Just bought a pristine 2000 Fazer to use as a winter ride. Winter here means subfreezing temperatures, snow and ice.
I am documenting the experiences in a blog winterride dot com.
I bought the Fazer for its low price, but boy what a ride! Lots of style and performance.
EDIT: Oops, sorry for multiple posts, the forum kept giving an error message "cannot load main page" or something along those lines.