New Fazer FZ8... and it's well expensive!
 

To the tune of eight or nine grand!

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne.../?R=EPI-122961

Ouch. They've gone back to a normal can down the side as opposed to having them under the seat, too.

Re: New Fazer FZ8... and it's well expensive!
 

Hells bells !! ... you could get a couple of nice used bikes for that !!

You in the market for one ??

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Hell no! I like my FZ6, but I sure wouldn't pay almost ten grand for one. It doesn't even look that different, apart from the can. What a shame, though, it'll just push people to Kawasakis and Suzukis.

Re: New Fazer FZ8... and it's well expensive!
 

What??? I could have got Stretchie the fireblade and myself the buell for that, crazy prices!

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Wonder if they'll drop them drastically like KTM have dropped the RC8. You can pick up a new 08 model for £8k.

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My mate has made full use of KTM's offer, They are so lush. A piece of engineering art!

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Look at all the dealers lists and prices in publications and maker's websited.

Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Ducati, KTM, Trumpet all show prices, yamaha dont, you have to email them for a price list.

When mine arrived (3 or 4 days after i asked) i took one look and binned the idea of ever biuing a new yamaha....ever, they always seem to be 2 to 4k more expensive for the equivelent of any of the other big 6 manufacturers.

Totaly retarded imho, just pricing people out of buying new.

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Fazer8? That one got missed by my radar. Is it an 800 then?

It will be expensive for the first year, whilst it is still the latest new thing and people want one, after that supply and demand will bring the price down.

Are they keeping the FZ6 or just dropping it? It's still a lot more powerful than the Diversion, so you'd think it would still have a middleweight place in the Yamaha range.

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They seem to be goin a bit mad on all their prices... R1 for example, 12k?! I think the BMW will blow it out of the water!!!!

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+1, the new BMW is a beautiful bike as as said before.....when you can get a new 08 RC8, one of the best looking bikes around (esp. in white) why would you get a new Yamaha?

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Barking mad they are!!
I was actually considering it against sprint st / tiger / f800s for my next bike.. Not anymore... For that kind of money you can have waaay better looking & perfoming bikes!
Hope they fall on their collective a*ses with that sort of pricing policy

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I wonder if they're basing this on the popularity and success of the similarly overpriced YZF125?

At an equally wallet-melting £2999, it's highly sought after by learners and new riders who are sure people will think it's an R6 and fail to notice the tiny little tires and L plates. They also ignore all advice to 'just get a crappy 125 until you pass your test' and 'save your money because for three grand you could do your DAS and have enough left over for a 500 or 600 that will completely outclass tha YZF125 in every conceivable way'

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Mummy and Daddy may not know that! They do look amazing (for an L plater), and when you're 17 that's all that counts.

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Until it goes up the road... without you... on its side... and all the fancy plastic is smashed.

Like I said, Yamaha know this and hence all the ex pedbois want them.

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nah theyre dropping the 600 version.

what are yamaha trying to achieve with this pricing?less sales, casue thats the way its goin right now. Suzuki and Kawasaki all the way!

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Eight thousand pounds...



Honestly, it makes a £6000otr Benelli Tornado seem like an absolute steal. In fact, thats brand new Tornado 1130cc money...



I know what i'd rather have.... Bearing in mind I could buy a brand new 900 tornado, then haggle my ass off and get a Bandit too..... Or have 2 bandits, or a Kawasaki ER6N and a 2nd hand 1000cc sports bike.


Rediculas money!!!!!!

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£7999 will buy you a new 675. In fact you'd prolly get it a bit less.

Fazer -v- 675. Hmmmm.

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It makes some 3 year old used bike buys look like bargains against these new prices. £8-10k used to be the top end of sports bike prices in the UK but you can now add £2-3k to that figure. I'd much rather buy some used bike of a certain vintage to save cash.

I'd be reluctant to sell the Versys being such a good bike for just about everything, so I'd like a stablemate for it. Its not going to happen in a month of Sundays this year with all the costs I have but I could see it happening next year. I've got eyes on a few things which I'll have to try and wangle some kind of test ride from.

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id rather have the fz1 in my local suzuki dealer for £4000 with extras all over it

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Based upon the price of the new Fazer thou's is this price honestly unexpected? Yamahas have always been in the higher price bracket, to some extent deservedly IMO given the quality of finish etc.