01-06-14, 06:53 PM
It's much lighter and more rideable in normal road situations. Definitely corners faster and tighter than the FZ but as it's a kilo lighter than an R6 it should!
Using 4th a lot, as soon as you breathe on the throttle it takes off. I found myself going for far more overtakes and the engine braking is noticeably more than the FZ1 so you don't find your self changing up or down on the majority of single carriageway overtakes. Again today I thought the speedo was in km and not mph :o
Regarding the throttle, yes several times I'm lurching a bit on bumpy roads and having to think about my throttle control due to the on/off nature, but chucking it in B mode and it's much more FZ1 like, smoother roll on/offs but you soon miss the rush of the instant throttle and its back to std mode. Haven't tried the race track like A mode yet
Still running in so haven't really given it full chat yet but the power seems constant up to the ton. Of course it's not going to go ballistic like the Fazer once you hit 7K but your far too busy dealing with the torque rush to worry about that :lol
Don't get me wrong, I'm not writing the Gen2 off, after all I've had one since 2007 (two actually) and loved every mile but it's time for a change.
Using 4th a lot, as soon as you breathe on the throttle it takes off. I found myself going for far more overtakes and the engine braking is noticeably more than the FZ1 so you don't find your self changing up or down on the majority of single carriageway overtakes. Again today I thought the speedo was in km and not mph :o
Regarding the throttle, yes several times I'm lurching a bit on bumpy roads and having to think about my throttle control due to the on/off nature, but chucking it in B mode and it's much more FZ1 like, smoother roll on/offs but you soon miss the rush of the instant throttle and its back to std mode. Haven't tried the race track like A mode yet
Still running in so haven't really given it full chat yet but the power seems constant up to the ton. Of course it's not going to go ballistic like the Fazer once you hit 7K but your far too busy dealing with the torque rush to worry about that :lol
Don't get me wrong, I'm not writing the Gen2 off, after all I've had one since 2007 (two actually) and loved every mile but it's time for a change.