uk Fz8 owner here
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Camo
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Good onya mate! You'll not be on your own, there's quiet a few of your fellow poms on here lol.
Welcome, look forward to a few pics once you get on it
Welcome, look forward to a few pics once you get on it
highoctane
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Welcome! Its a great bike!
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thanks for the welcome
yes took the DAS, didn't think I'd pass as I've only drove geared bikes since nov 11. It was mainly safety why I chose to step up, overtaking on a 125 is just too risky
yes took the DAS, didn't think I'd pass as I've only drove geared bikes since nov 11. It was mainly safety why I chose to step up, overtaking on a 125 is just too risky
Dazextriumphnowyamman
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Another POM here guys, Daz from Leicester, had a Triumph Daytona 955i (99 model) up until April this year when I saw an advert on the t'internet for 0% finance on certain Yamaha models. Test rode a XJ600 Diversion, only really cos my local Yammy branch didnt have a FZ8 for me to test ride so had to take the XJ up to their Loughborough branch to pick up the test FZ.
Rode it back to my house via the A6, A46 and M1 and back around the south ring-road to Oadby , had a perma-grin all the way back to the dealer where I got offered a crackin' deal using my 955i as a trade-in.
As Hereward says, easy to live with but defo puts a smile on yer chops when you need it to. The bike is a tad disappointing whilst running the engine in for the first 1000 miles as you can't take it over 6000rpm. Once she's run in and had the first service ( only cost me the price of the oil ) you're in for a nice surprise around 6500rpm as the infamous Yammy powerband kicks in !!
Fizzer8 , enjoy the bike mate but be careful, she has a sting in her tail with that powerband if you're not expecting it!
RIDE SAFE GUYS ! Daz x
Rode it back to my house via the A6, A46 and M1 and back around the south ring-road to Oadby , had a perma-grin all the way back to the dealer where I got offered a crackin' deal using my 955i as a trade-in.
As Hereward says, easy to live with but defo puts a smile on yer chops when you need it to. The bike is a tad disappointing whilst running the engine in for the first 1000 miles as you can't take it over 6000rpm. Once she's run in and had the first service ( only cost me the price of the oil ) you're in for a nice surprise around 6500rpm as the infamous Yammy powerband kicks in !!
Fizzer8 , enjoy the bike mate but be careful, she has a sting in her tail with that powerband if you're not expecting it!
RIDE SAFE GUYS ! Daz x
Fizzer8 , enjoy the bike mate but be careful, she has a sting in her tail with that powerband if you're not expecting it!
RIDE SAFE GUYS ! Daz x
thanks for the tip, I'll bear that in mind.
One of the other reasons why I chose this over the R6 was ride position, I get chronic neck pain on the yzfr125, also a buzzin in my hands as I feel like the ride positon put weight on my palms. After doing my DAS on a suzuki gs500 I knew that maybe this kind of bike was a better choice. We'll see.