New member in SoCal eyeing an FZ-07

[mattk]

Hello all my name is Matt and I am 35 living in southern California.
 
I have been riding for about 15 years but was in a motorcycle accident on may 14th which left me for the time being unable to walk. I am slowly healing and hope to be walking early in 2017. I spend a great chunk of my time researching motorcycles and came across the FZ-07 while looking for an affordable and comfortable fun bike I could use for daily riding, some light touring duty, and at some point conversion into a FZ-07R type custom. 
 
I lost my 07 Tuono Factory in the accident but still have an 01 CBR 929RR I plan on using as a dedicated track bike while the FZ possibly fills the niche for daily fun.

[azuryn]

It's practical for sure, torquey for the city definitely fun to ride. Commuting kinda sucks on the freeway, but it is a naked bike and you get used to it and a windscreen helps a bit. Light and agile which makes lane splitting and filtering nice and easy (although the stock mirror are perfect height to hit many car mirrors = /). Also they look awesome, and sound great once you get an exhaust on them, I prefer my near deafening Akra Ti.

[hamster]

Welcome, Matt! Hope your recovery progress is good, glad to hear you'll enjoy riding again (& other stuff!).
 
What you described are the reasons why I am going for the FZ-07 again - economic, fun and good looking. For sure, with mods it can improve a lot! That's when your FZ-07R comes to scene, hehe.
 
Enjoy around!

[mattk]

I think my ultimate goal will be to afix more of a retro fairng to the bike to get the feel of a 60's racer. Too bad the XSR700 is still nowhere to be seen stateside