I've bought one!!!!

[markp2]

I think I will stick with my Gen 1 Thou

[arch33angel]

It's a brutal foccer. Can't stand the look of all these FZ Fazers. I've likely just become an old fart dining out on nostalgia.

[Janet]

this what bike magazine sais about the FZ8
"if yamahas 130bhp,150mph FZ1can be likened to a rampaging wildebeest (and those who've ridden one will know it certainly can) then the FZ8 is his unlucky mate who's been tagged with a tranquilliser dart,staggered around for a bit and just managed to dislodge it before passing out,from the outside,the two animals look almost the same-they're an identical size with matching silouttes-but that instinctive snarl at its core has been tamed,and it's not quite as steady on its hind legs"
and with a comparison against the honda hornet 600 bike said
"if you want an 800,get a hornet 600"
the FZ8 could not out accelerate a hornet 600 in the mid range the hornet being 180cc smaller in engine size

Those quotes really hit the mark in my opinion. Last July (owning a 2008 Hornet 600 at the time) I had a demo ride on the FZ8, just out of interest, and really didn't like it - it wasn't anything like as good a ride as my Hornet. Then I was told that the dealer had some cheap brand new FZ1s, took one out for a demo ride ... and bought one!

[Tagsantite]

I really don't understand what everyone has got against the FZ8, apart from the list price when it first came out.
The more I ride mine the more I like it.
OK, it's not as fast as say a Kwacker Z1000 in terms of outright acceleration but the roll-on is outstanding. It has got so much useable torque you rarely need to change down!
The fuelling is about the best I have come across for a very long time; the riding position is extremely comfortable.
All in all, it's a great all-rounder.

[chris.biker]

Well I was in a Yamaha dealers the other day looking at these in the show room, but as I rode there on my Hornet 600, my next bike looks like it should be a new Hornet 600.
saying that I m as skint as the rest so in my dreams.