FZ6 is a far better bike than the FZ8...which is a parts bin special that didnt work in my eyes!!!
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What would you choose?
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I would prefer naked over faired!!! HEHEHEHEI'm more talking about this:
Simple...whatever draws the crowd pictured above! Seriously, stick with the six...imo.
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I wouldn't. I love my 6, and if Yami kept the 6 and had a nice range of 6, 8 & 1 (Suzuki successfully has the 3 GSX's) maybe I would not hate the 8 so much. But since it took the 6's place the 8 can :Flip:
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there are only a few bikes that make me really look.
- fz1 - for the obvious reasons. but i think if i really had the choice i'd stick with the 6 for gas reasons.
- buell xb12scg - sadly not made anymore. dang you harley!
- street triple - never ridden one but i love everything i see
out of those three i think the triple is only one i'd be really tempted to check out. but i think the six would win out. especially if i had a set of cans waiting for it.
- fz1 - for the obvious reasons. but i think if i really had the choice i'd stick with the 6 for gas reasons.
- buell xb12scg - sadly not made anymore. dang you harley!
- street triple - never ridden one but i love everything i see
out of those three i think the triple is only one i'd be really tempted to check out. but i think the six would win out. especially if i had a set of cans waiting for it.
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Thanks for the reactions everybody.
Today I got the prices of the bikes. The grey fz6n with abs(09): 6990 euro, The 3 fz6 fazer with abs(09): 7490 euro. And the fz8n with abs: 8499 euro, the fz8 fazer with abs: 8999 euro. So that makes for the faired ones a difference of 1509 euro...
I still could try to sell the akrapovic... But then again, I really liked the 6...
Damn, choosing is not easy... I still want to be happy in a couple of years...
Today I got the prices of the bikes. The grey fz6n with abs(09): 6990 euro, The 3 fz6 fazer with abs(09): 7490 euro. And the fz8n with abs: 8499 euro, the fz8 fazer with abs: 8999 euro. So that makes for the faired ones a difference of 1509 euro... I still could try to sell the akrapovic... But then again, I really liked the 6...
Damn, choosing is not easy... I still want to be happy in a couple of years...
cap'n
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Thanks for the reactions everybody.
I still could try to sell the akrapovic... But then again, I really liked the 6...
Damn, choosing is not easy... I still want to be happy in a couple of years...
So tell me something... do you commute and put on a lot of miles all year, or do you just joyride on weekends? I ask because if it's the first one, then I would say "6" even more strongly. But if you just joyride for fun, then maybe something a little faster might be a safer long-term bet, not that the 6 is anywhere near slow. Speaking only for myself, the 6 is pretty much the ultimate commuting weapon, bar none. Nothing else gets the mpg's, can handle hard bags, is comfy, and has so close to pure-sportbike performance, all for less than 7,500 euros. Nothing is so solidly in that commuting sweetspot, and I mean NOTHING.
Philippe1985
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Well, it is mainly for just fun that I have my bike. And I heard that the fz8 has a lower fuel consumption than the 6...It is 800cc, but the engine runs at lower rpm's... And there is absolutely no on-off reaction. It is really smooth. The only downside is that it is more expensive and is more boring because of the lineair power delivery.
And I heard that the fz8 has a lower fuel consumption than the 6...It is 800cc, but the engine runs at lower rpm's... And there is absolutely no on-off reaction. It is really smooth. The only downside is that it is more expensive and is more boring because of the lineair power delivery.
