The Case for the Yamaha FZ1: An Urban Sport Bike Built from an R1-Derived Engine for the Japanese Market

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RIDE HI's "Bike Spotlight" series features the 2006-2014 Yamaha FZ1/FZ1 Fazer. Based on the YZF-R1 engine with lowered compression and increased crankshaft inertial mass for easier handling, it was developed as the liter-class version of the well-received European middleweight FZ6, and brought to Japan as the successor to the hit FZS1000. The article traces the model's history.