Gen2 Fazer 1000/800 (FZ1/8): FAQ for New and Prospective Owners

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[quote author=mickvp link=topic=26286.msg316898#msg316898 date=1593114953]Great idea this. No use to me as my fat ass likes the comfort of the couch that is a gen 1. But it’s a great idea none the less..

I needed the faq as much for myself as for anyone else and it bugged me that it hadn't been done before now.

And I suffer from the same issue with seats, my sit bones give me a lot of grief. So Im gonna have all kinds of fun doing post purchase seat research. The irony and what made me reconsider the FZ1 again was I have test ridden the following bikes -

• 2016 & 2020 Kawasaki Z1000SX - love this bike but no center stand and hard seat. Also stock rubber on the 2020 was awefull.
  
• 2020 Kawasaki Versys 1000 - looks fugly, has center stand but seat height to high at 33/34"
  
• 2020 Suzuki Vstrom 1000 - fugly, less power than the versys, has center stand, but again too tall.
  
• 2020 Honda VFR800F - lovely bike, but not enough power and too small compared to the FZS.
  
• 2012 Triumph Sprint GT - has center stand, but that was its only redeeming feature - thing was a cluncky, slow, loud tractor.
  

And all of them had uncomfortable seats. The Versys was the only one that overall got close to the fazer, and the comfy seat on my GSF1250.

And now as a result of doing this thread I now know when a shop for example is trying to sell a 2009 as a 2010 just by the colour of the exhaust tip. Ruling that bike out entirely -

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/...AHA&page=1
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Haha thats one of my local stealers. Nice guy to be fair, ex racer too.