Foggy Fp1

Advikaz · Mar 6, 2023

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100% agreed. so look i know where these are and where it actually is, and it really is quite secure both location and with access, but you are right lots of breadcrumbs need to be laid in opposite directions, but at the same time, nicking one of these good luck disposing of it or using it, they are so niche i am aware of 2 others that are used like mine (and after 1400 miles its safe to say i own the highest mileage FP1 on the planet)

I did ask Steve if he was ok with me doing a rep of Craigs bike before i went down that route out of courtesy. Losing a child is emotive and i wanted to make sure they were ok with the idea first. He supplied me Craigs race numbers and fonts to use. I really am looking forward to taking it over to show him the finished result

Absolutely not lol. These are not "supported" by Lanzante and nor are these the bikes supplied through them. Without going into details on "those" bikes, these are brought in directly from Malaysia and supported through them.
I know for a cold hard fact that i have more documentation and data on these bikes than Anyone else in the UK and even Malaysia quite likely.

I used to own a R7, and honestly hand on heart - to look at i prefer the FP1, it is also 100% way more usable as a road bike than the R7 ever was. The early fuel injection of the Yamaha was quite horrific, and at slow speeds the bike was excruciating to ride.
regarding the Lanzante videos and the critical fueling of the FP1, believe me they are utterly smooth compared to the OW02 and more on par with a early CBR6 injection or a blackbird. There were 2 versions of mapping and the revision 2 was still quite rich, but really nice compared to the very early version 1 bikes - which mostly ended up in switzerland with Livio (with a few exceptions) and found there way back to the UK and were "restored" and sold with their original tool kits (rubbish, they never had any tool kits) and a funky flight case and apparently sold with full support and spares backup (hmmm full spares support, yeah what ever)

I have prepared my own bike(s) and know these pretty well inside out.
The level of work to get them ready to use is minimal, there are certain things that need attn and are likely to cause issues pretty quickly on the FP1, but on the Malaysian supplied bikes (or later UK built bikes shipped over to Malaysia before coming back on demand) are really easy to prepare.
Cosmetics are the main issue, storage has been poor on quite a few of the bikes. good clean ones are mostly gone now. But you buy a prepared bike directly form the main importer and the bike is good.
Once you change your tyres to modern rubber they are usable but eventually you may need fork seals and a clutch slave seal and rectifier - all easy jobs.

I have done loads of trackdays on mine, commuted on it, cooked it, ridden in snow and salted roads when caught out and its great.
I do know once the mileage gets quite high there may come a point when i need to consider preserving the bike or retiring it to an ornament - but its fine, i will grab another from the collection and do it all over again.
Life is too short to sit and wonder "what if" these are made to be used and enjoyed and while a little different and quite rare are still just motorcycles at the end of the day.
I will got o my grave knowing i have spanked some pretty nice bikes in my life to the red line end enjoyed them as intended.
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awesome !

Is all I’ve got to say

Phill748 · Mar 6, 2023

Massive massive respect to you mate!

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