I would like to find a Fazer to compliment my vmax some day.
Hi cyclehoarder and all forum members!
Hello Sergio. Welcome to the Forum. I just joined here a few days ago myself. I ride a 1985 Vmax 1200. I think those posts are over 3 years old...Hi cyclehoarder and all forum members!
I am Sérgio, from Portugal and I own a Yamaha FZX 750.
Your photos of these two fantastic bikes are awesome and two details caught my eyes... The radiator grill and the customized seat of the Fazer (FZX here in Europe). Did the bike already have them when you bought it or did you added them after? Could you tell me how did you get them?
Thanks and lots of good and safe rides!
Sérgio
Hi Ole!Hello Sergio. Welcome to the Forum. I just joined here a few days ago myself. I ride a 1985 Vmax 1200. I think those posts are over 3 years old...
Hello desert_max!That’s OK, we appreciate the baby Vmax here as well...Or as Sergio would say the FZX!
Welcome Sergio. Look around, I think you’ll like it.
Hi one2dmax!I have some Fazer seat mods available and mostly for our US guys. I can get you in contact for the Euro market for them. Not sure about the Fazer but if you did up a dwg with measurement and font size we could probably get you a lazer cut one too. I bet the Euro guys have some though too!
We do have brake upgrade kits for the Vmax which some also work on the Fazer!
I think a more-appropriate name for the Fazer/FZX based upon the design of the engine, would be the baby FZR. Both (Fazer/FZX and the FZR 1000) are severely-inclined forward, inline fours with downdraft carburetion, and despite spotting the VMX-12 VMax about 25% more displacement, the five-valve Genesis FZR 1000 engine actually out-powers the VMax, and is a bit over 470 lbs, vs the VMax at 590 lbs., so ~20% lighter. Given those statistics, it's easy to surmise who wins that contest. The FZR 750 was the same chassis and etc as the FZR 1000, just a smaller engine, for Superbike class racing in the AMA (it came with better forks and rear monoshock, -Ohlins-and was actually more-expensive than the FZR 1000). One advantage the FZR 750 had, was a six-speed gearbox, but the factory eliminated the six-speed for the larger bike, because of longevity, as the five gearsets could be made wider than six, in the same case. Some people have fitted the six-speed gearset into the FZR 1000. I still have an FZR 1000, 1987 model, I bought from a friend in '88. He was the original owner.
The FZR 1000 was a 'first' for Yamaha and the industry. While there were bikes with aluminum frames before this, the FZR 1000 was the first production bike to have a perimeter box-section large-diameter aluminum frame. Compared to the Suzuki GSXR 750/1100, it made the Suzuki 'slingshot' aluminum frame, appear puny by comparison. The FZR 750/1000 was also the first modern production bike to use five valves: three intake and two exhaust. This cut-down on valvetrain weight, and allowed more valve area and a higher rev-band redline. The FZR 750/1000 also ran radials, one of the first bikes to have this spec from Japan.
Yes, strip-off the FZR fairing like the street-squids did after wrecking, because they couldn't afford-to replace it and the favorable comparisons between the two (FZX-FZR) are more-apparent.Thanks you for the information, Fire-medic. Notwithstanding, the fairing is a big difference between both bikes!
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