1986 FZX700 Fazer

[Bill]

I picked up an interesting old Yamaha a month ago for $1000. It's a 1986 Yamaha FZX700 with only 22k miles. It's more or less an early "super standard". It came from the factory with a Yamaha FZ700 20 valve engine and a 6-speed tranny in a standard frame. (The non-US models came with a 750cc).


1986 Yamaha FZX700
The engine has a LOT of pull at higher RPMs!

It's a bit of an orphan (only imported for 2 years), but there's a pretty good online support group on Yahoo.

[GNEPIG]

.. i got to ride one of those once, it has one of the first Genisis motors in it, they are pretty fast and they look real good.. $1000 bucks is a real good deal!. i have not seen one sell for less than 3 grand around here or on ebay
.. congratulations on such a cool find

[bandet01]

nice looking bike i am l;ooking for something like that so i have other bikes to ride other then the xs1100 since i am going to us it mostly for drag racin g when i get done with it

[Geezer]

The Fazer was a nice bike. Back in the days of tarifs on imported bikes over 750 CCs, it was a poor-boy version of the FZ750 sport bike. They will also walk away from an XS11...

Geezer

[Bill]

Geezer wrote:

The Fazer was a nice bike. Back in the days of tarifs on imported bikes over 750 CCs, it was a poor-boy version of the FZ750 sport bike. They will also walk away from an XS11...

I was looking for something smaller, but quick. Plenty of new bikes fit the bill, but I didn't want to pay the price. When I found the Fazer I knew it was just right.

Luckily, the Fazer shares the drive train with the FZ700/750, so parts availability is better than it would be otherwise. A few guys have even shoehorned in the FZR1000 engine for a little more excitement!

XSively,

[Wayne]

Nice lookin' bike. Looks like alot of fun.

[strom]

always liked the look of those... like a mini v-max.

LP