I was riding to work yesterday, waiting at a light it turns green accelerate thru the intersection...no cops around so take it to 13K then shift to second. When all of a sudden I have no power I rev the engine still nothing...I change gears everything is smooth but still no power...hmmmmmmm? So...
Hey that wasn't me but I live in Sanford and work at the cycle gear there I have an 08 fz6 I have seen quite a few FZ6s in the area....There is a person that goes to the west campus at Valencia that has an older model as well
I am running a Michelin Pilot Power on the front and A Michelin Pilot Road 2 on the rear the road 2 Has been on for 7500 miles and has a lot of life left and still holds in the corners Because of the Dual compound...
I had this problem after I adjusted the valves. The problem is that Yamaha tunes the extremely lean to pass emissions. I just bought the power commander from dynojet and uploaded a little bit richer map and the problems will go away and you will not have any fueling issues...
On the subject of lane splitting I have lived in California and moved back to Florida for school I learned how to ride in California where drivers seem to have a certain respect for motorcyclists. Living here in Fla nobody has respect for riders and they are out to kill you whenever you are on...
In that situation I just pull over in a very public parking lot in front of a lot of people and park. If he has a problem I have a camera mounted to my bike showing my speedo and ask he why he is following me so if he has some b.s. answer and gives me a ticket I take it to court and have it...
You really want to diagnose the starting system for your motorcycle. Checking the continutity of all of the switches in the circuit. If you don't you could end up with a dumb cage driver running you over after you stall and are searching for the neutral position to get re-started.
I don't know I will tell you whenever my bike gives out I bought it 8 months ago and I have 20,000 miles on my 2008 fz6 already and loving every bit of it.