19-10-17, 10:42 AM
(19-10-17, 10:31 AM)mtread link Wrote:Came back to biking in 99 and bought a 600 Bandit. Mistake. Only bought it because I'd had Suzukis before, never had a Yamaha. Situation resolved when it was written off and this time I read reviews, and a Foxeye 600 it was. Never looked back. What a fantastic bike it is, still 14 years and 46k later.
Got 3 bikes now, a Speed Triple and a Tiger, but if I had to just have one..... the Fazer of course.
This has become more apparent on this forum. The Fazer appears to be one of the few bikes where owners have kept on to them (for over a decade), from virtually brand new!
I too considered the Bandit, looking for a Naked bike. However all the reviews, the Fazer just shone that little bit more, its power, its build quality, its reliability etc. I actually think its more interesting to look at too! 8)
Even while riding my Ninja ZX6R (my previous and 1st bike, which I wrote off), I often thought I wanted a naked (Sports) bike, best of both worlds.
LOVING it, so smooth and refined, amazing considering these originals (the FZS series) are some 15+ yrs old now!