I've bought one!!!!

[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!