17-04-20, 08:00 AM
Well done for coming this far, sometimes making the decision is just as hard as undertaking the project.
I think that the FZS is peerless among motorcycles, it's fast but oh so comfortable. I haven't found faster without sacrificing the comfort - so on that score they are worth restoring.
Having read the posts in this thread I have two comments:
- the nicer the condition of the bike in the garage the less tempting it is to ride it. My Fazer is cleaner than new and I manage somewhere between 500 and 900 miles a year on it, the roads must be dry and salt free and the weather good for the duration before I'll take it out. It becomes a luxury item rather than transport.
- there's little point in making the bike really nice without improving your 'less than perfect cleaning regime'. I find having decent music and a drink in the garage a very real help. A 'wet cloth / dry cloth wipe over' can take as little as 15 minutes, it's not onerous.
is it clean enough?