trust me on this mate, there honestly are very, very few bikes to beat it, in real motorcycling terms. the zzr14s a good un though, like the man said. on another test i got to ride an early one from calais to morrocco in 24 hours..that was some adventure, and some bike. fazer still beats it for vfm though, imho
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Having had a summer on the ZZR14, I serviced the Fazer ready for winter and started riding it again last week, and you know what, I still utterly love it. After the ZZR it is comfy, revvy, and just so chuckable with those high and wide bars. It's just great fun, and no wonder I've done 92k on it.
Apart from the all-rounder nature of it, the two things that stand out for me are that engine and the steel frame. My Fazer talks to me like a 911's steering is supposed to (not that I've ever driven one, but you keep reading about it) and really communicates what's going on. Hurl it into a corner like Spencer on his CB900 superbike, boing around with it chattering away and waggling it's bars and then hit 7000 and watch the world go backwards.
So much for the march of progress eh? If the Gen1 hit the streets in 2001, it must have been in design from 1998 and still nothing's touched it. Brilliant brilliant bike.