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And on your right you will now see Yamaha's TZR. Had one of these myself, was alright but the suspension was a bit soft and the bodywork and the exhausts got a lot of grounding out. Only had it four months, but so far it is the Yamaha that has given me the least problems. After this was a Powervalve motor in an LC frame, which was good at pulling mingers, and then an FZR400 took over the roost. That was a Japanese import SP model, old one. Handled really well, loads of ground clearance, shame about the motor really, it felt like it needed another 40bhp. Sold that, got a bicycle, got debt free. Then I went and bought another LC. Proper one this time, slightly tuned, went really well, until I trapped an oil line in the engine casing and starved it of oil. It blew itself to pieces, snapped the con-rod, blew the piston skirt off and generally made a mess. Says a lot for the oil, Putoline TTS, that it lived for four days with the trapped oil line, doing 40miles a day!
The big bloke on the left of this picture is your esteemed host after those meals I have previously mentioned. The bike on the left is one of Nicks. A broken machine when he bought it, he has nursed it back to health just so he can rag it around town and kill it again ( it has already had a new clutch! ). The one on the right is my brother Nev's, and it's quite fast for a TZR. I've followed him on my Fz with the speedo reading 120mph, he has had his kneedown on it and the footrests ( pegs for the educated ). Dodgy black and silver plate on it has earnt him some attention from what passes as the law in Bedford ( jumped up pillocks with nothing better to do than raise money for the station bar ).
Here we are again, from the rear ( madam! ). See the black plate, see the barn door plate on Nick's? big difference no? Nev got fined twenty fun vouchers for having said number plate on the bike, although the copper didn't know quite how to write out the ticket. Stick 'em back on beat duty I say. These machines are funny to ride with, 'cos by the time they have reached flat out, the Fz is just getting into its' stride. Corners, however, are a different matter. What with the dodgy carburation ( soon to be setup on a dyno ) and the age and weight of the Fz, country roads are entertaining in the least. The dynamics of the Fz make chasing these machines very rewarding if you can keep up.
