600 to 1000.....why should i do it?

[ogri48]

Have you ridden a tuono mate? If not get a test ride, it will be an eye opener. they are a real beast of a bike, as a 160 bhp twin would be. You cannot ride them tamely, they just aren't that sorta bike. Most factory high barred bikes de tune the donor motor, but the priller lump feels just as full on in the tuono. That's the beauty of the fazer thou, much like the 600 variant it can be a sedate tourer, a nippy commuter, or a lunatic r1 slayer, depending on what head you have on on the day.
Gen2s are cheap for an early one now, and do feel lighter, that might be your answer. But everybody should own and run a gen one at least once in their biking lives...