The failure-prone harnesses on Triumphs are known to develop corrosion which increases electrical resistance, which in turn, increases the temperature of wires to the point where connectors start melting. When this happen, the voltage regulator (and most likely the stator) is failing incurring steep repair expenses.
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Other specifications: Number of plugs: 2Number of pins: 5Number of wires: 5Minimum Charging Voltage: 14.5 V +/- 0.5 V Maximum Charging Current: 50 A / 500 W Open Circuit Voltage: Operation Temperature: -20 to 85
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With the budget Fazer 600, the luxurious Honda VFR800, and the vast Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 you have three slightly different takes on the do-it-all theme. And by do-it-all, we're talking here about bikes that can sports, tour and commute in equal measure.
They'll take you solo through the bends with a smile on your face wider than the Nile. Then, when the holiday season shows up you can chuck some luggage and a passenger on the back and head for the sun. The daily commute's a doddle too thanks to Japanese build quality and fairly frugal fuel consumption figures - providing you have puritanical control of your right wrist.
The Fazer FZS600 has been around since 1998, meaning used examples fall into the sub-three grand bracket. It's a gem of a bike with features you'd expect to see on a bigger machine - two trips, fuel gauge, clock, underseat storage, a proper pillion perch, unburstable (ex-Thundercat) motor with near perfect carburation and decent build quality. So good was the original back in '98 that the only changes since have been a bigger fuel tank in 2000 (making 160 miles before reserve a regular possibility) and then sleeker bodywork and an even bigger tank. It's little wonder the Fazer sits near the top of this year's best sellers list.cmgAdQueuePush( function() AccelerateAdManager.displayAd("VD-mpu-2-mobile"); );
The VFR meanwhile has been around since 1986 and has been the definitive do-it-all bike ever since, featuring a smooth V4 motor with a unique sound and build quality to die for - even now the last of the 750 versions go for three or four grand, while the first of the 800s start around 4,500. This latest version takes the VFR back to its roots with radical new styling (thankfully the single-sided swingarm stays) and a complete chassis and engine makeover. There's also Honda's patented VTEC system in there too which gives a performance kick in the pants at 7,000rpm. Sales figures show it's still a favourite too, with 1,250 finding their way out of dealers already this year.
The ZZ-R has been around almost as long. The original 1100 was launched back in 1990, undergoing a major overhaul in '93 and then remaining pretty much the same, until the birth of the 1200 incarnation this year.
Pre-'93 models will be pretty scruffy by now as the ZZ-R's weight and power combo puts its components under some serious abuse, but the post '93 models are much better put together, as well as having a twin-ram-air snout which made them the fastest things on the road until the advent of Honda's Blackbird in '97.cmgAdQueuePush( function() AccelerateAdManager.displayAd("ad_300x1"); );Related ArticlesaccImages.createImage();R&G announces BSB partnership extension, British Talent Cup title sponsorshipaccImages.createImage();2023 Honda Hornet now available for UK reservations
For 2002, Kawasaki moved the ZZ-R away from their own ZX-12R and made it more of a (very fast) sports tourer than a flagship missile, and it seems to be working because despite not being in the showrooms until late March this year it's already shifted 400 units.
So we took them for a day's thrash through Northamptonshire, put in the commuting miles for a couple of weeks, loaded them with all the luggage we could find and revved the nuts off them whenever we got the chance. And here's what we reckoned... Bertie
YAMAHA FAZER 600Now before I start getting all carried away with the Fazer for its many and varied qualities all available at a jolly competitive price, I must say that this paint scheme is ghastly.
I mean really, what were Yamaha thinking of? What do they call this one? Dog piss yellow? Nicotine orange? Either way it is perhaps the worst colour on the planet. What's wrong with good old-fashioned Kenny Roberts racing yellow, eh? That's a proper Yamaha colour, but this? No.
Beneath the paint lies an attractive motorbike. Let's face it, the Fazer's never going to win any beauty contests, but it does have a certain rugged '80s charm. The (fake) fins on the motor lend it a credible air and that pointy nosecone does at least allow it to cut a mildly sporting dash, but she's no major headturner.cmgAdQueuePush( function() AccelerateAdManager.displayAd("VD-mpu-3-mobile"); );
Which is just fine because nor does she make you look away in disgust. This isn't the kind of bike anyone majorly lusts after, it's more the kind of machine that people enjoy and then flog when they make the move to something saucier.
In terms of performance you get a detuned (less top-end, more midrange) Thundercat motor that produces a respectable 83bhp at the back wheel and delivers 'em to you as smooth as you like. The carbs mean there's no snatchiness to bug you at slow speeds, but decent power and torque mean drive smoother than a baby's bum right the way to the redline.
But even in the faster company here, most notably the ZZ-R's, the Fazer can still keep up on UK roads even if you do decide to throw the speed limits and highway code in the bin. Even on the fast, open and empty thrash to Bruntingthorpe for top speed runs at the end of this test the Fazer was never once left behind, because whenever the roads cleared enough to hand the ZZ-R any advantage, the next set of bends would soon hove into view and the Fazer would be right up its chuff once more.cmgAdQueuePush( function() AccelerateAdManager.displayAd("VD-mpu-4-mobile"); );
So it's a good job the little Yamaha handles too. Those high bars really let you chuck the thing about and although the suspension is budget and springy, it gives you enough feedback to push the bike and know just where its limits are. Those limits arise before they might on a FireBlade, unsurprisingly, but the Fazer can still be thrown about remarkably hard, and hard enough to show-up all sorts of classier tackle in the right hands.
Smart brakes too, straight out of Yamaha's R1/R6 stable and they'll let you pin the Fazer's front end into the floor with more confidence than on either of the other two here. Part of this may be down to the Yamaha's comparative lack of weight but whatever, it stops sweetly.
Riding position's a winner too - really comfortable and only just aced by the ZZ-R here for ultimate rider comfort. The equal of the VFR though, but you'll not get the same kind of weather protection off the Fazer - that top fairing is really very good, but you'll still get wet feet if the heavens open on you.
Only criticism is that on a long high-speed autoroute blast you'll get worn out crouching behind the Fazer's screen. But then you'll get worn out holding the throttle cable bowstring-tight too, so if fast, fast foreign mile-eating is your thing I suggest you go for the VFR or ZZ-R.
In terms of practicalities the Fazer is excellent. We're talking a clock, a centrestand, hazard lights (no, really), loadsa bungee points and space for luggage on and around that pillion seat.cmgAdQueuePush( function() AccelerateAdManager.displayAd("VD-mpu-5-mobile"); );
Talking of the pillion accommodation, it is a pearler - proper rear grabrail that really is better than any side handles you care to mention. The bike's softish suspension may mean a bit more pitching and yawing for your pillion if you get enthusiastic two-up but then this is a budget bike and how hard do you really want to go with the missus digging you in the ribs anyway?
All in all, the Fazer really quite impressed me. For the money it's a winner and I can see why they're so popular. Although the other two may do better on a cross-continent jolly, how many times do you really do that? For all your realistic day-to-day needs the Fazer's a stunner, but it's also got the added bonus of a dose of a proper grin factor thanks to some really rather good, if a little boingy, handling, and a motor with some real oomph.
SIMON BOWEN'S SECOND OPINIONDaryll's right, that paint is an abomination but if you can avert your gaze from the violent yellow glare coming off the tank once on the move, there's a lot of bike here for the cash. Fast enough for my ageing ambitions, comfortable enough for my brittle bones and cheap enough for my moth-ridden wallet. 2ff7e9595c
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