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Over the past two weeks I have been negotiating with the TCP SA webshop in Spain via email to purchase some goodies for my FZ6. I made an online enquire explaining my situation in Africa and the very next day the webshop came back to me with a solution. Due to the amount of import duties...

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Just a short post to share some mods with the Team Rizoma oil filler cap Colour coded screen Colour coded HLD seat cowl, bought from Greece I’m not a professional painter; I think the paint job came out ok Lots of patience to mask, light bead blast, under-coat, base-coat, clear-coat...

Just ordered a "blue" Rizoma oil cap from PJ Parts. PJ Parts are fantastic people to do business with. Will post a picture once fitted. FZ6-ZN

Found this item on ebay items - Get great deals on Rear Huggers Mud Guards, Seat Covers items on eBay.co.uk Shops! Ebay item description: This product is made of ABS plastic with acrylic coating so they can be placed directly on the motorcycle, but also to be painted easily. The...

A mate of mine painted his FZ6 in black and white. Not my choice of colour but it’s unique. It used to be Ocean depth. FZ6-ZN

I have seen a number of threads where members are struggling to remove their oil filters. I bought this wrench from Ampro and its fail proof. FZ6-ZN

Hydro dipped the two inner panels on my FZ6 in a carbon fiber finish today. Here is a picture of the finished product, will post another picture once I’ve completed BD’s dual headlight mod on Saturday and refitted. Its late evening in Africa now and I need natural light to bring out the finish...

10042 members and only one donation (mine) thus far towards the monthly site internet costs Come on, let’s support Admin and help grow this great site by donating towards the monthly costs. Dennis has added new features and given away some great prizes. FZ6-ZN East Coast of Africa

After 10 days of constant rain, we woke up to a beautiful sunny day today. My brother and I geared up at around 5am and set out on a ride. 10 minutes into the ride, my brother pulled over and stopped. I did a u-turn and pulled up along side him. I think I’ve got a puncture he shouted, No problem...

I ordered a can of touch up paint for my bike over a month ago. The paint went missing in the post. Bike Colours replaced the paint for Free, no questions asked. I have used this product before and the colour is a perfect match FZ6-ZN

The 2009 Durban toy run got of to a slow start today, the weather gods were out in full force, so many of the fair weather riders didn’t arrive. All in all there was about 2000 bikes and we had a good ride. A pile of toys were collected and I'm sure there will be many happy faces over...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank dako81 for sending a 06 fork conversion kit all the way to South Africa so that I can complete the R6 fork transplant on my FZ6. It’s unbelievable the lengths that members on this Forum go to, to assist fellow members. Bradley your help is...

It started almost two months ago when at a spur of the moment; I bought a R6 rear shock off eBay for $24.00. After reading jesfz6r’s post on Sportbikes.Net, I was skeptical about retrofitting the R6 rear shock, but I decided to go ahead with the modification anyhow taking cognizance of...

The deal with the two screws on the front brake reservoir cap is that they are a different type of Phillips known as Japanese Industrial Standard aka "JIS". A JIS screw has a dot on its head to identify it as such. Japanese and other precision-made Phillips' head screws require screwdrivers...

On Sunday afternoon, whilst returning home from a morning outride, my brother and I were racing each other, he on his Thundercat and I on my FZ6. My brother used to race motorcycles so he is a better rider and his Cat is slightly faster so I was about 100m behind him when it all happened; his...

Signs of economic downturn; mining scaling down their operations FZ6-ZN

Do you want to use your car’s GPS system on your bike? GIVI has a simple solution in the S850 The fitting of the S850 does not require brackets or other supports, as it is mounted easily and directly on to the handlebar of the motorbike or scooter using Velcro straps. GIVI S850 has...

I stumbled across a killer deal on a Matris M3 Steering Damper to fit our bikes. I ordered mine today I emailed Jenifer Green at oncycles and she has confirmed that there are only two blue units left in stock. They are on special for $213.59 each, Jenifer Green, Customer Service...

Custom brake and clutch levers I have a mate that manufactures custom brake and clutch levers similar to the short Pazzo levers. He already has a range to fit BMW motorcycles and his levers are very popular amongst the adventurers. The levers are not adjustable to keep the manufacturing costs...