nope mate. hes biased to more modern feeling bikes, and he hates soft suspension. granted a sorted gen 1 would solve those issues, but most of the magazine blokes only ride stockers or modded new bikes. the fz1 gen2 was his long termer at the time, and he loved it. we rode a gen one a coupla years back in a group test against the new multistrada, and getting some good stunt photos for chippy, he nearly high speed wheelied it into a clio coming the other way..he reckons thats the closest hes ever come to actually killing himself, whether that affects his feelings for a gen one either negatively(nearly killed himself)or positively(it saved his life) i honestly dunno, but im overdue a catch up with him, i'll find out.