That is a great true story! Your motives couldn't have been any more noble than that! My wife won't get on the back of my FZ6 (she doesn't want to die, so she says) but when I mentioned I was thinking of selling my bike, she didn't like the idea! "You love riding that thing and its so...
Bike related gifts were...
A pair of Hoods Jeans with armour inserts
A pair of tickets to the Vancouver motorcycle show
A new Yuasa battery for my FZ6
A 2-year subscription to Canadian Biker Mag
I'm happy!!
google Shad Topcase and rack for your 05 Fazer. Least intrusive toprack on the market when the topcase is removed and they have a variety of well-priced, good looking topcases available.
I picked up a coocase topcase that already had brake lights in it. They are not too bright but better than just the taillight on its own. (anything helps).
I bought a new set of tires mid-summer this year and went down to the dynabead distributor totally ready to install the dynabeads. they asked me if I ever exceeded 90 mph or used the bike for track days. I said yes. They highly recommended a static balance or hi-speed balance instead of...
Service work is all up to date. So, seeing as my podlight sockets arrived today, I will do the podlight mod for sure. I'm sitting on the fence about doing the headlight projector mod with halos but work gets in the way until mid Dec. what to do oh what to do.......
If the tires are the originals from new, I'd replace them both.Tires not only wear out, they also die of old age, so to speak. (they harden up as they get older). You'll find new rubber on both ends much, much nicer.