A lot of you seem to be looking for reviews on the FZ6. As you will see in previous posts (See Yamaha FZ6 Catagory on the right) I had one for about six months last year.

It is a great bike, easy to ride with excellent engine, handling and brakes. The gearbox was very slick on clutchless up changes, as is the FZ1, it can get a bit lost on the down changes from time to time but not often enough to be a pain.

One issue we had riding two-up was the centre stand. During the summer the stand spend most of its time scratching the tarmac.

Any roundabout or sharp righthander resulted in another mill coming off the stand.

The pegs weren’t far behind either, it was very strange having the pegs and stand so low on such a capable bike.

As I’ve mentioned before when I was on the back, being a bit taller than the rider, over 105mph ish I got an uncomfortable amount of lift from the wind, again not present on the FZ1 Fazer.

Having said all that, I think it is an excellent all-rounder one-up, just a shame about the side stand.