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Last month was expensive.... Last month was expensive for me. :) - Michelin Pilot Road 3 tires, front and back - Mojoblocks for my tire changing setup - Another pair of summer gloves ( motorcyclegear.com had a killer sale ) - HJC FS-15 Trophy helmet ( again, a killer sale at the same...

Here in Pennsylvania, we have some cool laws regarding RADAR. Specifically, only State Police can use RADAR, and they must be stationary when using it. Unfortunately, that means that all local police use something like VASCAR, which is simply two white lines painted on the road a known...

That is more clear now. I thought you were saying that you saw leading edge to trailing edge wear being different. Wear is uniform on each pad individually, but the inners were worn a lot more than the outers. All four pistons pushed back easily into the calipers. When the wheel was...

You said: The picture above shows the pads wore evenly end to end but not side to side and I don't know what you mean by that. The old pads, when removed, seemed to show even wear across each pad, with the only difference being that the inner pad had more wear than the outer wear. Were...

I'll try to find some time to measure the caliper center. These were from the sharkbait shim kit, not just mcmaster shims, but I never did put a micrometer on them to measure them. I'm not positive what you're saying, but the old pad wear seemed even across each pad. Class went well...

Here is the picture I started at 6:30pm and finished at 2:30am. (Tires and brakes) Attached is the picture of the right caliper. You can see the difference of how far the pistons are out too. The angle of the makes the uneven wear look worse than it is, but that inside pad was really...

I didn't get to the brakes last night Due to the nasty weather last night (I have to work on the bike outside of the garage, since my garage is too full....) I wasn't able to get around to doing the brakes or my tire changes. I have do it tonight to get the bike ready for my MSF ARC class...

Don't worry, I have no intention of swapping pads. Actually, the inners are probably too thin to even use again. :eek: I'll post up some pictures of the wear after I swap them out, hopefully tonight if all of my parts come in.

I mentioned it in my original post, but I have R6 forks and R6 front brake calipers on the bike, and I'm almost positive that R6 brake calipers feature four pistons. :) I will check and lube the slider pins when I swap the pads, making sure that all is free. My concern was that maybe the...

I went to change my front tire last weekend and noticed that my front brake pads were low. What possibly concerns me, is that the inside pads on both sides are much thinner than the outside pads. I know that this happens on my cars/trucks some times, but am curious is this is normal on a...

I had an aborted front tire change this weekend (I had the wheel off, bead broken and the rim mounted in my HF tire changer with new Mojoblocks, when I realized that the replacement tip for my mojolever was wrong, so I had to put everything back together again...) and when I pulled off my FZ6...

Specifically, the R6 and R1 use shocks with linkages, while the FZ6 features a direct mount shock. That totally changes how the shock reacts, since the linkage is basically a mechanical lever, and the R6/R1 shocks are designed to respond to that type of input. Pictures attached to show how...

I certainly hope that a silver or black fz6 owner bought it. All of the other TS seats that I see for sale tend to gave red or blue piping....

Looking good! I am starting to geeze, so I installed the baffles in my Laser Quad exhaust, but like the other poster said, your bike will still be tame compared to the loud, blatty, Harleys... As for the integrated tail-light, I've never heard of LEDs requiring warm-up time to get to full...

I had a 2000 F4 when I bought my 2004 FZ6, so I'll offer my opinions. The FZ6 put much less weight on my forearms, and that was the main concern for me. I'm 6'3" and the F4 was starting to kill my forearms after 20 minutes or so. The transmission on the F4 shifted soooo much more smoothly...

Another vote for the2wheels levers. I did a How-To for them here: http://www.600riders.com/forum/how-tos/39869-how-install-the2wheels-levers-fz6.html And a web page which details the install: Jim Evans'The2Wheels FZ6 lever installation web page Mine are holding up well so far.

Nice bike! I love my FZ6, but someday I'd like to get an FZ1. And when I see something like this, I dream of flying out, buying the bike, and riding cross country back to Pennsylvania....

I bought my 2004 FZ6 new in 2004. It now has R6 forks/brakes and a 2007+ swingarm. I'd love to have the speedo/gauge assembly from the 2007+ but it won't work with my 2004 inner plastics. I've heard rumors that the 2007+ have much less wind turbulence due to the redesigned fairing. The...

Glad to hear that you got them installed without much trouble. I just went to the garage to look at that nut you were talking about on the lever. It's a locknut and yeah, the 8mm did seem a bit loose, while the 7mm didn't fit. I tried a 5/16" socket at it also seemed to fit loosely, so I...

Did you do the two socket trick like Jedi suggested? On a hard, sturdy surface (like your garage floor), take a socket that's a good bit larger than the outer hole of the bushing and place it with the hole up. Place the lever on top of this socket, with the bushing hole centered over the...