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[fireblake]

when i was working on "bike" magazine, i spent a lot of time with road test ed simon hargreaves, and he became a good mate. of all the bikes he test rode or had as a staff long termer, when i asked him which one he would choose over all others, it was a fz1 with FCE. thats why i want the part before i even have the bike, he rated it that much, and i value his opinion. and though i already have two brilliant bikes, i have found the fazer thou (either gen one or two) to be the perfect bike, for me at least. my gen ones gone now, cant wait to get a gen 2, and whilst the 2013 test bike i rode was faultless(but out of my price range), i know from experience and talking to others the earlier incarnations, at least up to '09 or '10  dont fuel as well(although not as bad as the on/off throttle of the first ones in '06) ..theres definately summat been done differently on the new 'uns, whether yamaha will admit it or not..just a shame i cant afford one, but even if i had the money i couldnt blow it all on the one bike, id want two bloody good bikes for ten grand not one..

I remember reading something similar from Simon and have read his write ups when testing with Falcon269.
It makes me wonder when he's bought an old Nail as his own bike why he did't get an old FZS 1000 and Ivanise it and also do all the other mods we're mostly doing. I'd like to hear his perspective on a well sorted FZS and a Gen2. Is it just that a Gen2 looks more focused?