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I have to ride to work and do not have a car. There are thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and lightning, lasting through the night. I am from the lightning capital of the world; however, I have never before now contemplated riding a motorcycle in a lightning storm. Am I safe? I am sure its...

I am looking to move to the Miami area very soon, but after driving there yesterday I am apprehensive about having a bike as primary transportation. I drove for about a total of 1 hour in a rental car. I saw 30-40 cars run red lights, like so red the other light was green. Saw a school...

Tomorrow, I fly out of the small local airport at sun-up and get back at sun-down, same day. I can park in 24 hour parking up front, w/o a problem assuming there are spaces left. I plan to have a normal sized, mostly empty backpack and that is it. My two options are motorcycle or taxi. If I...

This is for people that know more about cars than me. I have been working on my car little each day for like two weeks now... and finally got the cylinder head off (well on one side). I was just wondering, is there anything else I should check while I have the engine taken apart? It is a...

Between working on my car and bike everyday, I am breaking tools and stripping threads over and over. Now, I just realized you cannot use a reducer with a torque wrench. I used a 1/2 drive with a 3/8 reducer to put my oil filter on, I only torqued it to about 10 ft/lbs or so... does anyone...

and it was awesome. I am still grinning. I raced a Porsche 996 Turbo S. I see a black 911 cutting through traffic up ahead (four-lane quasi-highway). I work my way up to him and get behind him at the next stop light. The back of the car says TurboS (the S is red) and he has some crazy...

Unfortunately I have a piece of crap car and it is really really dirty with oil and antifreeze and who knows what else. Also, unfortunately I have to use the same tools on my car as on my bike. So, I was just wondering if anyone had a simple way to get gunk off their tools. I am thinking just...

I enjoyed and thought I would share: P.S. Didn't someone always have a cat in their avatar?

I thought I would ask this after a funny scenario at the supermarket. How does everyone take a leak when carrying their helmet? (Ladies, feel free to answer as well, if you wish) I went into the grocery store carrying my helmet and had the urge to use the restroom. Well, there was not a...

Yes, I meant to put the smiley face. Preface: Everyone keeps telling me I will drop my bike, do not crash, do not die, and "there are people who dropped their bikes and people who haven't dropped their bikes YET". So I have always been dreading "the first time". Today, about a hour ago...

Okay... I finally got the perfect radar detector setup on my FZ6. I started off with it taped to the windscreen and could barely hear it, with an LED that I could not see. Now... I spraypainted it flat black (with permission from the manufacturer as to not void the warranty). I bolted it...

Just how noisy should the KN filter be? It sounds almost identical below 6,000. When it approaches 7,000 it gets really really raspy... i cannot really describe it. Then beyond that it just sounds loud, in a good way. Does everyone else experience this super raspy noise around 7,000? It...

I am in the process of installing a radar detector on my 07 fz6. It looks like my plan as of right now is: use a passport escort 8500 (blue), tape the windshield bracket to my puig windscreen, hardwire it to the wire that taps into my low beam light for bikerdude's headlight mod, and have a...

I am not currently licensed to carry passengers and do not have the desire to try anytime soon and I was looking at ways to make the bike look "cleaner". This should also drop some weight. Has anyone bothered trying to remove the passenger pegs? I see two ways to do this; take them off the...

I just received my Puig double-bubble racing screen in light smoke. I see a label reading that if I park a certain way the sun could melt my dash due to magnification. My bike unfortunately is parked outside 24/7 and I do not have a cover and if I did get one it would still be uncovered...

I just came across this video on youtube. Simply amazing! Some guy representing the FZ6 (albeit an older model) on the greatest racetrack in the world. He was only passed by a few superbikes. Laptime around 9 minutes. P.S. I drove there on four wheels and it was probably the coolest thing...

I lived in Spain for 5 months recently and when I went to Germany I spent my first 24 hours in a car. Just thought I would share a few videos. I visited the Nürburgring (biggest and most challenging racetrack in the world) when I first got the car and went back and drove a lap the next morning...

Just thought I would update my "Stripped my block" thread. I let my delearship machine and install a longer bolt for about $100 total, and will probably replace with timecert one day when I have the frame off, but for now I am satisfied and glad to have my bike back. I also installed the...

I never really payed much attention to my tail light before. I installed FAZR6's FE Kit and the next day (today) noticed that the brake light jiggles a little, up and down. It does not go anywhere, just up and down maybe a centimeter or so. Without taking the assembly apart everything seems...

I bought a crappy torque wrench to put on my sliders. I thought it was torqued to 40lbs (left frame bolt). Rode about fifty miles and the slider was really loose. So I got the torque wrench and started out low... at 30lbs of torque. THE ENGINE WAS STILL HOT... I AM RETARTED. Now the place...