06-02-15, 09:41 PM
(06-02-15, 08:57 PM)AyJay link Wrote: That's the Fazer. It was under rated when it came out and that judgement seems to have stuck.
Yamaha messed up by trying to play it up as a hooligan street bike, completely missing it's potential as one of the best all-rounders ever built. So the advertising attracted the wrong people, and the bike journos judged it by that label, and so they were all then disappointed (although perhaps not totally) that it was actually very mild-mannered when you wanted it to be. That and the stupid price it first hit the showrooms at gave it a very slow start. I've never read a bad write-up on them when taken for what they actually are. Ever. "That judgement" has not stuck at all. People have since discovered what a great bike it is, and I also don't recall ever hearing anyone slag them off when I've been asked what bike I ride.
It's only failing now is that it is getting to look a bit out-dated. But we all know, it still beats much of the competition into a cocked hat.