Recent content by dfndr

Good for you! I'm 61 and ride FZ6. Great bike-may ride it cross country in a couple of years. Rick

Oh! That hurts!

Yes we did. You need to turn the sound off-she looks fine if you do that. I didn't say she sounds smart enough for me!

She looks smart enough to me!

First the parents, then the kids My parents NEVER would have allowed me to own a bike and since I had to live at home to afford college I had to live with that. Then grad school out of town and a neat Honda 350 scrambler. Great. But started the 2d year with a cast up to my right...

Most riders of nice bikes are responsible folks but many don't realize some important things about insurance that can really cause disaterous results. When you buy liability insurance you insure anyone that you may injure through your negligence. So, if you have $100/300,000 liability auto or...

I'm planning on buying a Motoport Jacket. The 1000 denier cordura is very breathable and with the liners I can wear it all year-I plan on wearing it every time I ride. The question is whether to get the short jacket or the 3/4 length. Is the 3/4 too bulky to wear all year? I appreciate your...

On the beginers forums many experienced people are saying that the Fz6 is not a good bike for beginers. If a beginer wanted to ride the bike but limit the engine output like some Europeans are saying---how would one do it? Is there a kit, chip or rev limiter to accomplish this? Thanks for the...

How do you restrict engine output? This has been a very enlightening thread. Let' say you have bought a used Fz6 and after reading all this you think that maybe it would be wiser to not learn how to ride again on this powerful a bike. How can you actually restrict the engine power to avoid...

There's more! There's more. I make three, I guess. The others are probably still asleep!

Am I too damn old? Sixty-going on sixty-one. Just bought a 2004 blue Fz6(I heard the blue ones were faster). Haven't ridden in 25 years. My kids think I'm nuts, my secretaries think I'm nuts. Who knows? Rick