grizwaldo
New Member
When I bought my FZ1 I was throwing a leg over everything that looked awesome to ride and loved the idea of owning it and looking like the coolest guy in the parking lot getting off my bike, who cares if my wrist hurt.
The salesman said to try it again and close my eyes and feel the bike... I chose the FZ1.
I was happy to learn the bike had the older R1 motor that in its time had been greatly praised, that the technology from that time was all around this bike including a longer swing arm for stability and good rake for high speed stability along with a great transmission exhilarating top end and great maintenance and a reputation for quality with not much mentioned in the electronics department. I’m sold.
I’ve ridden dirt for years and never did traction control come into discussion but only this year did I get into street riding and have since discovered all these wonderful models along with informative magazines of few of which I have a subscription for. I’ve ridden a few friends bikes now and even owned for a short period earlier this year some classics like the 98' r1100rt and 2k' sv650 naked bikes to get a feel for twin cylinder bikes.
So far I’ve logged many thousands of miles on the dirt and over 6k on the street which is not extensive but certainly gives me a good feel. On the street I’ve had the pleasure of riding days, nights, rain, mountain twisties and extremely gusty and frigid temperatures at night crossing the I5 grapevine keeping up with traffic at 80mph; won’t do that again without the proper gear…
I read hooligan bikes were initially cost effective solutions to keep running a beat up or scraped up low sided motorcycle and I would find them on craigslist for dirt cheap. These newest breed of hooligan bikes certainly take the cake on getting all the basics with low cost to manufacturers in including all the costly extras.
It’s obvious these bikes are the pinnacle of design when it comes to bare bones add-ons and money-no-object it would be great to own these greatest show off bikes. If the idea is stripping down a low side bike and restoring it with twice the cash the bike would otherwise have been worth just to have it look fabulous naked. lust is pretty powerful, I mean who of us wouldn’t want to look great All the time in a birthday suit.
All this to say that the traditional concept of the hooligan bike also perfected in the newest FZ-09 @ 7.9k with new technology and the proven FZ1 @ 10k brand new with an R1 motor, twin spar frame and good suspension plus Comfortable ergos and a range of inexpensive mods to bring the FZ1 to the 150+ hp and great midrange not to mention adding a gel seat and your taking trips to Vegas with a smile on your face and no real soreness on your back or wallet... worth every penny saved from the 17k price tag on some of these naked hooligans...
Would I own one... well of course, the Super Duke R and Tuono V4R APRC do flood the lustful cornea and the specs are spectacular but the cost is nearing unjustified considering what the original intent of what a hooligan was supposed to be...
For this kind of price a full faired biked with a few mods for comfort in the ergo dept. and you get the best of both worlds, fully faired and sexy plus a more relaxed riding style... what do they call that? Oh Sport Touring bikes.
Hooligans IMO should be a bargain and the FZ1 and new FZ-09 represent that delineation perfectly, the rest of these overpriced naked bikes are better left for the people who like to say “My Swoosh is bigger than yours”.
Either way as the kids are getting older and slowly leaving the house to venture out on their own and getting the college plus work experience I’m left with a bigger budget… sort of. And having always purchased used dirt bikes and fixing them up getting a great bike for cheap mentality also helped in the decision making when purchasing the FZ1. In a few more years time and now with the love of naked bikes and what they represent (represented) my budget God willing will get even wider and contemplating a homogenized, overpriced hooligan might be in the picture… truth be told if the FZ1 gets totaled for some reason I might be taking a Tuono for a test drive. For the money however and true to a naked bikes original intent the FZ1 and new FZ-09 can’t be beat while still looking sexy. Yamaha still has that formula down packed.
The salesman said to try it again and close my eyes and feel the bike... I chose the FZ1.
I was happy to learn the bike had the older R1 motor that in its time had been greatly praised, that the technology from that time was all around this bike including a longer swing arm for stability and good rake for high speed stability along with a great transmission exhilarating top end and great maintenance and a reputation for quality with not much mentioned in the electronics department. I’m sold.
I’ve ridden dirt for years and never did traction control come into discussion but only this year did I get into street riding and have since discovered all these wonderful models along with informative magazines of few of which I have a subscription for. I’ve ridden a few friends bikes now and even owned for a short period earlier this year some classics like the 98' r1100rt and 2k' sv650 naked bikes to get a feel for twin cylinder bikes.
So far I’ve logged many thousands of miles on the dirt and over 6k on the street which is not extensive but certainly gives me a good feel. On the street I’ve had the pleasure of riding days, nights, rain, mountain twisties and extremely gusty and frigid temperatures at night crossing the I5 grapevine keeping up with traffic at 80mph; won’t do that again without the proper gear…
I read hooligan bikes were initially cost effective solutions to keep running a beat up or scraped up low sided motorcycle and I would find them on craigslist for dirt cheap. These newest breed of hooligan bikes certainly take the cake on getting all the basics with low cost to manufacturers in including all the costly extras.
It’s obvious these bikes are the pinnacle of design when it comes to bare bones add-ons and money-no-object it would be great to own these greatest show off bikes. If the idea is stripping down a low side bike and restoring it with twice the cash the bike would otherwise have been worth just to have it look fabulous naked. lust is pretty powerful, I mean who of us wouldn’t want to look great All the time in a birthday suit.
All this to say that the traditional concept of the hooligan bike also perfected in the newest FZ-09 @ 7.9k with new technology and the proven FZ1 @ 10k brand new with an R1 motor, twin spar frame and good suspension plus Comfortable ergos and a range of inexpensive mods to bring the FZ1 to the 150+ hp and great midrange not to mention adding a gel seat and your taking trips to Vegas with a smile on your face and no real soreness on your back or wallet... worth every penny saved from the 17k price tag on some of these naked hooligans...
Would I own one... well of course, the Super Duke R and Tuono V4R APRC do flood the lustful cornea and the specs are spectacular but the cost is nearing unjustified considering what the original intent of what a hooligan was supposed to be...
For this kind of price a full faired biked with a few mods for comfort in the ergo dept. and you get the best of both worlds, fully faired and sexy plus a more relaxed riding style... what do they call that? Oh Sport Touring bikes.
Hooligans IMO should be a bargain and the FZ1 and new FZ-09 represent that delineation perfectly, the rest of these overpriced naked bikes are better left for the people who like to say “My Swoosh is bigger than yours”.
Either way as the kids are getting older and slowly leaving the house to venture out on their own and getting the college plus work experience I’m left with a bigger budget… sort of. And having always purchased used dirt bikes and fixing them up getting a great bike for cheap mentality also helped in the decision making when purchasing the FZ1. In a few more years time and now with the love of naked bikes and what they represent (represented) my budget God willing will get even wider and contemplating a homogenized, overpriced hooligan might be in the picture… truth be told if the FZ1 gets totaled for some reason I might be taking a Tuono for a test drive. For the money however and true to a naked bikes original intent the FZ1 and new FZ-09 can’t be beat while still looking sexy. Yamaha still has that formula down packed.
