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**highoctane** · 01-30-2012, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Widow

This is how i ended up with a 2011 FZ8: Me and my son were in the Yamaha shop getting a filter for my Grizzly 550,as i was talking with the owner my son(14 years old) kept trying to interupt ,saying look at this bike Dad. Finally after finishing talking i looked at the bike he was drooling over and WOW, that is the sexiest,most sinister Bike i have seen. I looked at Mark(owner of the Yamaha dealer )and said,"must be expensive", he told me how much, i looked at the bike some more, sat on it and said, " I will be back to pick it up Tomorrow". I had no desire to get a streetbike nor had i ridden one before, untill i saw the Black FZ8. That trip to the dealer for a filter for my ATV cost me $8500, but changed my weekend ATV rides into weekends seeking out twisty roads(lots of them here in B.C mountain country) on my addictive FZ8. I thank my son for pointing it out to me on a daily basis. Ya, once in a while i take him for a ride, but that is the only downfall of the bike, it sucks for doubleing.

You and your boy have great taste in bikes, Like you when I first saw this bike I had to have it. just something about it!

Hoover · 01-30-2012, 05:42 PM

I was not even looking for another bike. I was taking a year off after selling my TL1000. The wife and I were riding our bicycles in our neighborhood and spotted an 8 parked in front of an apartment building.. I bought mine 3 days later.

**Black Widow** · 02-04-2012, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by highoctane

You and your boy have great taste in bikes, Like you when I first saw this bike I had to have it. just something about it!

People that have no interest in motorcycles at all (my wife being one of them), stop to take a double take at the bike and always comment positively about the look of it. There certainly is "something about it", never had any interest in a street bike before(45yrs old) and seen thousands of them. With my helmet and gear on , i can fool people into thinking i'm as bad and sexy as the bike LOL.

**hypo** · 02-07-2012, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Widow

... With my helmet and gear on , i can fool people into thinking i'm as bad and sexy as the bike LOL.

+1

00007 · 02-07-2012, 08:27 AM

we had our local bike weekend here and yamaha had there test rides going. it was about 3 or so weeks after yamaha relaesed the bike i had heard nothing about it but when i spotted it across the parking lot i just had to have it and a few weeks later i had 1 of 3 early release fz8 in ontario!

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01-30-2012, 05:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
Hoover MotoGP Bike: FZ8 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Madison Wi Posts: 533 Thanks: 45 Thanked 55 Times in 51 Posts	I was not even looking for another bike. I was taking a year off after selling my TL1000. The wife and I were riding our bicycles in our neighborhood and spotted an 8 parked in front of an apartment building.. I bought mine 3 days later.

02-07-2012, 08:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
00007 Canyon Carver Bike: 2000 kawi zx7r/2011 yamaha fz8 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: norther ontario Posts: 379 Thanks: 45 Thanked 32 Times in 21 Posts	we had our local bike weekend here and yamaha had there test rides going. it was about 3 or so weeks after yamaha relaesed the bike i had heard nothing about it but when i spotted it across the parking lot i just had to have it and a few weeks later i had 1 of 3 early release fz8 in ontario!