100,000 miles on a Fazer 1000. The truth.

[AyJay]

Brilliant post . I have now owned 3 different gen 1 fazer 1000's. The original i bought new and spent a small fortune tuning and upgrading suspension and riding position. I still own it! I normally have several bikes in my garage, so mileages aren't huge, as i use them all. My original fazer has nearly 11'000 miles and is like new. The bike hasn't even blown a bulb... Best all rounder bar none!

Ta!
That's a good point. In all those miles, it's blown one headlight bulb and two dash bulbs. That's all.

I nearly bought another 1000 a bit ago, but mine just keeps going so I bought another bike for the Nurburgring instead. I was 50 last year, and people kept asking 'what are you doing for your 50th?', so I started answering '200 mph', so I bought a ZZR1400 and did! The way it rattles past 180 is quite awe inspiring in a 'am I bothered' kind of way. No fuss, no drama . .

Anyway, I really should have bought the Fazer because the owner didn't really know what he had - it had a grand's worth of remote reservoir Ohlins, touring screen, Rentals, hugger, etc, and I'll bet the owner before him had done the forks and Ivanised it. It was 20,000 miles old, immaculate and only 3k.

Damn. Damn. Damn.