I had to tear my engine apart to replace a bent shift fork in the tranny (write up to follow in the future if anyone requests it) and while I was in there I thought I'd play around a bit. Did a bit of looking around and saw some info on the R6 header gasket being slimmer than the FZ6...
I purchased the 2 part Cntral Machinery Motorcycle Tire Changing set from Harbor Freight thinking I could save some cash in the long run.
Tire Changer
Motor Cycle Tire Adapter
Combined the total came out to ~$108. That's just under 2 tire changes around here so it sounded like a good deal...
Sat night (11/14/09) heading to work around 10pm was taking a 40degree corner going under a overpass at about 55mph. Just before the apex I felt the rear tire get really heavy and the rear is really uneven and wobbled. A fraction of a second later I'm doing the superman down the road watching my...
It must be the anti-friction, radar absorbing, anti-gravity material they put in the red and blue pigment on the '06 models that makes the plastics 3x the cost of the '05 silver :eek:
'06 Upper Cowl: $261.74
'06 side cowls: $57.48 each
'06 rear sides: $62.09 each
'05 Upper Cowl: $84.91...
Seems like a really good deal if you're in Texas.. '02 FZ1 with 9.7km for $3600
2002 Yamaha FZ1
Thought I'd just throw it out there for anyone who might be looking.
Had a serious run in with lady luck today. I was just about to head out to Leakey Tx, from San Antonio.. about a 180mile trip out in the middle of nowhere when I was stopping at a light and my brake lever went soft. I pulled into the gas station at the corner and took a look, fluid was gushing...
I'm about to replace my chain/sprockets at around 31kmiles. It's not an immidiate requirement, but there is some wear starting to show on the sprockets and some of the links are pretty stiff. I need to know a good chain rivet tool for the master link. I'm not really worried about a chain...
So I'm cruising down the interstate as usual, take my exit and pull the clutch in to stop at the light, still moving at a pretty good clip about 45mph or so. I pull it in.. and in.. and in.. and then there is a small tug and no more resistance, still moving and that tailgate in front of me is...
Pretty good deal, '04 fz6 with 17km r6 forks, scorps, and other toys for $2.4k. It's not mine and I didn't list it, just thought I'd give a heads up.
http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/mcy/1153218788.html
With the Obama gun scare alot of gun nuts are worried about ammo and such. Here are some downloads for the manuals and reloading specifications to damn near every modern gun. I reload my own ammo, (have for some time)and all the specs I've compared to my Lee die set are dead on. There are also...
Ok, just took my strada's off my bike. Got 10,342miles out of them. Riding included 1 track day and a few weekend twisties, lots of highway commuting.
They where fantastic tires, never slipped on me, and warmed up very quickly. Wore very well. Only started squaring off a bit the last 1k...
I'm doing some shopping around and noticed there is no threads for where to buy tires online in this section so I figured I'd start one with the sites I used. Hope someone finds it useful! Feel free to add more :thumbup:
Motorcycle Tires and Accessories
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...
So I'm running near E.O.L. for my Diablo Strada's, around 9k miles on them. Fantastic tires. They wore very well, no squaring off, and handled superb. I'm looking at Diablo Corsa III, possibly Diablo Rosso, or maybe Bt16's. Haven't done alot of shopping yet. I have a R6 fender that I need to put...
Six Local Airmen Arrested
Hmm.. how many excuses can you think up?
"Sorry officer you see the one female with us is about to give birth. We where escorting her to the hospital."
"Well we saw the first officer and saw he wasn't trying to pull us over so we sped up to find the next one...