I was wrestling with putting "cover 2" back in (the pain in the ass rubber membrane below the battery) and when I was done I found this on the ground. I cant remember ever seeing this part anywhere, can anyone ID it or give a hint where it goes? I'm looking in the service manual now, but it's...
Hello FZ6 community. I was doing a bunch of back logged maintenance today, which included valve clearance checks. While doing this I wanted to check the timing. I've had suspicions about this being a possible issue since my bike has been not running right for a while now.
Please check out these...
Hi Gang,
A few months back I noticed my rear brake pedal was slowly getting a little softer and requiring more pressure to stop. This eventually escalated to it not working at all and would bottom out.
I did the usual flush and bleed with some semi fresh DOT 3 fluid, and all was good for...
I bought my bike early 2014 (2009 FZ6), bike had fairly new PR3's installed. Since then, I've put roughly 7k miles on them. They are due for replacement and I noticed an odd, uneven wear on them (see pics). I see 2 issues, uneven wear and cupping. I think I can fix the cupping by adjusting rear...
So I took out my fuel pump, troubleshooting a crappy running bike. I wanted to check the screen for debris.
So I get it apart, clean screen material with compressed air, re-assemble.
I get it all back together and now the bike won't run when giving any throttle. It does start and idle...
Did I screw up my engine? (Yet another vibration post)
Sorry for the wall of text... I'm nervous that I broke my baby!
Firstly, I've done a bit of searching and reading, and feel that this is a unique problem (maybe).. so here goes:
This is my first bike that I've owned. Learned to ride...
Bought a lightly used Shad seat from Matt. Agreed on a fair price and ship date. Matt ended up shipping early. Seat arrived in 2 days, was packed very well and arrived in perfect shape. Was a smooth and effortless transaction all the way around.