always the kit on and off time factor but crucially i could do 440 miles straight in the van without stopping for fuel or stretching. the fazer would need 2 fuel stops and i would need perhaps another 2 stops for stretching, eating up any 'stuck in traffic' time.