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Rokon has been building similar bikes for probably 40 years. I rode one manny many many years ago it was a real handful. I'm sure the newest crop are better. The Atlas looks like a lot of fun.

That tire has been under inflated for a long time. I don't see how the rider didn't notice.

I ride there almost every other weekend. There are a few other roads in the area that are fun to ride and a lot of great places to stop at. If you go again check out Mt. Greylock fun road to climb and awesome view at the top. And the Hoosac Tunnel East entrance and Monroe bridge.

Re: The thrill is NOT gone Wow, my story is very much the same. Started riding dirt bikes at 9yo. First street bike in 78. Road on and off road till 94. Bought the 08 FZ6 spring 2011 and put 27,000 miles on it. Every autumn I lose some interest in the little FZ and think about something...

I put mine away two weeks ago. I like driving my car and truck so it's not a big deal. I got about seven month of weekend riding in this year just under 5000 miles, great times. Beside it's almost snowmobile season.

The FJ-09 will probably be my next ride but the XSR900 is tempting. I like that it comes equipped with the new Assist-Slipper clutch.

Your thinking on the clutch screw adjuster is backwards. Back out the screw a full turn this way there will be absolutely no chance of clutch being disengaged at rest. Looking at the clutch through the oil filer hole means nothing. You need to take the clutch apart and measure the plates and...

There isn't as much difference between the FZ6 and R6 as between the FZ6R and R6. IMO money spent on suspension is the best bang of buck you can do for a Street only FZ6.

Before you spend money on this what do you mean by overheating. Is it like 220F degrees hot or like 260 hot. You say it cools down from air, this would indicate that the system is working fine but the fan isn't.

Don't ride if you think you dropped a cylinder. Just take 15 minutes pull the suspected bad plug and see what it looks like. Check if it sparks.

After I wrote that I was thinking I should have said "most of my bikes". I had a Suzuki GS 750 that worked like your SV. And I had several bikes that didn't have electric starters and had headlight on off switches. Oh god I'm old.

I've been riding motorcycles for a little over 30 years and can't remember any of my bikes headlight coming on before pushing the starter button.

Probably be a good idea to make sure it is bent before buying a new one.

We don't get a lot of bikes in the US because there isn't enough money to be made. Most american bikers want the biggest, fastest and loudest so it's liter sport bikes, torquey cruisers and giant touring machines. It's only recently that americans have been interested in smaller more practical...

There are companies that sell a shorter shock end that shortens the distance between the eyelet and the shock. They adversities them as a shock link instead of a suspension link.

The ECU can not change compression it can only change air/fuel ratio and spark advance. Octane rating only indicate the resistance fuel has to ignition. This is to keep the fuel from pre igniting.

If you get no spark from the 1/4 coil then the 1/4 coil is the problem. Plug the 1/4 coil primary wires into the 2/3 side and see if you get spark, no spark bad coil.

Yamaha didn't make a FZ6R till 09. 07 would be a FZ6S. Did you not test drive it before buying it? I for one would love to see pictures of this... bike.

That looks like a 06 FZ6s. Aluminum frame and box swing arm.

Don't put cardboard over your radiator the Yamaha engineers know what they are doing. You are comparing motorcycle systems to auto systems. If you compared your FZ6 to other motorcycles you would see this is all normal operation. This is the exact reason auto manufactures use slow reacting...