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    Valve Adjustments, have you had it done?

    I shopped around and eventually gave in and had a dealer do mine at $575, $100 more than the quoted price for all the extra slats. My regular guy later told me i got ripped an how unlikely it was to need the seven new slats. I had that done about 45,000 km on my 2006 FZ6. Most places were...
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    chain noise

    Thanks again. One of the shops i trust for service suggested it is already time to 'not rely too much' on the non-O-Ring chain so i will probably change shortly. And i will start a new post about two things: 1/ changing to a 5/20 conversion and 2/ possibly adding a couple of teeth on the...
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    chain noise

    Thanks so much for all the advice. the answer was in 'the tightest spot". i was driving to california and adjusted it a rest stop. first it was too oose then too tight. i took it to a shop where they put it on a hoist and the uneven chain was obvious. i had it replaced with a no o-ring...
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    chain noise

    I recently adjusted my chain a little on the tight side but still within the 45-55 mm spec. with the engine off in neutral i noticed a huge increase in the amount of chain noise and / or front sprocket noise when moving the bike to the garage! any ideas what this is? there is usually a...
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    FZ6 owners Meeting - May 2009

    I'm in. Third day of riding in the snow ruts after three weeks down time. May sounds good. Justis
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    time to get some new tires. trying to deiced between the pirelli strada's or the michelin pilot road

    I was convinced to buy the Pilot Road 2's but would have to wait (at least a few weeks) as everyone was sold out. I bought the Pilot Powers for winter riding in the Vancouver rain.
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