FZR1000: almost the perfect bike

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:13 am

This was the first streetbike I went out and bought. I was like 17 and I took all my money I had scraped up from working after school and weekends and I bought this 1992 Yamaha FZR1000. What a nice bike. I was lucky to buy this model as I had considered smaller sportbikes. I knew I was making the right choice thanks to Cycle magazine nominating this particular model as bike of the year when it was in it's prime. The engine is a Yamaha Genesis design 5 valve per cylinder with just over 120hp. It REALLY had a lot of power and I put a lot of other bikes to shame. It was a rocket and had power everywhere. I left it stock since I couldn't afford to modify anything and it was a good decision as I NEVER had a mechanical problem ever. I used this bike for years and put many many miles on it. I rode it in the rain and took many trips up and down the west coast on her.

This was even my primary mode of transportation for almost two years. This bike never did me wrong and besides the fact that it was being outdated by new bikes the only reason I sold it was because the seat height was just tooo low! I had grown a couple inches and the bike just hurt my knees on long trips and I was very athletic and in my teens when I owned this machine! I replaced this bike with a TLR1000 as I wanted a V-twin bad but couldn't come close to affording an Aprilia Mille!

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:19 am

I got to travel many miles on this bike and the long wheelbase really made for an awesome touring machine. The frames stability probably saved my life a few times as this was the first sportbike I really got to push the envelope with.

When you leaned down and pulled back the throttle to the stop you would rarely need to twist it to full lock. This engine would just PULL like no other bike of it's time. It never needed valves adjusted and the clutch was even original when I sold it after tens of thousands of miles. Although not an R1, Pulling high speed wheelies wasn't a problem if you knew how to preload the front of pulled over the crest of a hill. I remember doing wheelies over hill tops at over 110mph out in the valley. This bike was very stable.

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:47 pm

There is some talk on the BayAreaRidersForum.com about the EXUP exhaust system. It's a servo operated backpressure valve in the exhaust the gives the engine much better mid-range power. It's pointless to take it off but I'm sure the carbs can be rejetted to compensate if you do take it off. I highly recommend leaving them on the bike though. My bike was sold locally and went around to a couple owners who gave up on it because someone put an aftermarket pipe on it, thus, removing the EXUP and it never ran good again. It sits in a friends backyard to this day under a tarp. Poor thing!

So don't take off the stock EXUP valve. Buy a bolt on pipe of make one but don't go any further. It doesn't need it! That bike has tons of power from the factory! Spend your money on suspension - it's a WAY better investment.

If you want to check out the exhaust talk about the EXUP and what to do when you remove it check out the BARF forum as they have some excellent advice in this thread: http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forum ... ost5548267