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God it’s probably been years since I’ve stopped in but hey I’m still alive and for the 1st time in like 8 years motorcycleless! I sold my fz1 back in August and my V-strom a month later since I just don’t have time to ride much anymore. I took a new job in the packaging industry as a field...

Brings back memories of ripping a frame apart

Unless it was turning 15k rpms and in 6th gear you can always power out, if it was tach'd out then upshift and gently give it some throttle. Its a opposite reaction of what you would think to do but much more effective if it starts to speed wobble again. If you watch any isle of man TT event you...

Always power out of a speed wobble, slowing down loads the fronts suspension and can intensify the wobble. Also get that front tire replaced asap, sounds like it could be 6+ years old that's likely the main issue. If you do it yourself just look for the paintedspot on the tire and line it up...

Fz1 bars and heavy bar ends no more issues, either style of fz1 bar will work I like the drag bar personally

Exactly, its one of my favorite bikes for its sheer durability and ability to do many jobs well vs one job great. They are as close to a bullet proof bike as you can get imo

I retract my earlier statement, I was basing my response to my friends older z1000 I had rode but the 2015 has more power

Well I love the hell out of my fz1 but I ride it everyday and its gas milage sucks even worse now that I went -1, +1 I mean its like 25mpg with how I ride and to be honest I miss my old vs from so I went and got a new one while looking at fz-09s Lol First impressions is its more comfortable than...

Fj over the z1000 I was quite disappointed with my buddies z1000 as far as power goes

That's true, tons of cars and bikes alike make more power while moving vs a stationary dyno when they have any sort of ram air intake

That's for the 2015 r6 I was comparing 2006-2006 r6-fz6 Wikipedia is where I got my fz6 numbers as well. Granted its not Yamaha's site they claim they pull their numbers straight from Yamaha and since their info for the 2015 is same as what Yamaha claims I trust them

Yamaha does post their horsepower numbers just not on the US site, the 130 HP number comes from wikipedia which sited Yamaha as their source http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/eu/products/motorcycles/supersport/yzf-r6.aspx?view=featurestechspecs

You asked where we got our weight numbers from and I answered. And maybe you missed the 10 post where its been said bike for bike yes a r6 is a "faster" bike no one is disagreeing with that, its about the rider that's more or less what we've all been talking about. And yes even a R1 can be...

We are talking about wet weights, real world weight, you can't race a bike with no fluid so why even consider the dry weights? As for why don't they use the fz6 in motogp, well no one uses a r6 either in Moto 2. As for right now they all use a 600cc Honda engine. But there actually was a FZ6...

Well I stand corrected, but am surprised there's that much drivetrain loss on the R6, that's pretty pathetic to be honest. So in most cases yes HP at the crank matters but I know I for one want to see if other 600ss bikes have about the same drive train loss

Not sure where your getting your numbers from but at the crank a 2009 fz6 makes about 97hp and a 2009 R6 makes about 131hp at the crank

Oh yeah no doubt Lol that particular mountain pass is about 12miles long full of everything from banked high speed sweepers to blind hairpins with the longest straight being maybe 100-150yds long. I was running downhill and know that road like the back of my hand so I definitely had the...

Of course in a straight line drag race a R1 would walk off and leave a fz6 but you would be surprised in the twisties, it comes down more to the rider vs the bike. A few years back when I had my KLR650 (a single cylinder, overweight, horribly under powered enduro if you didn't know) I actually...

When I 1st got my fz6 it did the exact same thing and threw the exact same engine code, it turned out to be a lose ground on the battery. Once your battery is fully charged it wouldn't hurt to reinstall it and double check all the connections on the battery and any you can see leaving the...

The fz6 is no slouch in the straights plus being so light and nimble it can be pushed through the twisties very quick. A few years back at one of my trips to the dragstrip I was matched up with a bandit 1250 for a few passes. I beat him the 1st pass but then he got better and better and started...