So which are the best years I should be looking for? I haven't been hip with the bike seen since high school so I will need some guidance here.
So essentially as far as the Gen 1 is concerned, I'd say from 1993 up. Yamaha had seemed to had worked out the 2nd gear issues that plagued the bikes from the mid-late 80's. I have zero experience with the Gen 2... I believe that all the Gen 2's are the same??? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on that. I'd love to own a Gen 2 as well. I sold a turbo Hayabusa about 9 years ago and moved to a Ducati 1098 when it came out. My current bike is a S1000RR HP4 that never gets ridden. I don't do track days and in no way consider myself to be a track guy, which kind of defeats the purpose of owning the HP4. It's just cool to own I guess. Way too brutal for the streets.