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Today I turned 54. Its mid summer and Auckland Anniversary long weekend here in NZ so a good ride was in order. We rode south to Thames (gold mining town) for the morning market and back up the Firth of Thames coast running up 280kms. The pictures are looking from Kaiaua across the Firth of...

I got a set of earlyer Yamaha 1000 tank decals for my new lower cowl and have just fitted them. They are smaller than the R1 lower Yamaha decals and are silver to match my silver motor. I got the idea after seeing some of the later FZ1s with gold wheels and gold Yamaha decals on there lower...

Been waiting for 3 years now to buy my Yamaha Spoiler in Cobalt blue. Here Yamaha NZ want $850NZ so I've been holding off until my good Aussie friend ballmead put me onto yamabits.co.uk and got it through them for $515NZ. There $459US in the States so $515NZ was a good deal. I fitted it last...

Got some pictures.

I fitted my new Melotti Racing front brake resevoir cap this week as part of my spring make-over. It matches my other blue anodize parts I've already fitted. I got it from trenditaly.com and cost 22 euro + shipping.

These are Sprint Car suspension Rose Joints. All aluminium and my bike hasn't come home with its tail on the ground like a Soupys lowering link. 1mm longer = 3mm lower.

Yesterday I had a day off and rode to my favourite Yamaha shop. My friend is on the spare parts counter, it was lunch time and he was just going out to get a pie. I waited but when he returned he said take her for a ride on the motorway. Its a MT01 Torque Sports 1670cc vee twin Yamaha with...

Im ready to get Carbon Fiber Lower Side Covers. Theres a few different brands of them around the world, Bestem, Powerbronze, Magical Racing. Im thinking on the Bestem brand with the Heel Plates also. Bestem is the cheapest at $65.95US and Magic Racing at $165US. Is the Bestem brand the same...

Fitted my brand new made to order racing front & rear stainless steel braided brake lines from Goodridge UK last night. 5 days to get here down-under in NZ and $80NZ cheaper than YAMAHA NZ. New brake oil, all bleed, MID WINTER HERE, will be riding on Sunday.

Our NZ dollar was floated in 1985 and this week it hit an alltime high of $NZ= US 82.5c. We dont have companys here that make nice things for FZ1 and must buy overseas products mainly from the States were you have great mods and can buy local. Other great products to come out of the States are...

Hi FZ1 riders around the world, if you are a rugby follower and are coming to Auckland for the world cup later this year I would like to meet you. I dont know any other FZ1 riders here in Auckland but enjoy the forum to talk FZ1 to fellow riders. Send a PM to contact me.:)

Today I draged off a ZX12r from the lights to 110kms in a 50 and my front wheel came up then cracked 217 kms up the Greenhitte bridge [3lanes no cars] rode with a Bandit Blue and SILVER motor like me but was not on crack cause I could afford 98 octane.

Its a sad day here in New Zealand for me and my fellow FZ1 riders. Our third largest city Christchurch has been half leveled by a 6.3 quake.

Im really enjoying the pictures of all your FZ1s, especialy the late model Gen lls. You all have black motors. My 07 FZ1-SV Fazer has a silver motor. Is my model uncommon or even rare as I am yet to see one in the Forum?

Just fitted a set of COPPERDAWG Sub Throttle plates [butterflies]. Ive had a nice gain in power in the low and mid range rpm and they have given much quicker response at high rpm with throttle off then throttle on. At $35 US they are a cheap HP gain and I recommend them to all you guys that want...

Recently I fitted the Graves Motorsport R1/FZ1 racing velocity stacks. I could feel an uneven pulse in the low rev range. After fitting these riding around town at 3 grand rpm was smoother and seemed to match my GYTR slipon, cat gut, K&N and YEC [yamaha racing parts] AIS Plug set [5VY-A4890-70]...

Hello FZ1 owners of the world. I bought my brand new FZ1-SV 2 years ago. It sat at the Red Baron Auckland New Zealand for 2 years with no takers. The only outing was to be displayed at the Big Boys Toys show. It is a great bike and I stepped up from my 1979 TT500F that I used for 30 years. My...