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    Which mesh overpants?

    My wife's been asking me what I want for Father's Day. It took me a while to remember that I've been wanting some riding pants. I wear Nomex coveralls to work. In the summer, I wear gym shorts underneath when I drive the car, but jeans when I ride. I think I need more protection, and I've...
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    United Breaks Guitars

    Have you folks seen this yet? It's not a bad tune. ======================================== United Airlines breaks a man's guitar, Payback is Painful Here's a splendid approach by a talented man! A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. United apparently...
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    Tailbag tie-down question

    Question for the community: I just got a new tailbag. In the most stable mounting position I've found, the straps go across the heat shield on the stock exhaust. Will it get too hot and damage the straps? I'd sure appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience with this. Thanks! Dave
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    Laminar Lip?

    Has anyone tried one of these? They look like they would be effective. Laminar Products for Yamaha FZ-6 I had a nice ride this afternoon, but it was a bit windy, and I'd like more wind protection.
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    Odd noise and check engine light... what could it be?

    The bike is a 2006 with about 8200 miles. I've owned it for 1,000 miles or so. I rode home from work 50 miles. While jockeying the bike into position in the garage, when I cranked the bars all the way to the right, the check engine light came on and an odd noise was emitted. Sounded like a...
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    New FZ6 Rider

    Greetings! I've been hanging around the forum for a few weeks while shopping for motorcycles. I had pretty well settled on an FZ6, and made the final deicion today. I bought this bike: Yamaha | eBay The bike is like new with only 7400 miles, all stock except the frame sliders and no...
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