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**Duken4evr** · 07-04-2009, 12:11 PM

An affordable I4 that rocks - gotta be an FZ1 with all the DukeMods

Good ride today. Left at 7:00AM, missed most of the traffic. Fell in with a CBR1000 and GSXR something and led a nice spirited ride down a canyon road I know well. It was capped off at the end by the longest wheelie I have done on the FZ to date. It felt real natural, pretty high but not too, so I just went with it for about 1/8th of a mile with the throttle feathered

I also just put a Penske on it - it rides great on broken slabby pavement now, much "creamier" if that makes sense. The Penske has a RHA on it, lifting the tail a touch makes the bike feel 30 pounds lighter. It snap rolls into corners really nice now. My sick plan for this bike is just a set of black fatbars and some braided front brake lines away from being completed

The 2nd Gen FZs like mine are pretty cheap used, right around 5K. This leaves money for mods. It is a different bike after modding and loading my FI map of course.

I would say the FZ1 is balanced. It is not a monster motor like a B-King or Hayabusa, but it has lots of smooth free revving power (making about 146 to 150hp set up like mine) and it will run rings around those bikes on a twisty road. It is not as sharp handling as pure sportbike, but it is pretty darn sharp, especially with better tires on it (the stock D221's in particular, are crap). It does not have the top end speed (max is about 155 mph) of a liter sport, but it feels great up to about 135 mph. After that the lack of plastic is a liability. It is stable at top speed, but it feels like a flying brick wall

The FZ tends to be overlooked as it is not "best" at anything. It is fun bike though, and I like that it has minimal yet effective plastic and is still a serious corner carving tool. From what I can tell so far, the thing is unbreakably reliable too. Best of all, the cops don't seem to notice it too much. They probably think it is a BMW or something

07-04-2009, 12:11 PM	#18 (permalink)
Duken4evr Chief Moderator for my kids Julia & Kristen Member #260 Posts: 8,502 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Parker, CO Sportsbike: '97 TL1000S for 8 years, Now an '06 FZ-1 Riding Experience: Into the old guy zone... Trader Rating: (9) Pictures: 0 Life Wasted on TLZone: 2 Weeks, 6 Days and 23:20:19 Hours Duken4evr's Garage Duken4evr	An affordable I4 that rocks - gotta be an FZ1 with all the DukeMods Good ride today. Left at 7:00AM, missed most of the traffic. Fell in with a CBR1000 and GSXR something and led a nice spirited ride down a canyon road I know well. It was capped off at the end by the longest wheelie I have done on the FZ to date. It felt real natural, pretty high but not too, so I just went with it for about 1/8th of a mile with the throttle feathered I also just put a Penske on it - it rides great on broken slabby pavement now, much "creamier" if that makes sense. The Penske has a RHA on it, lifting the tail a touch makes the bike feel 30 pounds lighter. It snap rolls into corners really nice now. My sick plan for this bike is just a set of black fatbars and some braided front brake lines away from being completed The 2nd Gen FZs like mine are pretty cheap used, right around 5K. This leaves money for mods. It is a different bike after modding and loading my FI map of course. I would say the FZ1 is balanced. It is not a monster motor like a B-King or Hayabusa, but it has lots of smooth free revving power (making about 146 to 150hp set up like mine) and it will run rings around those bikes on a twisty road. It is not as sharp handling as pure sportbike, but it is pretty darn sharp, especially with better tires on it (the stock D221's in particular, are crap). It does not have the top end speed (max is about 155 mph) of a liter sport, but it feels great up to about 135 mph. After that the lack of plastic is a liability. It is stable at top speed, but it feels like a flying brick wall The FZ tends to be overlooked as it is not "best" at anything. It is fun bike though, and I like that it has minimal yet effective plastic and is still a serious corner carving tool. From what I can tell so far, the thing is unbreakably reliable too. Best of all, the cops don't seem to notice it too much. They probably think it is a BMW or something __________________ I would feel awkward riding a Harley. The honky-tonk parking lot butt sniffing checking out each other's chrome encrusted doodads and then riding home half in the bag social scene they engender is not what my idea of riding motorcycles is about. Last edited by Duken4evr; 07-04-2009 at 12:45 PM..