Gen 1 v Gen 2

[Grandma]

After two glorious years on Gen 1 reluctantly sold it as it was a tad heavy and tried the Gen 2 with a Nitron shock, bought it, liked it, but hated the fuel consumption, as both 03 R1 and 54 FZ1S returned 55mpg whatever I did with them. The Gen 2 struggled to make 40mpg and with a smaller tank seemed to be forever filling up.
[/size][/color]The last straw came on my way to France, loaded up same as I always have done for the last 15 years, kept checking that everything was in place, actually feeling very happy, lovely sunny day, no traffic, plenty of time etc,. etc.
[/size][/color]Should have known it was going too well, as bike stated to feel weird on M20, so I slowed down, then felt really dodgy and nothing I did seemed to make any difference, so I decided to limp into Maidstone services to investigate.
[/size][/color]Never made it, as the back wheel locked up and sent the bike into a snake, which got worse and worse, but at least gave me time to get onto the hard shoulder before I hit the deck :\
[/size][/color]When I'd recovered my composure and half my undies which were shredded and scattered all over the hard shoulder, a guy stopped and picked the bike up for me, then the police to make sure I was O,K and finally AA to take the bike home in disgrace.
[/size][/color]Managed to cobble more luggage and clothes together, change my train booking, then went on faithfull R1, which never missed a bit.
[/size][/color]Surprisingly insurers wrote off Fazer and I must admit I didn't shed any tears over it, hence the Fazer 8.
[/size][/color]Attached is a photo of the R1 with the luggage which I used on the Fazer, covering 1,000's of miles without incident. The coppers who stopped commented they had come across a few Fazers which had done the same, but my Gen 1 was as good as gold with the same luggage! [/color][/size].[color=blue]