Recent content by lake_harley

Evidently it's the simple things that are hard to find. Maybe like to old saying about something hiding in plain sight. Anyway plug wires/caps appear to have been the issue, at least since the first trip to the dealership. One of the dealer's techs took the bike home overnight while they still...

My bike started the same thing again, but not quite to the extent it did before, so it's back at the dealership. Today they tried a TPS to no avail. Talked to Yamaha without getting any good direction. Tried a set of plugs, maybe better, but still not right. They talked about doing a leakdown...

For the benefit of others, here's what was found on my FZ6 that was apparently causing the problems described above. BTW...being an analog guy in a digital world, I gave up after reading the manual and troubleshooting guide that went into problem codes, and took the bike to a Yamaha dealer...

My '05 FZ6 was doing the same thing, but not all the time. Eventually it got even worse, with some pinging. Yesterday it died on me 3 times in a 3 mile trip and I was glad to even get back home with it. Really was sketchy even getting it to restart. So.....I'm wondering....did you ever find the...

I just joined this forum a couple days ago after buying a 2005 FZ6 on Thursday. As crazy as it might sound, I had been looking for a bike that I could use for some solo touring, and was only going to buy a bike that would work using my Cortech sidebags (I have two sets) and tailbag. They're the...