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Sold my bike and had these parts as spares. Taken from a raven bike with a naked conversion, they're in great shape. Prices are without shipping, but I'll ship if your money is green enough. :) Outer fairing - has flush mount turn signals mounted and wiring for "pod lights" in the...

It has been a pretty great 3 1/2, almost 4 years, but I passed my FZ6 torch to a new-rider friend of mine just last week. It was my first real bike (don't count the mostly-totaled Ninja 650R I kicked around on for 2 months) and was always good to me. Incredibly reliable, great looking, great...

Well, I've found a new home for my FZ6 so I'm returning the bike to (mostly) stock and selling my Penske shock. I bought this shock new last summer after taking the FZ6 to California Superbike School. I had it sprung for a 175lb rider and said that I would do only a few track days a year, so...

Come spring, I might be selling my FZ6. It's a 2008 w/24k on the clock. It has been down twice, though it looks very good. I know it's time for valve service, and I know it's beyond my skill set to do it. I have a shop I trust, and they said they'd do it in the off season for ~$350. They...

After riding the FZ6 for almost 3 years, I've lived with the on-off throttle response. It's really not a big deal on the street, but on the track it's a different story. I just finished my 4th track day on the bike yesterday. This was on Summit Point Shenandoah, a relatively slow course...

A couple months ago I installed a Penske 8983. I didn't have a friend around to help me set the sag, so I fiddled with the compression and rebound adjusters and found what I thought was about right, though the bike still threw me off the seat on heavy bumps. I didn't want to keep dialing in...

Yesterday I did a track day at VIR. It was the first open track day for me on the bike as the first two were with CSS and were more focused on learning than just going fast. I was in the novice group with the lowest horsepower of any bike out there, but I knew most of the course which helped...

Thought I bought the retrofit kit last November, I didn't get around to doing anything with it until now. Our own forum member, FIZZER6, pulled the housing apart, painted the shrouds and reflectors black, mounted the projectors, and sealed them back up. I put the finished product on the bike...

I've been experimenting with plastidip lately. The results have not always come out well or held up as well as I thought, but it's cheap, fun, and generally easily reversible for going back to stock. I've always thought Two Brothers had the coolest looking exhaust, but I went with Scorpions...

Being that it's cheap and easy to do, I decided to plastidip a few parts on the bike. I did the rear grab handles, the rear pods, and the tank. There was a bit of a learning curve, so I ended up doing the tank twice as I sprayed too far from the tank on the initial attempt and there was...

Remember the Faster Sons concept bike that Yamaha released last month? It's the XSR700: Yamaha XSR700 pics and specs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zev0x9LIM3A Other than the horrible, evil, terrible all-digital gauge cluster, I like pretty much everything about it.

I ordered a Penske 8983 and it arrived today. I got it mounted, but there doesn't seem to be a good place to put the remote reservoir. The 90 degree fitting for the hose makes it such that it cannot go in the storage area under the seat, and unlike this Ohlins install...

Swapped on R6 forks and can no longer use this. I actually thought they were in perfect condition when I pulled them off, but one puck has a tiny scrape! $40 shipped USPS priority.

Now this looks cool. Too bad they left the digital gauges in place. Sheesh. Shinya Kimura's I'd love to see Yamaha put out a lighter weight, less expensive version of the BMW R Nine-T. While the BMW is way overpriced for what it is, it's one of the best looking bikes out these days...

It seems like almost every manufacturer is moving over to strictly digital instruments. I'm wondering if it's because they're cheaper and easier to install than those with an analog tach? The digital tachs are difficult to read at a glance (especially in sunlight), and I find myself using them...

I'm planning to do the R6 fork mod so I've been checking out ebay and CL for parts. The complete assemblies in good shape are expensive @ $400+. There are a few that are bent which I would say are garbage, and then there are a few that look ok, but have leaks. I've read that seals are...

Thanks to the work done by Hellgate, FinalImpact and DHoback, we know that it's possible to fit an R1 shock onto the FZ6. However, I'm still confused on exactly what I'd need. This is what I believe I need along with some questions: - 01-04 R1 shock - Aftermarket R1 shock preload adjuster...

I've gone LED on my tail and front and rear signals, and I'd like to change out my license plate bulb as well for a whiter LED. I know the housing for the bulb includes a reflector that helps distribute the omnidirectional light output of an incandescent. Does anyone have a source for a good...

So I'm no longer one of the "riders who will go down." I was out for a ride with fellow forum member, Judd, in Western MD. Great roads, great weather, and relatively little traffic. We had ridden close to 100 miles or so when we came to a "surprise" T-intersection right after a right turn at...

I took a long ride this weekend (400+ miles round trip) and at a stop I noticed something on my rear tire (Pirelli Angel ST). I put my finger on it but it wouldn't come off. Then I looked closer... Yep, that's cord. I'm surprised that it's so localized. Maybe I flatspotted the tire...