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The Yamaha FZS600 Fazer is a sport motorcycle produced by Yamaha between 1998 and 2004. It is the predecessor of the Yamaha FZ6 . During its production run, it underwent several changes before being discontinued in 2004 due to European emissions laws coming into force.
The Yamaha FZ6, also known as the FZ6 FAZER is a 600 cc (37 cu in) motorcycle that was introduced by Yamaha in 2004 as a middleweight street bike built around the 2003 YZF-R6 engine. The engine is retuned for more usable midrange power. As a multi-purpose motorcycle it can handle sport riding, touring, and commuting.
The same front brake master cylinder was used on the FZR-600 up until the end of its production (1999). In 1986 Yamaha produced the FZ "pure sports" version, with more performance oriented modifications. The FZ-600's main competitors when it was released were the Kawasaki GPZ600 and Honda CBR600F. Suzuki's GSX-600 Katana was given little ...
The ECU mapping revised again for smoother mid range. 2014 and 2015 models are the same except for the color. 2015 is the last year for the FZ1 in the US. First in Europe, the naked FZ1-N and half-faired FZ1-S Fazer were replaced by the FZ-10/MT-10 of Yamaha's new ″Hyper Naked″ class, which is available with accessory touring pack. [3] [4]
The FZ8 and FAZER8 replace the smaller capacity FZ6 and FZ6 FAZER, although as of July 2010 these continue to be sold in other markets. Both motorcycles have a 779 cc inline-four engine , derived from the 998 cc FZ1 engine, [ 4 ] but with a bore reduced from 77 to 68 mm (3.0 to 2.7 in), and the same stroke of 53.6 mm (2.11 in).
The Yamaha FZR600 is a sports motorcycle produced by Yamaha between 1988 and 1996 (1999 in the USA). It was the successor to the FZ600 and was replaced by the Yamaha YZF600R in 1997. It had a steel Deltabox frame and swingarm, similar in appearance to the alloy Deltabox frame introduced three years earlier on the 1WG FZR400.
Yamaha sold the YZF600R "Thundercat" in Europe from 1996 to 2003, and from 1994 to 2008 in the United States and Canada. From 1994 to 1996 the YZF600R had distinctive twin "Cats eye" headlights. In 1997 it was updated to have a single rounded triangular headlight, and it left behind the more boxy 1980s/1990s style fairings in favor of a more ...
The engine is a detuned Fazer engine and both versions are offered with optional ABS braking. The new line has upgraded to a liquid-cooled 16 valve 4-stroke forward-inclined parallel 4-cylinder engine developing 78 horsepower (57 kW) / 59.7 Nm. Yamaha has kept the engine displacement at 600cc for the new Diversion line. [3]