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Greetings From Perth, Australia - bajaru - 28-11-15
Hello all, thought I'd do the right thing and say hello. I have been lurking since I bought my Gen1 about 3 months ago to compliment the Honda Blackbird I already had. :lol But sadly 6 weeks ago, some low life managed to sneak into our basement garage and helped himself to the BB. :'(
Back to the FZS1000... I love this bike, and have always wanted one. especially for its looks. The bike is stock except for the after-market end can. She started life All-Blue but that's been changed to Matt-Black except for the front fairing. Looks aside, after a couple weekends of suspension tweaking she now rides as I like it, far and fast!- 500kms days are now a walk in the park. Prior to this, she was almost impossible to ride. and I've often wondered if that's the reason the previous owner won't pick up or return my calls... :b , when I just wanted him to just take it for a run just so he could feel the transformation. I guess he will never know.
I had originally wanted to do the R6 shock conversion after reading it on this forum, but I don't feel that it will be necessary after all my tweaking- but we'll see how that goes when I start riding further 2-Up. My BB was previously setup for distance runs 2-Up, how will this Gen1 cope with that task?
I guess only time will tell if its up for that role...
Re: Greetings From Perth, Australia - fatbloke62 - 28-11-15
Hi and welcome from cold and rainy England ,Oz is a place on my bucket list to see where the late old man spent many years during the war :useless
Re: Greetings From Perth, Australia - bajaru - 30-11-15
Hi fatbloke62
Sorry to hear about your Dad...Yes you ought to follow his lead. Don't know where he spend most of his time but if you make it to Perth, you'd won't get home-sick! There are so many English/Welsh/Scottish who now live here. One thing for sure, the rain here is pretty scarce but is most welcomed when she does come. Having spent nearly 20 years in Malaysia I do miss those seasonal torrential rains, and the riding in the storm!
Keep in touch if ever you decide to come visit
Re: Greetings From Perth, Australia - bajaru - 30-11-15
This is what my Gen1 looked like when I first got it...