Recent content by noeligator

I wasn't looking for the 8-10 page schematics and such. I was looking for the actual manual that the shop dudes use to work on my bike. I am a Haynes/Chilton picture guy. I don't sit in on any Yamaha guided classes and the manuals listed as suppliments seem to me guided in that manner; as...

Does anyone have a service manual for a 2005 FZ6 in pdf format? I'd like to work this from the cheap, bum angle prior to spending $80 us online.

I filled up today to the metal thingy at the top of the tank, the same spot as the first fill up: 184.1 miles / 3.557 gallons = 51.757098 mpg. I can live with that.

I appreciate all of the posts ya'll put up on this. Gas companies seem to be the only ones to make us look forward to three-dollar-a-gallon prices. When gas was a reasonable $1.50/gallon, for the good stuff, I would always opt for the regular at $1.30. Now that it is over $4, I fail to see...

A continuously variable transmission would be ideal here with regard to reaching the powerband and staying there, but it isn't an option. I tend to double shift coming up in traffic as none of the big iron thingys has our power. Ultimately I am looking to broaden the range on the transmission...

On any bike I have ever owned, I always wanted a taller top gear. My 05 FZ6 spins around 5kRPM at 60 MPH. I have changed out a countershaft (front) sprocket before to save the cash that the rear costs. I am looking to go a tooth up to a 17 or an 18 prior to stepping down a few teeth in the...