FZ1 the original hooligan bike

This is one of the best reviews on a dyna fat bob I have ever seen , thanks.

He lost me at “Harley” and “Pacifically”! 🤣

2004 fat boy for my ride, great video!

Both are excellent motorcycles. Personally, I feel like you’re going slightly backwards, technology wise with the FZ. I have a 2023MT 10. I just think the MT has evolved slightly, but still both very nice bikes

Great video, Is there any difference with the 2 inch spacers? Straight ( any wobble , curve)

I picked up a 2011 fz1 last year from the original owner for $5k, ohlins suspension full exhaust power comander dyno tuned. Its a beast. Coming from a r1 and gsxr1000, its got about the same power but much more comfortable to ride.

Man that first scrape made my heart stop for about 5 seconds 💀

These are apparently not approved for learners any more. Do you know what year that happened?

Super informative.

I used to own an FZ1S and it was the most awesome bike!!! Super smooth, super reliable and so very fast!!!

Those sport footrests are crap on this bikes. Friend of mine change it because he was scraching the road all the time but original ones are on the spring so they shut when scraching. And then when he installed this sport ones they didn't shut and he was high-sided. And this was his first ride with this footrests. I'm not talking about that specific footrest but for all sport footrest without spring.

But that sound Max! Listen to that sound! MT 10!

Yeah wozza,, you really got yourself a real road warrior mad max machine there. Looks really nice too. yeah id like to get my hands on one like that too. Must be really fun??✋👽👽🌎🍏

My bike! Does this bike have quick shifter? Looks like not? Just a bare bar from shift lever up to shaft lever

Apologies for Wozza but damn the BS coming out of the mouth of that tuner that's being swallowed up... As I mentioned in a comment on the prior video, because of the TPS to ETV mapping a lot of those cells will never be hit be he's pretty casual about saying that he's gone through "all" of them. They have the zeitornix kit (seen from the previous video) and would have used the autotune. So he wouldn't have gone through every cell as claimed. Its likely what was done in the bit between the 2 videos 😞Still it works to get the job done but the effort put in isn't as claimed. He never manually edited each cell. Regardless he did admit that the power gain at 6000 rpm was from the TPS-ETV alterations (literally allowing the throttle to be more open) which is true so kudos there.

10:00 that's not throttle position across the top that's the etv and based on the tps to etv mapping a lot of those cells will never be hit. I love that they don't just apply a map, they only do "custom tuning" followed by admitting that they will be applying a map that they already have from another bike... i.e. they start with a generic map but lets lets face it... that gets them 90% of the way there.

I absolutely love my FZ1.

Just bought as a second bike a 2008 fz1n. White in colour. 55,000kms, runs like new. Yoshi pipe. Its in really good nick for $6000 including a ventura rack as well as a givi hard case and base plate. Lots of grunt. None of the fuelling issues people sook about. My mate just rode it to Phillip Island from Sydney for motogp 2023 whilst i jumped on my 2008 vfr800. Swapped bikes as we went and its a fun thing for not much coin

Nice review Wozza, I am getting one this week, have been riding for 44 years and now downsizing and this bike is the perfect choice for me

It's a Yamaha it will run forever just change the fluids. I know guys with Yamahas with 140 thousand kilometres on them and they still run like a top.

I really love the FZ1. Cannot decide between the naked or faired version though. I grew up riding nakeds and currently ride a Honda Hornet 919 naked, so I am more used to riding nakeds. But I really love the look of the faired version FZ1S and think the extra wind protection would be great. It does feel funny turning the handle bars while the instruments are fixed and not moving with the handle bars.

I am scared to death of adjusting suspension and so for the first 1000 miles I did nothing with my 2023 MT-10 I simply suffered through the brutally harsh suspension. Finally I was reading a couple of posts claiming if you weigh 160ish llbs (73kg) you woud have to remove ALL the preload on forks and still be short on sag (failed to say if with or without GEAR!) well I in fact Iweigh 165 (75kg) but then over 20 llbs (9kg) of gear so 85kg ish my riding weight , It is hard to do at all alone but I determined yeah there was almost no sag in front so I started cranking back the prelad until I can at least FEEL some sag ...so now it has only two turns of preload in the frint and then to try and balance things I backed off two full turns om the rear shock collars. I also had previously backed off one click front and rear on the rebound after watching a video attempting t show how manually compressed and released suspensin looked with too much rebund okay I test rode and it is soooo much more plush to ride! (btw I only ride the twisties I have another bike for touring so this testig is ALL twists and turns at a goodly clip) I mean I was giving it everything I could as I am wary after making significant changes but it SEEMS like I improved things maybe even for fast pace. The latest thing I notice though doing the push down test it seems like the rear compresses much more readil than the front meaning it appears unbalanced as to preload....idk whether to crank mre preload back into the rear? Or take the last tw remaining turns out from the forks? The forks seem to have a lot of internal friction so I dont know if what I am seeing is real or from that? Like maybe the forks just need to "break in" in more? How long should it take to break in new bike's forks? Oh the last thing I will say is I put a tie wrap on my fork leg and I am using all the travel save for slightly less than an inch? Maybe 23mm for you metric types. Anyone else here have the 22+ MT10 that can corroborate any of my findings? BTW if it turned out I am just barely too heavy for these springs I know what I would do BEFORE paying for new springs! Yep new lithium battery and a Graves exhast would drop close to 20llbs (9kg) which would take me down to 165llbs (5kg) total with gear weight (man leathers boots helmet and gloves are HEAVY!)

It's been proven numerous times that the stock filter is not a restriction on these bikes. K&N is absolutely the worst filter on the market. Only run this filter if you absolutely hate your engine.

What a boring fooker

I am not sure about cranking up the preload of the rearshock that much. You wont have any staticsag left. I would change the spring. The rear of the bike is rigid.

If its been properly maintaines 56,000km is nothing for that bike.

Ta very mucha!

Greta video ! Just resently purchased a fat boy, i hace a bmw gs and i was afraid the fat boy could not handle cornering in mexico but your video showed me that the bike can be manouvered with sporty technique. Great video

Hey Wozza, great to see you and the FZ are going well! I finally found a good deal on an FZ1N after looking for a few years after your recommendation, and man she's a beast! Interested to know if you've changed out the stator/flywheel as they reckon the factory one can be a timebomb. Would also like to see more of your luggage setup, as I'm currently trying to figure out a way to carry more than a backpack on the fly without ruining the look with a permanent rack. Cheers!

I have the same model now after selling my Hayabusa and absolutely love it , I would even go as far to say it's the best fun bike I've had since I've been riding over 40 years. The only issue is it uses fuel way too fast but I can put up with that.

I had fz1 its a beauty for me nono mt10 love the old school inline 4

Next time look out for super sucking back ground sound not to be there ! My ears are bleeding lol

Well done in the dirt section ! 👍

Good work on the dirt Wozza . I had trouble keeping up with you on the T7 😅 Good way to start the new year 👍

Good video but no conclusion. Did the suspension tune offer a better ride? Too soft or hard? I guess I’m to late to this party for answers. 😢

I've got an 08 fz1 and I love it but if I was going for looks I would have to say the mt10 but overall it's pretty much the same bike.

This is good data, but the guy holding the camera... did he have like 9 cups of coffee? The most unsteady camera hand I have every seen... lol

Do you have a link

front forks are 43 not 23

fibon carbe lol

Bellthorpe road again? Hope you had a good one.

Merry Christmas and happy new year mate

Merry Christmas and happy new year from England

Ok , hate to be “that guy” ……but …..there’s a hair either growing or just hanging onto the tip of your nose that’s driving me crazy ! Pluck that fucker lol ….sorry I had to say something 😂

Lovely review, cheers from Queensland Australia 👍

Okay I see what people mean by having to wrestle the bike on corners, you can see how much he's having to force it... im not a huge fan of that but man do I really want that big rear tire... Im just going to have to get more than one 🤣🤣🤣

You're a dumbass lol

I'm pretty excited to be picking up a 2008 27000km black one in a week! Been up in FNQ for two years, moving back to the Sunny coast, can't wait to rip her open on some real roads!

Bought my one brand spankin' for $15,500 back in 2012. She got to 98,000km before the scary engine noise took her and couldn't justify the engine replacement. The headlight globe died on me a good 5 times. High beaming every bastard felt bad coming back, but what can you do. The left mirror also vibrated itself loose a few times, wobbling around being totally useless. And the slip on yoshimura pipe I paid $1,500 for got nicked whilst bush walking. Thank christ I saved the original pipe. Absolutely zero dramas other than that and would buy another one in a heartbeat were it not for shitty anxiety on wide open spaces these days. Thanks for the trip, mate.