165 MPH ROCKET PRISTINE 2005 YAMAHA FZ1

MAIL:
Kaplan Cycles LLC
200 West Main St. STE 4
Vernon, CT 06066

[drkayak]

I put 115, 000 miles on an exact same bike. Same Yosh pipe, same color, same frame sliders.. Engine locked up at 115k miles. I found a silver/black one with 14k miles and moved all my mods to the new bike. At 64 years old it may be my last FZ1..

[offroad]

I have this same exact bike. 80k miles on the odo, stone reliable, smooth, comfortable, fast as you could want to go. I’ve had zero issues with this bike…hoping to get to 100, 000 miles. A lot of the newer bikes are so much smaller (ergonomically)…which is why I’ll hold onto this one. You’re guaranteed a true nomadic experience because everywhere you go you’ll be shunned by sportbikes, cruisers, BMW guys (they look down on us all), gold wingers, Ducatisti…pretty much every other sub set of riders!

[thomasblake]

I have a 2001 same color. Absolute beast. Ivans jet kit, racetech fork internals and s1000rr rear shock upgrade. And a gearing change. Total wheelie machine. Great for tall riders. Lots of room and comfort. Keeps up with modern super sports no problem. Well, at least to 150 lol.

[billyruben]

I've owed two of these and they are the best all around street bikes I have ever rode. Simple, comfortable and fast... I mean really fucking fast.

[brandonvaccaro]

this is my former bike. I traded it in for a new GASGAS. She was kept in a garage for 5 years while i owned it, I used top notch wax and plastic protection. Amazing bike will dust 600s no problem

[jimmyrexrode]

I had an '02 from '04 to it and left the street riding and went back to dirt and stayed there until about 2010. Sold the dirt bike and was bikeless for about 13 years until hitting the pavement again in Dec/22 with an FJR. In March/23 I traded that rocket powered locomotive for a much lighter VStrom 650 and had a blast until selling it a few weeks ago....and replaced that with an '05 gen....right after sitting on it I quickly remembered how comfortable it it'll fly. Can't wait for better weather.

[driojal]

Absolutely beautiful machine. 2005 FZ1 blue was my first bike and loved it. Now on a VMAX still missing the FZ1

[DRumsBDrugs]

I have a limited edition black and yellow '03. Bought with 27K, now has 77K. Lots of fun!!! Also, love the center stand!!!!

[ShaneZettelmier]

Ohhhh that white VFR 700 was one of my dream bikes, I love the gear drive sound. That was a great bike back in the day a comfortable sport bike and the white looked awesome

[joegoncalves]

One of my favorite all time bikes! Beauty!

[medjoolmaker]

Nice bike for “older” riders. I will be in the market for this type of more relaxed sport bike soon. This is a dime piece. 👍👍

[sonnyseabury]

Damn, That is one truly gorgeous bike. Love that shade of blue. Bike looks brand new, like it just got rolled off the showroom floor.

[ccreations]

Best old school all arounder ever made imo

[curtisfitzsimmons]

I just sold an 05 at the end of last year. It is a fantastic bike that has excellent mid range power. Difficult to find plastics for and there were a few other parts that took me some time to track down. Seems all the parts are in the UK. If you were to buy a first gen, which I personally recommend over the second gen with their stator issues and such. Overall good fun bike sits comfortably and can keep up with most anything

[richardmorris]

Looks like a pretty comfy seating position too. Good looking bike & a decent investment. I was more into big cruiser hot rod types but I'd proudly ride that.

[yopacific]

Japanese engineers are pretty crazy when you get down to it. And I love them.

[rangerddanger]

They are very dependable and fun, I have a 2001 same color in mint shape jetted and micron high mount pipe, and other mods . Keep up the good work 👍

[jimstenlund]

I like the sound of the Delkevic 14” on mine a lot better.

[jcoleman]

Had an 06 and swapped the fairing for the euro headlight assy to make it the N version since it never came to the states

[ianmangham]

Had a go of a fzr750 and that was a beautiful machine 😍