Recent content by mikelb63

my rear tire on my 2006 is flat. Guys at the shop say they can't patch it. I can pickup a complete rear tire includes sprocket, cush. tire & rotor from a 2007 with less than 2000 miles on it for less than the cost of buying a new tire and having it installed. they look the same. the parts...

Winnipeg Manitoba. My bike will be in the garage until April :(. It just sounds soooo far away :(

The measure that interests me the most is $ per mile. I'd be very interested to know what the diference is for some of the hybrids. Expensive fuel prices increase the likelyhood of finding implentable and sustainable alternative fuel sources and improved fuel economy. I'm not against high...

Re: Top Speed 220kph indicated ( 136.7mph) on a clear stretch following a Suzuki TL1000S doing about 240kph.

LOL - too funny!

I sit blurry eyed in front of a computer. I'm a software developer.

As a Canadian I am supposed jump on the American bashing bandwagon. While I believe the US has made many foreign policy mistakes I believe at the end of the day they are a global force for good. China and Russia scare me. How would they handle citiziens like Cindy Sheehan or Michael Moore? The...

where in canada? I'm from wpg.

Well I feel much better - at least I`m not alone. My bike has about 2500miles on it and it has this nice loud ticking / whirring sound at around 4k-5k RPMS only when in gear. As soon as I put it in neutral the sounds goes away. At least I know i`m not alone. It`s annoying as hell. It`s...

This weekend I went through my 21 hour safety course. I passed both tests - one for my license - and one for a rebate on 1/2 the cost of the course. The second test was on emergency maneuvers. I'm very glad the courses are mandatory here in Manitoba. We road around all weekend long on little...

senior web developer / landlord

I have a 06 fz6 in my garage. I'll be getting my license last week. It seems like the vast majority of people in this thread are of the opinion that the fz6 is a poor choice as a first bike. Is that the general consensus? I spent a good portion of the winter trying to pick out my first...

Option 1. Convenient location and substantively lower price. Lower payments and less cash in means more money available to invest or to buy your toys. You'll probably sleep better too :) A lot of people I know have put themselves in a situation where they are house rich and cash poor...

I watched that vid on youtube a couple of times! Crazy! Glad you made it through OK.

Nope - no mods. It's stock - and in showroom condition. The original owner bought it at the start of 07 when they were clearing out the 06's. He put 3500km on it and then bought himself a hayabusa, so he wanted to unload his fz6. :)