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Hello, I now own a Sportster. Tell us now... How did this happen? Well here I am in my third ride season on the FZ6 and for unexplained reasons I cannot for the like of me get comfortable. I mean my throttle thumb is killing me, due to the odd angle [speaking for me] of the handlebar and...

Basically, how hard/important is this (by the service manual) check? I usually do all of my own service checks but this one I feel uncomfortable - looks like I have to take stuff apart by the service manual. Unless I'm reading into the owners manual incorrectly, can I only do a visual check...

My two years are up and I want to replace the brake fluid. I saw Writeme43's howto and thought a MityVac would be neat to have (I love gadgets too) so ordered one. Now here is where it gets ugly... I hooked up the MityVac and pulled a vacuum but the very second I opened the bleeder screw -...

Hello all. Here is my installation of the "Kaoko Throttle Control" I installed this on my 2007 FZ6 so I can only assume it will be the same for other year models. I did this, with taking pictures, under 30 minutes and I will bet anyone could do this under 15 minutes if you have everything...

OK thats it! :mad: Punxsutawney Phil is predicting winter will last another six weeks. If I see that groundhog I'm just gunna shoot the damn rodent - I'm tired of this additional six weeks of winter each and every winter. We need to start a new legend...

To the re-loaders among us, anyone else notice that some of the major stores of shooting supplies all seam to be out of Winchester or Remington .223 brass - what gives?

Well this bites... Kawasaki announced it will suspend MotoGP racing for the 2009 season. I know its "Kawasaki" but this is not good for race fans and ultimately consumers. I hope the 2010 season brings them back.

I think I correctly completed my first Throttle Body Sync., though I have some questions that hopefully someone could answer. 1) The service manual does not state how the sync hoses are numbered. May I assume cylinder hoses were assigned, throttle body #4 [long - pink band] with #3 short...

Well folks I'm in the market for a pneumatic brad nail gun. I have two models that I will choose from; one is 5/8” to 1-3/8” and the other is 5/8” to 2”. Now I have not owned a nail gun before and thought it would help with the trim on a small bar I'm building. My problem is choosing the...

Well here I am and still no Tachyon Wheel Balancer. I'm not happy! I have sent multiple emails to this company, only to receive correspondence telling me it will be next week. Then another, it will be next week with a "thank you for patients". So I have a bike with bad tires, everything...

I read information that disc rotor bolts are of soft metal, needing heat to get the factory installed ones off. Now I'm seriously thinking about leaving the rotors on for the tire replacement. Has anyone seen the price of those bolts? Take a seat before you do. :( Anyway, two dealers in my...

Is there different terminology for Motorcycles elsewhere I am not familiar with? Flame me if you must... I cringe every time I see the word scooter! :disapprove: Narrator: mglowe is feeling bad and thinking that sounded very unfriendly... he apologizes. He must have needed to get that...

I hate to sound stupid but... I need to install brake discs [rotors] and the service manual only refers to Loctite. I'm assuming it is asking for the Blue Loctite 242...?

I'm in the process of gathering the needed tools to do my own tire change. I see there are many lengths for tire irons out there and would like to know which length(s) are probably best for our tires. Motion Pro has a set with an 8", 11" and 16" iron. I suppose I could go with three of one...

As winter is approaching I would like to remove the battery and store it in a warmer environment. I will be using a Battery Tender to keep it charged but I have a question or two doing this. If I remove the battery will the odometer remain at it's current mileage mark? I know this sounds like...

Just curious... anyone know what the purpose of the small un-threaded hole in the cylinder head on left side of engine is for? The service manual [Service-LIT-11616-20-60] diagram on page 5-19, 5-20 and 5-21 shows this hole so its suppose to be there. :)

I'm thinking about getting a Bar Snake from Stop Bad Vibes with Bar Snake! and wonder if our FZ6 could benefit from such a product? Mine has some normal vibration at Superslab speeds [6000+ rpm's] that puts my right hand asleep after about an hour of riding. Having not taken the bar ends off...

Is our operators manual incorrect? It tells me basically, as I understand it, that by adjusting the monoshock preload setting to a higher number [say 4 vs 3] it would stiffen up the shock. But when I do that from the default setting 3 to 4 the ride feels more soft. I would like to...

Does anyone know whats up with the difference in model numbers FZS6W, FZS6WC and mine listed as a FZS6WL? The manual that came with my FZ6 Copr. 2006, lists different maximum loads for two models listed above but no where in the owners manual do I find FZS6WL. Confused.