I really was trying my best to keep quiet .. over there in the piddle corner.
However .. as some posts do .. this one has really touched a nerve. I'm very strongly in with the KEEP IT
camp .. having lost (wasted) thousands of £s myself when going back to buy a Second Gen 1 and then even a third
. All three well tricked up, never crashed, blingy clean and cared for better than most babies!
There has not been anything out there to touch (or come close to) a nice tricked up FZS 1000 like you have there. If it's a good one it is still the best total All-Rounder for realistic use in the real world!
A close mate of mine (no names) once got himself a brand new Blackbird .. big, fast, aggressively ugly, quite bland under the skin, bloody uncomfortable and heavy to maul around on and off the garage forecourt. I've known him use the car rather than bother putting his kit on! Very sad .. he almost lost interest in biking! It was eventually sold for whatever he was offered .. just to get rid of it. He's on a Gen 1 now!
One other point I'd throw in here .. just hope he will not mind too much .. you guys all know Mike GTX (Falcon 269) he of Ivanising fame. Not much our Mike don't know about Bikes in general and Gen 1s in particular .. not just a spanner man .. he can also actually ride the things like Mr Yam never intended
! Called in and flown over from Spain to do road tests for Ride mag, etc.
Mike is still on his first Gen 1. It's Blue and one of the very first few out of the box in the UK. He could have (I recon) just about any production bike he wanted and I think he would have moved on by now if there was ever anything better to have
. THINK AGAIN BUDDY AND KEEP YOUR BIKE !!
All just in my opinion of course
Stay Safe
. Trev. The Polar Bear.