…is the 1000cc FZ1, a bike that's so barking mad it needs to be kept not in a garage, but in a padded kennel! Glenn Le Santo donned the leather straight jacket to test Yamaha's cure for suburban boredom. I've just returned from another insane afternoon spent aboard the fantastic FZ1. Excuse me if I…

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The 2007 Yamaha FZ1 has been Yamaha's big bore streetfighter, ever since the Tuning Fork brand crammed its R1 motor into the stripped FZ1 frame back in 2002.Yamaha FZ1 Yamaha decided to stuff the venerable R1 mill into a mostly naked, rider-friendly streetbike called the FZ1 back in 2001 and it has been…

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…World.For 2007 we diversified the comparo lineup by tossing in a couple of Inline-Fours from the Land of the Rising Sun - the Yamaha FZ1 and Kawasaki Z1000. The FZ1 has been a stalwart of the standard/streetfighter scene since its 2001 inception, and the redesigned Kawasaki made a strong impression…

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…power from start to finish, with a terrific top end delivering an hp peak just shy of 112 ponies at 9700 rpm - good enough for third best behind the FZ1 and Triumph while only slightly better than the S4R. On the flip side the Tuono mill musters a last-place in peak torque production, 62.3 lb-ft @ 8600…

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…fate is the common fate of all; into each life some rain must fall" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow And so it was that I found myself riding Yamaha's new FZ1 in a pounding rainstorm surrounded by the verdant fields north of San Francisco. Introductory press rides such as this aren't supposed to be sullied…

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…Pjanka, Harrodsburg, KY (Yamaha FZ1) 2nd - Nick Razo, Farmington, MI (Kawasaki Z1000) 3rd - Daniel Morgan, Danville, GA (Triumph 675) ?Cruiser Crawl? Competition - Women 1st - Charlotte Clarke, Mars Hill, NC (Yamaha R6) 2nd - Debbie Bowman, Chattanooga, TN (Yamaha FZ1) 3rd - Brittany Morrow, Lexington…

…MCUSA's Managing Editor citing the FZ1's standard riding position and versitility as his reasons.Bart MadsonManaging Editor, MotorcycleUSA.comYamaha FZ1"I was torn between the Yamaha and Triumph. On the one hand I'm enamored by the Speed Triple and can't get enough of its sweet sound. On the other hand…

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…good friends over at Yamaha who have procured a different bike for each of us for the next couple of days. My first set of wheels was a 2003 Yamaha FZ1, while Ken scored a 2003 Yamaha Warrior. Yes, life is tough for us sometimes?ok, this isn?t one of them. We started out on our bikes and cruised the…

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…The 2009 Yamaha FZ6R is one of the Yamaha motorcycles that?students train on at the Yamaha Champions Riding School, along with the Yamaha R6 and R6S FZ1.?"There is such a clear improvement in your riding over the past two days," Yamaha Champions Riding School instructor Ken Hill told the students prior…

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…never heard a stock Japanese bike that sounds so feral. This was further confirmed after the press launch, when I spent a couple of days hammering an FZ1 around the Australian countryside. It sounded so asthmatic and docile it was hard to accept the engine was from the same family. Twist the new R1's throttle…

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