18-06-16, 06:52 PM
Ah, the perenial question, is anything new better than the Fazer?
Back in 2008 I had a lightly modified Boxeye 600 and had decided that i wanted something newer/better. I rode the Striple and, IMO, it was no better than my 600 Fazer. In the end I ended up with the new CB1000R. It's a good bike and, again IMO, was the best looking thing on the road at the time BUT there were so many cheap and nasty bits on it I wanted to change that it cost me a fortune to make it approach the bike I expected. After 3 years with it I gave up and bought a 2004 Gen 1.
For me, the Fazer does just about everything I want it to do. It suits where and how I ride and I haven't seen anything that's come on the market in recent years that I'd replace it with.
It's not perfect, I wish it was lighter and, at 5'6" it's balls of the feet on the ground only but, short of a home-built special (that would probably end up looking very much like a Fazer, anyway) the only thing I'd consider would be my old 600 back!
Back in 2008 I had a lightly modified Boxeye 600 and had decided that i wanted something newer/better. I rode the Striple and, IMO, it was no better than my 600 Fazer. In the end I ended up with the new CB1000R. It's a good bike and, again IMO, was the best looking thing on the road at the time BUT there were so many cheap and nasty bits on it I wanted to change that it cost me a fortune to make it approach the bike I expected. After 3 years with it I gave up and bought a 2004 Gen 1.
For me, the Fazer does just about everything I want it to do. It suits where and how I ride and I haven't seen anything that's come on the market in recent years that I'd replace it with.
It's not perfect, I wish it was lighter and, at 5'6" it's balls of the feet on the ground only but, short of a home-built special (that would probably end up looking very much like a Fazer, anyway) the only thing I'd consider would be my old 600 back!