Here is what you do
1. Buy bike
2. load bike in bed of truck
3. tie bike down
4. Drive your happy butt home (30 minute drive or 4 hour drive the vehicles don't know the difference) also (tail gate up or tail gate down the vehicles don't know the difference at least you have a tail gate)...
Who give a F**K....just ride it till the wheels fall off. Modern 600cc motos are faster than any average vehicle on the road. If you want something fast ride a turbo'd busa pushing over 500hp.
You can put a slow rider on a fast bike and it will still be slow, but put a fast rider on a slow...
FZ6 weights around 400 pounds
Payload of a ford Ranger 1400 pounds
I think it might handle it but I am not sure Blah
when I had my Ranger we got a TRX250 quad and a DR650 in the bed and had not one problem and that's a lot more weight than a small FZ6
I always run with the high beams on and have LED accessory lights and have never had an issues.
Now lets hook up and bangin a** stereo with some 12 inch subs and see what kind of issue we might have.
:welcome: and Motorcyclist Magazine just mentioned the fz6 as a smarty buy for the money. Be sure to get frame sliders being this is your first bike YOU WILL drop it at some point.
With the short time my add was up for selling my 2007 FZ6 and the buzz it created thanks to the members here, I was contact by two FZ6 forum members in regards about the sale. One of them is a Yamaha mechanic and he is the one who bought the moto and said that because of the full service records...
To add to the safety gear don't forget a good set of boots with proper ankle support. SIDI is probably the best you can buy for the money.
To bad you bike is not the blue color as that's the faster color. :cheer:
I am coming from a café style motos but with the age getting up there that riding position for me is not comfortable anymore. FZ6 riding position I enjoy a lot more, sure the suspension and brake are soft compared to what I am use to but still very good compared to other motos and I can still...