17-08-15, 07:09 PM
SLG...you'd be welcome to try mine for a day....if you got insured on it properly and insured me on your bike.....trouble is im in the arse end of nowhere...nice roads though.
I just cant learn to love my fz1 that's all....but hey beggers cant be choosers and at 33 year old having something with 140 odd BHP I shalnt complain too much.....I've kinda just admitted defeat and im lumped with it so ill just enjoy it for what it is because it doesn't owe me anything and I can continue tweaking away each year.
I've got Gilles and my centre stand is removed..i can get good lean angles with the tiny gilles pegs plus I jacked it up with Devilsyams jack up plates which were very reasonably priced.....obviously I've focced about with mine by putting on large Renthal bars which I like and I've got a Nitron track rear and uprated (far too stiff) front springs.
A Power commander is second hand circa £170 for a PC3 or £250 for a PC5....maps are free, K&N £50, trimmed flies are cheap enough, lars airbox mod is free as is blocking off the AIS...then there's an iVANS FCE..cant remember how much they are.
Talking to slim he doesn't rate the standard shock so I think youd be looking to replace that....ive never tried a standard one.....im getting a reconditioned R1 shock for mine now off Brooker now, complete with adaptor to fit the FZ1.....my Nitron looks a bit tired so ill either flog that as is or send it off for a Nitron service and then flog it if the R1 shock is decent.
Stevie makes some good points but if you don't really want an old R1 then I suppose you could still do the same with a newer model although the one thing id say about the FZ1 is that they are mighty cheap second hand options and I imagine similar year R1's would be far pricier.
The seats are really not touring comfy.....would a similar model R1 seat be comfy though....doubt it.
on the road I would agree that a decent Gen 1 and a decent FZ1 are pretty equal....although the Gen 1 would probably require the R1 front end to be equal......yours has an R1 front I believe so youd get a good comparison.
In a nutshell.......no they don't really make sense in many ways.....but they are something a bit different and wouldn't it be boring if we all rode the same things.
I just cant learn to love my fz1 that's all....but hey beggers cant be choosers and at 33 year old having something with 140 odd BHP I shalnt complain too much.....I've kinda just admitted defeat and im lumped with it so ill just enjoy it for what it is because it doesn't owe me anything and I can continue tweaking away each year.
I've got Gilles and my centre stand is removed..i can get good lean angles with the tiny gilles pegs plus I jacked it up with Devilsyams jack up plates which were very reasonably priced.....obviously I've focced about with mine by putting on large Renthal bars which I like and I've got a Nitron track rear and uprated (far too stiff) front springs.
A Power commander is second hand circa £170 for a PC3 or £250 for a PC5....maps are free, K&N £50, trimmed flies are cheap enough, lars airbox mod is free as is blocking off the AIS...then there's an iVANS FCE..cant remember how much they are.
Talking to slim he doesn't rate the standard shock so I think youd be looking to replace that....ive never tried a standard one.....im getting a reconditioned R1 shock for mine now off Brooker now, complete with adaptor to fit the FZ1.....my Nitron looks a bit tired so ill either flog that as is or send it off for a Nitron service and then flog it if the R1 shock is decent.
Stevie makes some good points but if you don't really want an old R1 then I suppose you could still do the same with a newer model although the one thing id say about the FZ1 is that they are mighty cheap second hand options and I imagine similar year R1's would be far pricier.
The seats are really not touring comfy.....would a similar model R1 seat be comfy though....doubt it.
on the road I would agree that a decent Gen 1 and a decent FZ1 are pretty equal....although the Gen 1 would probably require the R1 front end to be equal......yours has an R1 front I believe so youd get a good comparison.
In a nutshell.......no they don't really make sense in many ways.....but they are something a bit different and wouldn't it be boring if we all rode the same things.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike