Gold rims might be good.love those colors. that can looks awful! i'd make the rims gold :thumbup:
The FZ8 got a great review in one of my magazines. I suspect most of us would love the motor. Just as street friendly as the FZ6R, but with more torque and horsepower everywhere.I was going to buy the FZ8 myself, right up until they got my 6R in at the dealer. The FZ8 was just barely out of my "comfort zone" price range, and the 6R ended up fitting in perfectly. As far as looks go, the reddish copper 6R, to me, is much better than the FZ8. I really want to jump on one though and see if it handles and rides as smoothly as the 6R. If it does, I may be hard pressed not to upgrade to it later down the road.
Wow, I guess that would make the FZ8 the definition of a real world bike. Fast enough for 99% of your street riding. I'm a huge fan of a meaty torque curve, although I've learned to enjoy keeping our little 600 engine sizzling in the upper RPM range.The fz8 is a neat bike. I love the feel of having nothing in front of the handlebars and no vibrating plastic, but not for long rides. Also, they are so light, I've heard many people say its neck and neck with the r1 untill about 90 mph
Not to mention a faring helps plant you to the pavement with down forces from it at higher speeds , gosh if a faring where so bad why do they use them on race bikes ?Wow, I guess that would make the FZ8 the definition of a real world bike. Fast enough for 99% of your street riding. I'm a huge fan of a meaty torque curve, although I've learned to enjoy keeping our little 600 engine sizzling in the upper RPM range.
The surprising thing with naked bikes is that the airflow is super clean. None of the turbulence created by our fairings or windscreen. The big disadvantage is the blast pushes on your torso, so you do need some lean on forward handlebars.
I don't think a fairing is at all designed to create downforce. A fairings primary purpose is to reduce the coefficient of drag. The only time you need downforce is when you are turning, and when a bike is turning it is leaned over. Any extra downforce would only increase the chances of low-siding, as the downforce would not be centred over the tire contact patch.Not to mention a faring helps plant you to the pavement with down forces from it at higher speeds , gosh if a faring where so bad why do they use them on race bikes ?
Do you not have the Fazer 8 in the U.S.? We have it in Canada.If it had a faring I would buy a FZ8 , well maybe next years model will .