I'll chime in with similar sentiments to others on the forum. And take this with the grain of salt. This really depends on what your track day intentions are. I wouldn't recommend spending any money on track specific mods for the FZ6 without taking it out first. I did a couple of track days on...
Thank you Eric!
Go do a track day is the smartest thing that has been said.
I'm not an expert on this, but I do have some thoughts. Thoughts that I wouldn't have without doing multiple (5 or more) track days. These guys are trying to ride like you would at the track. But they probably don't...
Yes, definitely an advantage living in the warmer climates. I've already done 2 track days this year, and I'm going to be riding in my 3rd on Monday at Texas World Speedway in College Station. We only had about 2 months off between the 2013 and 2014 seasons. You should convince your wife that...
Like 04fizzer said, it's very easy, and it's in the manual. If you don't have the manual, Boneman has downloads of the users manual and the service manual on his website.
Boneman's FZ6 Site - Mods
I lived in Los Angeles for 3 years in the early 90's and I lane splitted every day if I needed to. I was never aware of whether it was officially legal or not, but there are so many motorcyclists in California, and a large majority lane splitted. It was the norm. If you're sitting in a traffic...
Good all around bike. Has plenty of power, but not too much. You would have to really try hard to get the front wheel off the ground. Especially at 280 lbs.
And that price seems awfully high for that year and mileage. I paid $3300 for a 2006 with 13k miles.
I've got that same tire balancer. It's very well built, and works great. Would love to have the whole setup, but can't quite justify it. I changed 3 tires last month using the old fashioned way. Wasn't too bad.
I just watched the video for the first time, and have watched it over again a couple of times. A couple of thoughts.
First of all, anyone defending the motorcycle riders in this case, is (A) probably the same type of rider...ie: young, dumb and clueless. or (B) a complete moron, and (C)...
A locksmith will charge you a minimum of a trip charge to pick the lock. Probably $100. I recently had to get a locksmith to come out and make a new key (I lost my only key). It cost me $140. Just as an fyi, in case it ever needs to be done, they actually pick the lock on the tank, and remove...
You're no more at risk of getting hurt on a motorcycle than you are doing anything else on a daily basis. I know guys who have been riding for over 30 years, including myself, who have never been in an accident. And that includes one guy who has probably logged over 400,000 miles, and has never...