Fz1 Ownership Thread

[vivekjayasheel]

Saw the bike for real last night. It's so much smaller and sharper-looking than I thought. But still at 220 kgs. I have no idea how Nik manages to ride that thing hard. That must need some serious talent and balls.

[niks_devil666]

Congrats Nikhil! Awesome choice of colour

Congrats Niks... btw i guess its time to change the profile pic

Thanks guys

Nikhil- so are riding you to Dehradun on the FZ1 for the baarat

Also just curious on how the bike does on normal fuel or do you need the premium ones?

Dehradun on this ? u kiddin?
I am puting regular fuel only , any particular reason if I shud fill premium fuels?

That must need some serious talent and balls.

Koi shaq ya sawal ?

[n_aditya]

I am puting regular fuel only , any particular reason if I shud fill premium fuels?

Nikhil, fill in fuel with the octane rating as mentioned in the owners manual.

[niks_devil666]

Nikhil, fill in fuel with the octane rating as mentioned in the owners manual.

Manual says 91 octane . My question was shud i put in regular 91 octane fuel or 91 octane premium fuel like power/speed/xtra premium

[strider]

Dehradun on this ? u kiddin?
I am puting regular fuel only , any particular reason if I shud fill premium fuels?

Why not

Manual says 91 octane . My question was shud i put in regular 91 octane fuel or 91 octane premium fuel like power/speed/xtra premium

Fuels with higher octane rating are recommended for high compression motorcycles, besides I think in India, 91 Octane fuel is available only as a premium fuel(fuel with some additives but the octane rating is 91).

Pretty sure that normal/unleaded petrol in India is not 91 octane.

[ultimodgr8]

Congratualtions dude on owning one of the two-wheeler king's on the road,,,ride safe brother

[niks_devil666]

Why not



Fuels with higher octane rating are recommended for high compression motorcycles, besides I think in India, 91 Octane fuel is available only as a premium fuel(fuel with some additives but the octane rating is 91).

Pretty sure that normal/unleaded petrol in India is not 91 octane.

All fuels in india are 91 octane and above

[n_aditya]

All fuels in india are 91 octane and above

Shell Regular petrol is 91 Octane and the Premium Shell petrol is also 91 Octane with added additives.

My suggestion is to stick to Shell as the quality and quantity of petrol you get will be better than the other brands mentioned.

BSIII petrol from IOC is 91 Octane and BSIV is 91/95 octane

http://www.iocl.com/Products/GasolineSpecifications.pdf

http://www.iocl.com/Products/MS_BS_IV_Specification%20_Current_.pdf

Check what grade (BSIII or BSIV) is sold in your city. I guess all metro's are directed to sell only BSIV unleaded petrol.

[neil.jericho]

Wow, your bike like smashing in white! Congratulations on a very sensible SBK purchase. One question, I noticed you havent put a number plate up front and the number is on your mud guard. Is that allowed in Pune?

[vijaydutt]

Congratulations on conquering this stunning master piece.

Saw this in when I was in the US along with the new V-Max..both were awesome..

[Haariss92]

Congrats niks...btw u named ur bike ,any nickname sorta?

couple of days ago i was surprised by this in lucknow.

Even i saw it too in the Chowk area ...hmmmmm

[diehard]

Hi Niks, first of all a huge congratulation to you. amazing bike !

Secondly : a question : i wanted to know if there are yamaha kits available to change the headlight of the Euro style FZ1n to american style faired FZ! ??? is this possible
i have been in and out of all FZ1 owners forums and all i have seen is tht there is a kit available to convert from american style to euro style and not the other way around ? let me know if u have come across anything ?

Also is the faired FZ1 launching anytime soon in India ??

[niks_devil666]

Wow, your bike like smashing in white! Congratulations on a very sensible SBK purchase. One question, I noticed you havent put a number plate up front and the number is on your mud guard. Is that allowed in Pune?

thanks. all sbk's have numbers on mud guard

Congratulations on conquering this stunning master piece.

Saw this in when I was in the US along with the new V-Max..both were awesome..

thanks

Congrats niks...btw u named ur bike ,any nickname sorta?




Even i saw it too in the Chowk area ...hmmmmm

not yet , but u can surely suggest some

Hi Niks, first of all a huge congratulation to you. amazing bike !

Secondly : a question : i wanted to know if there are yamaha kits available to change the headlight of the Euro style FZ1n to american style faired FZ! ??? is this possible
i have been in and out of all FZ1 owners forums and all i have seen is tht there is a kit available to convert from american style to euro style and not the other way around ? let me know if u have come across anything ?

Also is the faired FZ1 launching anytime soon in India ??

thanks.
No kits are available and only fz1 - N is sold here.

[moto_vasa]

Hi Nikhil, Congrats bro. The bike looks hot. specially the man machine combo with this one is great.

I have also booked the FZ1, and that too exactly on March 10th . It was gettin way delayed than expected.

And finally after a long wait, my machine has arrived. A few snaps of it.

[IMG]file:///F:/DCIM/101MSDCF/DSC03371.JPG[/IMG]

[niks_devil666]

Super awesome !!! congrats !!!
Its an awesome machine .
a word of advice , initially , keep the revs under 4k , it wont scare u at all