Yamaha Fazer FZS600

‘It looks like Darth Vader’s helmet.’ That was the first thing I said to my friend when I spotted a Black Fazer 600, while I was browsing EBay for a new bike. I’d always admired the Fazer, however never thought of buying one, until now. 46,000 miles? It’s been to the damn moon and back, I thought. More than 3 times the mileage on any bike I’ve owned before. Recently resprayed, scorpion slip on exhaust with no standard supplied? Been crashed then. No service history? Oh dear, it gets worse, I thought. But then I realised, I didn’t want to spend much money. After all, it’s mainly just going to ... more

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All the reviews stated this bike is ideal for just about any type of riding, touring, commuting, fun days out and B road blasting. I bought mine in the Spring of 2004 and have used it for all of these types of riding and have to say it almost, not quite, but almost lives up to the hype. My bike a shiny blue one, R1 Blue I'm told, after scratching it once I found its listed as Deep Purlish Blue Metallic on the Yamaha paint supply lists, how's that for a colour? Still it looks great and is mainly blue but has a nice purple tinge when caught in the right light nice! Mine is a 2003 model with the ... more

I've wanted a bike for ages, used to ride scramblers as a teenager but never got around to getting one on the road till last year. It was simple really, wife has a baby and I decide to get a bike (and rid myself of disappointing Golf GTi in the process - see separate opinion!). I spent about 2 months doing my CBT then Direct Access training, all the while looking at the magazines and wandering around the local showrooms, my first intention was to get a Suzuki SV650S, great looking bike, but at just over 6ft tall maybe a little small for me. It was the magazine reviews and the suggestion of my ... more

My last bike was 10 years ago, a Honda VF500. That was a v4 four stroke and reasonably powerfull at the time. I had to sell to buy a house and regretted it just about every day since then. Last year I remembered a 15 year old insurance policy and thought I'd find out what it was worth. When I found out it was enough for a new bike and change, that was it, policy cashed - ker-ching. I used uk.rec.motorcycles to get some idea of what bike to get, and of course all the bike mags. Originally I was thinking of a GPZ500 (cheapish to run, not too powerfull) but when I tried one out it was a bit too ... more