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Yamaha’s FZ was a good idea. The company got many things right including starting their engineering from the width of the rear tyre – which remains a startlingly popular and sticky Indian predilection. When it arrived, it had a plastic tank (cover) which was a new idea, styling that looked right (both for the time as well as its global design) and it also had the traditionally excellent Yamaha build quality as well. In short, the FZ was a promising motorcycle. Since then, it has done well too. It’s led Yamaha’s volumes back up the charts (though the scooters arguably have a vital role in this as well). It’s remained popular while the company lost its dynamic edge and embarked on an FZ-based adventure that involved mostly the fairing plastic, suffixes and stickers. Until now.