Well it's come time to now actively sell my beloved FZR1000. A few people have expressed some interest in it and one member of this forum is actively looking at it, but i thought i'd just post a couple of photo's of it as a bit of a nostalgic look at what you can do with a bit of time & effort, and a lot of passion. It all started out when i got a call from my mate TBone (member of these forums) to say that he had found something i might be interested in. Rumour of an FZR1000 in a bit of a project like state going for a reasonable price. So after handing over my hard earned 'student-budget' money i loaded her up onto the trailer and shipped her down to TBone's garage ready to be stripped. Over the course of the next two months i had parts coming from all over Australia, and with a bit of help, a few skinned knuckles and a bit of swearing she was registered again looking like this. Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. (After a glorious run along the Great Ocean Road). After paying off the money i had to beg & borrow to get her on the road i started saving again for the next stage. It was at this time that i became aquainted with a good guy by the name of Troy @ MCR Tullamarine; and in a twist of fate i ended up having the bike fully resprayed courtesy of a bimbo in an old Lancer reversing into me in what seemed like slow motion. Total extent of the damage was a scuff to the LHS panel, a broken RH indicator, bent brake lever, scuff to RHS panel, and a scuffed exhaust. So the Manta Engineering exhaust was off and on with a Yoshi TRS! <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s --> First time i heard it fire up i knew it was perfect! So here's a photo i took after her make over. Bolte Bridge (Docklands), Melbourne, Australia. By this time i'd finished my time at uni and had moved on, and again saved a few pennies so it was on with some R1 blue spot calipers before taking her to Phillip Island for the best workout of my (and possibly her) life! Should've been there to see the looks on the faces of a couple of guys on R1's and Fireblades when we came in after having overtaken them on the outside at somewhere ~140-160km/h! One came up to me and after gathering his thoughts managed the question... "What is it!?" pointing to my bike. "It's a '92 FZR mate", with a smug look on my face. Golden! Phillip Island Race Track, Victoria, Australia. So since then i've been working away hard and ended up buying myself a red Suzuki K1 GSXR1000. Fantastic machine, but it just doesn't have the soul or character the FZR does. So now i've got two bikes and aspirations of some more heavy modifications that only an EFI bike is going to respond to. So whilst the Gixxer is in the shop getting a few little things tweaked i've been riding the FZR 1000 around, and i've come to realise that i'm actually quite attached to it! I guess it's inherent when you spend the majority of two months working on something, then the majority of the next two years worshiping it! So here she is today; *cue music Fatboy Slim: Praise You* cos we really have come a long long way together. I'm gonna miss her when i see her being ridden off into the sunset by someone other than me; but it's something that has to be done. Seems i have a hard time letting go of all of my bikes and cars! Just wish there was enough room (and money) to keep them all; but i guess that'd be a bit obsessive. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: --> Cheers, Koma.
With such a beautiful bike and lots of wrench time put in, i can see how you are finding it hard to let go, you can only hope that she's finds someone as caring as you to ride her...
That is one truly fantastic looking one of a kind ride. Hope you pick a buyer who is going to appreciate it as much.
Thanks for the nice comments. Doesn't matter where i go or what i'm doing, i always get nice comments about her! Most people are just keen to find out what it is as they've never seen anything like it; then occasionally i meet someone who knows exactly what and FZR is and after walking around it a couple of times end up speechless. <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> I'm hoping that the next owner is someone in the FZR community so i don't have to say goodbye to it forever!
You've put so much time money and passion into her, dude. She's a sweet bike. IMO your asking price is well below what she's worth. I'm looking at selling both my bikes soon, and then buying something else... But I don't ride on the road anymore. Just track and dirt. If I did I'd snatch her up in an instant at that price.
That bike is such a beauty, especially after that paint job. If I were from AUS that bike wouldn't belong to you any more. Nice that you have kept it so good..
If i was allowed to spend money *glance sideways @ wife* i would be the proud owner of that gem already. BTW LOL @ your power ranger getup koma.
Teeheehee, i'm the blue power ranger and one of my mates used to be the red power ranger but then he bought blue leathers & helmet aswell.
