The real story and a little History Lesson
The forerunner of them all is the FZ400, an inline four with four carburettors making a claimed 53hp which hit the streets in Japan in 1997 and was last manufactured in 1998.
It was only available as a Jap import
in Europe and usually known as the FZS400 or Fazer 400.
Next up was the FZS 600 also known as the Fazer 600 (the first to be named Fazer
), also an inline four with four carburettors making a claimed 95hp with engine based on the Thundercat detuned to with a better mid range and was manufactured from 1998 to 2003 with a few changes along the way and it was never imported to the US. In the Baltic states it was called the FZS600 only as the name Fazer was used by a food company. Replaced b the FZ600 in late 2003 as it did not meet the latest emissions regulations
Next up in 2001 was the FZ1 designed for the US as they thought bigger is better (but all the 600 riders know this is not true
) and found its way to Europe as the FZS1000 and Fazer 1000, another an inline four with four carburettors making a claimed 143hp with engine base on the 98 Carburettor model R1 engine also detuned to give a better midrange. Most of Europe had the officially imported models designated the FZS 1000 with Fazer on the fairing (The black engine and frame models were know as FZS1000S) With the exception of the Baltic states for the reasons outlined above they got the FZ1 on the Fairing. Never sold in the numbers expected because it was overpriced in the beginning, but discounted prices saw sales improve later in its sales life. I believe it was also available in Australia as the FZ1. It was last manufacturd in 2005 and like the 600 was killed off as it did not meet the latest emissions regulations.
It was finally replaced in 2006 by the was the fuel injected FZ1
Am open to correction, but it should be mostly correct
