FORGIVING FAZER & TYRES THAT TALK

[mike.sg]

So I was talking to a mech, and he was singing praises about the gen 1, in that the suspension was better than the later models. The frame is soft(er) and flexy(-ier), so the bike is not as precise, but that also means that there are greater margins for error; setting up a wrong line will tend not to kill you, you can always allow the bike to flex a bit and get you back into a safer line, well sort of.

Anybody else with experience comparing between generations would like to chime in? I'm curious to hear more discussion about the gen 1 handling and suspension characteristics.