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I'll chime in with similar sentiments to others on the forum. And take this with the grain of salt. This really depends on what your track day intentions are. I wouldn't recommend spending any money on track specific mods for the FZ6 without taking it out first. I did a couple of track days on...

Thank you Eric! Go do a track day is the smartest thing that has been said. I'm not an expert on this, but I do have some thoughts. Thoughts that I wouldn't have without doing multiple (5 or more) track days. These guys are trying to ride like you would at the track. But they probably don't...

That seems to be a recurring theme with that someone......

Yes, definitely an advantage living in the warmer climates. I've already done 2 track days this year, and I'm going to be riding in my 3rd on Monday at Texas World Speedway in College Station. We only had about 2 months off between the 2013 and 2014 seasons. You should convince your wife that...

Congratulations, and welcome the Forum! Ride safe.

Welcome on board. I'll reinforce the opinions that you might want to keep the Corbin seat. The stock seat is a pain on the ass...literally.

That was ridiculous. It was also lucky. I don't care how good of a rider you think you are. If you ride like that, your luck will eventually run out.

Like 04fizzer said, it's very easy, and it's in the manual. If you don't have the manual, Boneman has downloads of the users manual and the service manual on his website. Boneman's FZ6 Site - Mods

I lived in Los Angeles for 3 years in the early 90's and I lane splitted every day if I needed to. I was never aware of whether it was officially legal or not, but there are so many motorcyclists in California, and a large majority lane splitted. It was the norm. If you're sitting in a traffic...

Good all around bike. Has plenty of power, but not too much. You would have to really try hard to get the front wheel off the ground. Especially at 280 lbs. And that price seems awfully high for that year and mileage. I paid $3300 for a 2006 with 13k miles.

I've got that same tire balancer. It's very well built, and works great. Would love to have the whole setup, but can't quite justify it. I changed 3 tires last month using the old fashioned way. Wasn't too bad.

Total f@#$%g morons. Hard to believe anyone (Neal) is defending these idiots.

I just watched the video for the first time, and have watched it over again a couple of times. A couple of thoughts. First of all, anyone defending the motorcycle riders in this case, is (A) probably the same type of rider...ie: young, dumb and clueless. or (B) a complete moron, and (C)...

A locksmith will charge you a minimum of a trip charge to pick the lock. Probably $100. I recently had to get a locksmith to come out and make a new key (I lost my only key). It cost me $140. Just as an fyi, in case it ever needs to be done, they actually pick the lock on the tank, and remove...

You're no more at risk of getting hurt on a motorcycle than you are doing anything else on a daily basis. I know guys who have been riding for over 30 years, including myself, who have never been in an accident. And that includes one guy who has probably logged over 400,000 miles, and has never...

I lay down flat on my seat with my feet off the back like the World's Fastest Indian. I get at least 1 more MPG. It's hard to shift, but it's worth it...

Welcome from Texas. Enjoy the new FZ, and take advantage of this forum. First mod that you'll probably look at is the dual headlight, if it hasn't already been done.

The stock seat is a pain the ass (literally). I was hating it after 100 miles. I just used the Airhawk R seat pad for the first time yesterday, and it made a big difference. I rode about 250 miles total. I think I could go 400 to 500 miles without a problem now. It took a little while to get...

I could be wrong, but my guess to the reason Yamaha (and other manufacturers) only have one of the 2 headlights hooked up is likely a power consumption issue. The Alternators in these sport style bikes are not as large as in cars (or big touring bikes), and they have a very hard time keeping up...

No, and as I was riding I was trying to hold and touch anything I could reach to see if that was the culprit. The keys were the first thing I grabbed on to to see if they were rattling. I'm about to go outside and start troubleshooting whatever i can think of. I've searched some of the threads...