Recent content by zoner

You got a good deal and you are gonna love it

My experience with dirt bikes has shown that fans are not highly technical. Just moving some extra air through the radiator for when speeds are below about 20 mph gets the job done. The only time I notice the fan running on my FZ is when it is left running while parked.

1. Macca FZ6N 2. stl_ed 3. trepetti 4. JasonB 5. Xdsxc 6. JoeSTL 7. 2007Fizzer (paid) 8. beatle 9. zoner 10.

I helped a friend strip a dirt bike because of similar circumstances a while back. In the end it would have been better to turn it in to the repo men. Lots of work which would be even more intense for the FZ. And some legal risk. "The life of a Repo Man is always intense."

There really is no perfect bike. If I went to having four, it would still not be enough. You'll never be comfortable on the open road on a bike that easily handles eight foot face shots, and no typical "adventure" bike can run the nasty trails that interest me. My personal conclusion has been to...

2006 FZ6 $3,200 with less than 6,000 miles! Also came with Givi top case that I rarely use, but the mount rack is a great place to strap stuff doing townie duty. Love it.

Reminds me of a recipe I came up with on a winter grand canyon river trip. Cook the package of bacon, don't drain the grease, cook the cakes in the grease until it's gone, feed to cold, hungry rafters. "Wholistic Pancakes!"

Howdy this is zoner from southeastern Utah. I'm loving my new-to-me 2006 fz6, the first road bike I have owned while enjoying my ongoing involvement with dirt machines. Mechanically, the bike speaks to me a language I understand: Liquid cooled, swingarm, four pistons (instead of one) connected...