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Same here... the fun part is that I used to be wave at by Hardly riders or my wave had a reponse from them most of the time when I had the V Star 650. But now that I have the FZ1, half of them do not respond. So, I only wave at metrics and scooters, and wave back at Hardly's only if they do it...

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2005, 24K miles. I've been riding this bike for more than 2000 miles (in less than 3 months). My best tank so far, 49mpg, riding 55~60mph through the finger lakes region in upstate NY, with 2 up. My worst tank, 40.5mpg, riding 75~80 mph, 2 up, with 2 hard bags and trunk between Corning...

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Thanks for the info... 147hp? That's impressive!!

Yes, we had a great time and yes... you'll be happy as a pig in slop!! I'll post post some pics later!

I use a GPS on the cheap! Garmin Nuvi 200W. Not intended for motorcycles so I use the suction cup holder that I use in the car mounted on the tach. (I don't need a tach when I travel, especially when I can pretty much tell the rpms by looking at the speed in each gear). If it's raining...

The wife and I just came back from Lexington, OH to Corning, NY (360 miles). It’s the first trip in the FZ1 and all I can say is “what a ride”, especially twhen he previous bike was a V Star 650. Comfort wise, yehh... I missed the VStar a little bit because I can’t stretch my legs on the...

That's a great write up. Few questions: 1) Is there any benefit on doing this with the stock exhaust? 2) Is the factory set up too rich at the high end? (Air box mod + smaller mains = more air and less fuel at high rpm... I think..) 3) Have you dyno'ed this set up? Thanks.

<If I rely on the auto-shutoff mechanism the gauge shows one bar less> What's the auto-shutoff mechanism?

My first tank ('05 FZ1): 182mi when the light came on. Then fill up the tank with 4 gallons only. (The light came on when I was going downhill). Anyway, that's about 45 mi/gal with pretty mix riding: backroads, in town, and highway, about 40% two up. I couldn't believe it!! 3 times the power...

That's exactly what I needed to know. I'm taking my time and I'm enjoying it. But I heard that litter bikes "raise the front end as you open the throttle", and I was a little bit concerned about that. But, based on your responses, this is not quite the case with the FZ1 and that's a good thing...

I'm the happy new owner of a '05 FZ1 and I'm still amazed and to some degree scared of this bike's power... jumping from 35hp/39ft-lb at the rear wheel to 120hp/71ft-lb is a big change. Anyway, while I'm enojyimg the acceleration power of this bike, I am being very conservative with the...

I'm the new happy owner of a 2005 FZ1. I'm an engineer and have lived in upstate NY since 2001. Before then in lived in Baja, Mexico, and I ride since I was 11. This seems to be a great forum, as I already received some help and useful advice from some of you. I hope to get to know this bike...

Thanks for all the details. You just confirm that I got a good deal. The bike is in great shape and runs great!! Thanks everyone for your quick replies!! Good forum!