I've ridden a few bikes in the 5 years I've been riding and my boxeye 600 is definitely the best for my needs and my favorite so far. I bought it as I wanted an affordable all rounder and that is exactly what it delivers, but its so fun and rewarding to ride as well. I honestly hardly ever even get to properly nail it and use its power, mostly I enjoy its decent handling and the fact that in 5th / 6th gear it is nice and responsive @ 60mph when having fun on national speed limit twisties. Perhaps that's due to where I live and what I use it for. Even so, when you do hold it up to 12k in low gears you are reaching 80-100mph in seconds....that still amazes me. Obviously there are faster bikes, better handling etc but as a budget all rounder you can't really fault this bike. The only 2 bikes that have blown me away in a similar way in terms of raw acceleration and feeling of speed were my mates GSX 1400 and when I was 16 my friends tuned DT125 (granted I've never ridden a proper sports bike). I would not have either of them over my Fazer though.
For someone my age, this is the best all round bike money can buy for the price and that's not to say it isn't for somebody older either it's just insurers are harsher on young people. A FZS 1000 or supersport like Joes ninja will be quicker of course, but how often do you truly use that pace? I have never once come off a ride and thought, well my Fazer 600 was a bit slow today I could have really done with a 1000cc. Its more to insure and run, more tax and costs more to actually buy in the first place. This may sound Biased but I can really genuinely not think of a better do it all bike that costs approx £1500 to buy at £300 a year fully comp insurance for a 21 year old. VFR? More expensive to insure and I hate clip ons. Never ridden one but can't imagine them being THAT much better than a Fazer. Hornet? Not as versatile. Same with SV although I do like them a lot. Bandit you can get for cheaper but not as good a bike. TDM 850, kind of boring. All the 500 twins are a bit small and meh. Supermoto's, great fun but nowhere near the versatility. An old GSX-R or something similar? Once again clip ons and more to insure. FZ6 / 8? Not my cup of tea at all. The mt-09 and 07 do look interesting though, but expensive... A mate recently got a GSR 600 on finance and traded in his bandit 600 so will be interesting to see what he makes of it long term. It's once again not my cup of tea though. Street triples etc at my age are no chance. Do they even tour anyway? The pillion seat is a postage stamp... It has to be a Fazer every time, just a shame you have to spend a load to make them comfy for tall people. My plan is to do mine up as good as I can / need for comfort and then buy a big old thumper of a dirt bike as a second bike to mess about on and work on, possibly convert to a supermoto.
Topic: Fazer a cracking bike (Read 5593 times)
