Recent content by Fred

Why do you think that giving incorrect information to the ECU is going to somehow cause the bike to run better?

If only somebody had done a very thorough job of putting a power distribution system onto a Yamaha FZ6, and then made a video documenting the modifications. Oh yeah, I just remembered. I did that. :thumbup: How to wire a motorcycle, the right way. - YouTube Frederic

From the article. "Herrera told KCBS that when the suspect apparently ran out of bullets he put the gun into his waistband and took out a knife before he was shot by police." Here is another shooting where the shooter was not stopped by the police, but by the fact that he ran out of...

If the FZ6 had been meant to have a shiny chrome valve cap, it would have gotten one at the factory. Yamaha's engineers are the best in the business, and you are ignoring all their delicate and well thought out engineering by making this hasty modification to your motorcycle. I hope you like...

The only autoloader I have is my grandfather's Browning Auti 5. I don't have anything to compare it to, but it's a flippin' sweet gun. The whole barrel recoils with the bolt, which as far as I know is a unique feature to this gun. One thing to know about it is that if you're going to shoot...

If it died on you, then you should also test your charging system. The battery may be dead just because the bike's not charging it anymore. Charge the battery overnight. Then put a meter on it and start the bike. When you rev the engine, you should see around 14 volts. If you don't, the...

Cool vid. It inspired some math. Tank car rough dimensions, 10 foot in diameter, 54 feet long. Total surface area is approximately 1853 square feet. End caps: 2 x 5^2 x pi = 157 square feet. Cylinder body: 54 x 10 x pi = 1696 square feet. Total pressure at full vacuum = 14.7 psi *...

It looks like the screw should be behind the second carb. In your picture, the lower hose is probably blocking it. When you compare the pic in the manual to your picture, both those hoses appear to be misrouted. If the screw is truly missing, then you'll need to replace it. The screw holds...

As part of selling my FZ6, I'm pulling off and selling all the modifications. This listing is for the R6 fork conversion kit. Here's what's included. 2x R6 forks. Good condition with no leaks. 1x R6 axle. 1x R6 axle bolt. 4x Brake caliper shims. 2x Axle shims. 1x Optional axle...

I'm late to the party on this one. Here's my take on it. First, a fact. It is impossible for your engine to be detonating while at idle. Cylinder pressures simply don't rise high enough to cause detonation at idle, no matter how screwed up the mixture or timing is. To detonate, you have...

Yowzer! From now on, I'm going to use Kerosene instead.

Exactly what Motogiro said. He went in too fast for his ability, and began slowing. Then he saw oncoming cars and backed off the throttle even more. And I suspect that target fixation and panic played a factor. The bike will go where you look, and he was looking at the car coming at him...

Harley rocker box covers always leak. They're ****ty cast parts, and they vary in thickness so much that sometimes they won't tighten down on the rubber seal. It's been like that for years. Fred

If you like to tour on your 07+ FZ6, this is the saddlebag system for you. The V35's are 35 liter, watertight, hard shell bags. They have enough storage to let you take a weeks long trip with a passenger. The SW Motech rack for these bags has an extra feature. When you're done with the...

Any other city closes an interstate for a weekend, it's local news. Hell A closes an interstate for a weekend, it's a national news story. LA isn't the center of the world, but it thinks it is.