30-11-11, 10:16 PM
Yeah. I was a bit baffled by the VFR winning too. It has sold shed loads more than the Fazer though, and is more of a quality item. Actually, that's nonsense. I'd been through the disks on my 750 by 25,000 miles and the exhaust fell apart soon after that! Fazer's still rock solid in those areas at 88,500 miles.
With regards to the VFR12 being less gutsy than the Fazer, I noticed that. Below 90, it really doesn't feel any faster at all. And oddly enough, I'd ridden the VFR VTech just a couple of weeks before and been surprised that the Fazer was less gutsy than that at very low revs, so for an extra 400cc, the 12 really is sorely lacking in oomph.
Reading the replies and having had the chance to think more on this, I think the reason the VFR12 was such a let down was because I was expecting the 800 but with Fazer power at the top end. And yet here was a bike that has had it's power delivery ruined by electronic interference below 90. And let's face it, that's where most people ride most of the time. Except in Germany. On holiday. You never saw me, right!
I did contemplate getting a 12 and 'fixing' it - but I don't think there's a PCIV for it, you can't do anything about the poor ABS (nor the linked brakes because of the ABS), dropping weight would be very difficult, no one does a full system for it and even if all this was possible, well, you're looking at many thousands. And that's before you look at it again and realise it'll never ever be a good looking machine.
Yes. Stick with what I've got. Actually, I suspect I'm going to supplement it with a decent '89 VFR and fit it out with CBR6 forks and wheels (for radial tyres). Maybe an Ohlins too . .
Although, there's always this . .
http://www.aaperf.com/vfrkit-gen5.html
while I'm waiting for a crossplane Fazer
With regards to the VFR12 being less gutsy than the Fazer, I noticed that. Below 90, it really doesn't feel any faster at all. And oddly enough, I'd ridden the VFR VTech just a couple of weeks before and been surprised that the Fazer was less gutsy than that at very low revs, so for an extra 400cc, the 12 really is sorely lacking in oomph.
Reading the replies and having had the chance to think more on this, I think the reason the VFR12 was such a let down was because I was expecting the 800 but with Fazer power at the top end. And yet here was a bike that has had it's power delivery ruined by electronic interference below 90. And let's face it, that's where most people ride most of the time. Except in Germany. On holiday. You never saw me, right!
I did contemplate getting a 12 and 'fixing' it - but I don't think there's a PCIV for it, you can't do anything about the poor ABS (nor the linked brakes because of the ABS), dropping weight would be very difficult, no one does a full system for it and even if all this was possible, well, you're looking at many thousands. And that's before you look at it again and realise it'll never ever be a good looking machine.
Yes. Stick with what I've got. Actually, I suspect I'm going to supplement it with a decent '89 VFR and fit it out with CBR6 forks and wheels (for radial tyres). Maybe an Ohlins too . .
Although, there's always this . .
http://www.aaperf.com/vfrkit-gen5.html
while I'm waiting for a crossplane Fazer
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