Recent content by Gravelrash

No problem imho so long as you are doing it smoothly and not stressing the transmission.

Thanks for the feed back lothodon, shame its still there but looking at the dyno plot in this thread it must be reduced. I think my dealer is keen on doing a deal, he gave me the bike again this evening to take home, I have left my Bandit with them as they might have a customer for it. So...

Doesn't include the bell pan sadly.....and at £166 I wish it did as thats a lot of cash for a small bit of plastic.

The retail on the FZ8 is £7999 (this includes the Akrapovic slip on, LED indicators, tale-tidy and something else which I can't remember). The Speed tripple is £8695 for the base model. Above 5800rpm in top? .... :D maybe you are right though, I've got used to using the torque on the big...

Ah, brilliant information. Looks like the Akrapovic does improve things, that is what I was hoping. Agree that you probably get used to it but on the test ride I found I was spending a lot of time in that rev range so I was more obvious. Agree that I don't want to be spending loads on...

Hi all Just joined the forum, took a 2011 FZ8 for a test ride today. I've currently got a Bandit 1250 Streetfighter edition but have developed a itch for a change. The dealer has a black naked FZ8 with all the trick bits, I believe this is a deal Yamaha are doing until the end of June...