Justin, I’ll ask my friend about the handlebars and my mechanic about the gel saddles.
[quote=“Justin”]I’m under no illusions that this little FZR’s gonna become a touring monster, esp. with a pillion on board, but I’d like to be able to ride for an hour or more without going numb![/quote]I took my Mum around central and north Taiwan on the FZ, fully loaded up with top box, tank bag and panniers. It went surprisingly well. I put some photos and stories here:
mcttw.tripod.com/north_taiwan.htm
For Plasmatron’s useful post on the import process, see here:
[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English … 324#112324](Motorcycle touring - #51 by plasmatron
It seems complicated anyway: I think importing a second-hand bike could be even more difficult. But if it all worked out OK you could save some money. Maybe the 250s Hexuan was talking about were imported this way – less expensive than I remembered.