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[JoeRock]

Sounds like the Fazer with lower bars is probably as close as you can get right now JoeRock. I feel your pain about the insurance - when I was 23, I was quoted 1700 quid fully comp on my VFR750..... In 1985! Christ know's what that would be in today's money.


It's bad timing for me to say this, but given the wish list of things you want from a bike, a ZZR1400 ticks every box - fast, sports riding position, comfy, massive tank range, brilliant two up and pretty economical to run, too. The only thing it lacks is the ZX9s looks - I saw a E1 ZX9 in the same red as I had the other day, and I reckon it's still a great looking bike. I still feel a bit guilty about selling it.


mpg - you're dead right, cold weather hammers mpg. I'm down a good 20 miles per tank at the moment. In summer, I get 165 miles to warning light, at the moment, it's more like 145. Every now and then I think 'hmmm, Honda NC700, 80 to the gallon' and then I snap back and think, 50bhp.....naaahhhh.


Roll on spring!

I must admit I do love the ZZR1400s, (although I do agree with you that the ZX9Rs look much better!) Will definitely own one at some point, but at the moment I imagine insurance might be a tad prohibited due to my age  :lol Out of interest, what kind of mpg/tank range do you get on yours?
I must admit a big part of the reason that I bought a Fazer was that they're supposed to be good on fuel, and have a decent tank range. My ninja used to regullarly do about 150 before reserve (45mpg) around town. The Fazer at the moment is getting about 32mpg for the same riding, that said, it's very cold, and it's a series of short journeys, which I know won't help matters. Only long ride I've ever had on it was moderately spirited and I got 42mpg, which I thought was pretty acceptable! Can only dream of 165 to the light at the moment! I do reckon it might be in need of a service, I've got a set of spark plugs waited to be fitted, and then I'll balance the carbs too, so hopefully that'll help issues!