New member welcome thread...

Hello all, my name is Craig. I live in Carmichael CA. It's a part of the greater Sacramento area.
I'm almost 58. I've been riding bikes since I was about 14. My Dad had a Yamaha 90 Enduro. Learned to ride on that.Rode the heck out of that thing. Bought my first bike back in 1984. It was a 1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport.
A pretty quick bike for it's time. I kept that bike many years. At one point I sunk several thousand bucks in the motor. And it was fast as hell. Thing scared me a time or two. Kept that bike several more years & eventually sold it. Didn't ride for many years. I became a father & put off getting another bike until about 6 years ago. Since then I've had a 2006 Ducati S2R 1000 Monster, a 2007 Aprilia RSV 1000 V twin, a 2013 Aprilia V4 Tuono. I've found that Italian bikes are fine. But, too costly to maintain for me. I knew a guy that had an FZ1 & liked it real well. So, I found one I liked & I've been very happy with it. Parts are a lot cheaper & it's reliable & easy to maintain. It's a blue 2009. I'm basically retired. But work out of my garage building custom PC's once in a while. I replaced the dreaded faulty rotor in the charging system. Pretty easy job. Glad I got it out of the way. As for riding there's plenty of great roads up in this area. Average ride ride is around 165 miles. Looking forward to seeing how well the FZ1 handles this summer. Thanks for having me. Pleasure to be here.
 
Welcome aboard Craig. I too, have the blue 09' and love it. Still haven't done the stator yet but this spring I'll take care of that a I'd like to replace the clutch with a new unit. I've put almost 20,000 miles on it and she still runs like a champ.
 
Hello Dennis Scott here. Have been riding motorcycles since 1960. First bike was a sears moped with 2 1/2 hp. Dream 300, Honda 65 , 62 Vespa,, 73 elsinore 250, Kawasaki 900, Kawasaki 500 triple, Kawasaki zx14, numerous other dirt bikes and other road bikes. I got out of motorcycles for a few years and built 10 different ultralight aircraft. Mostly easy risers and kolb. I now own a 1999 XVZ1300TF with 70 k miles and a 2002 fz1 I worked as a bmw motorcycle mechanic for 5 years after I retired. Shit goes goes wrong with bmw’s that would never go wrong with a jap bike. Over engineered just like mercedes629E3857-2A98-41B4-9315-448F885B8FFD.jpeg
 
Great to have you here Dennis. I happy to see that we still have newcomers joining the site. Love the GenI. It's a great bike with nice power and long range. It's nice not having to stop every hour to fill the tank.
 
Hi y'all,
Thanks for accepting my registration on this forum.
Name is John
I'm from Singapore... not a great place for riding actually but heck, I love bikes.
I'll be turning 57 this year
Started out riding in 1983...DT175E
Stop then reborn biker in 2005...had a nasty accident in 7 Feb 2007 (T-boned a bus that shot the red light), survived but bus ran over my right foot.
Wife banned me for the last 12 years. Finally let me back on bikes Dec 2019.
Picked up the lovely 2011 FZ1S last month after a brief stint with a 2010 Z1000 prior from Dec '19 to Feb '20.
Retrenched in 2007..... I wonder why haha, local employers have no empathy and local labour laws... well I'd say they sucked if we had any haha.
Working in car trade since retrenchment in 2007.

Well that's about me in a nutshell.

Cheers and happy safe riding y'all
 
Hey all, new member here form upstate NY. Owned the FZ1 since April and have about 1000 miles on it. So far i've done mostly cosmetic changes to the bike and will get a pic up when I can!
 
That's sweet! Oh okay, Saratoga. I'm planning to get up to Wilton NY to see the Grant Cottage at some point when they open again. Have fun and be safe!

That's a nice visit. I also recommend the Saratoga National Historical Battlefield. My girlfriend is a park ranger there and it has a nice tour road that meets the Hudson you can go around.
 
New member here. Bought an 03 FZ1 about a year ago and spent the winter getting it in top shape. Has about 66K miles on it now.
 

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Hello all!
First post, but I've been a member for awhile, lol. Figured I might as well get active here since Aliens abducted FZoA. Lot of folks here know me already. Anyhow.... here's a shot of me and the Fazer just outside of Gateway, CO.

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My name it Todd. I'm a new FZ1 rider, but not new to motorcycles. I'v been riding since 1976. Started on dirt bikes at 12. Mostly for 2 stroke Yamaha YZ's. And rode those hard until I got my licence. My 1st road bike was a late 60's Honda 305 scrambler. Next a Yamaha Seca 550. A FZR600. Then I got into to track riding, and Honda's. My 98 CBRF3 was the 1st bike I rode on the track. Road America is only 30 minutes form my house, so that where I did alot of my trackdays, along with Blackhawk farms near Beliot. Next a couple of 600RR's. one was my track bike, and one for the street. I never got into full blown racing, just enjoyed the comradeship of trackdays! After my trackday days left I bought a Kawi ZRX 1200. I road that for a couple years, but hated how cold blooded it was. Now here I am with my 2006 FZ1
 
Hello Everyone!

Finally found a helpful forum of like minds. I am new to road riding as most of my experience is with dirt bikes growing up. Love the open road and happy I made the decision to purchase this 2007 FZ1 with a few tweaks :)
 

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Hi again.
Long term member, but after two FZ1s (GenII), I moved to an adventure bike (Tiger 800). I started with a 2014, then a 2016 for cruise control.
I recently traded the 2014 Tiger for a 2010 FZ1.
I still have all my parts from my previous FZs, so will be fitting them in the next few weeks or doing a lot of late night shopping (impulse buying).
Will also be doing a lot of research, and undoubtedly will have a few questions, so be patient with me.
Glad to be back.
Cheers
Andy
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Hello Everyone,
my nane is Oscar, just signed on this forum. Looking around for inspiration on mods
my actual ride is "Maya" FZ1-S 2011 ABS
I've been riding for 11 years my "D-Lips" FZS-1000 (150k miles)
I'm living in London UK
Thank you
 

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