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  1. Mart Man FZ6

    Tank Range - What do you get?

    I've got two FZ6's. They're both '07's the first one I got was the red and about 9 months later the blue. The red bike feels smoother and faster than the blue one. I consistantly get 55 MPG on the red bike. I tend to get closer to 50 on the blue biike even though the blue bike has pulled 55...
  2. Mart Man FZ6

    Bigger crotch rockets

    The Interceptor is a VFR, so you just recommended the same bike he was asking about. I've owned an Interceptor and they are great bikes, but not nearly as comfy as the FZ6.
  3. Mart Man FZ6

    I need to be consoled.

    Yeah sure was. It had excellent brakes and handled really well, you just couldn't use that handling because with so little ground clearance, the bike would scrape with hardly any lean angle. At 1600cc's it had really good power too. I had a neighbor with a modified Harley. We went for a ride...
  4. Mart Man FZ6

    8000 Mile Service

    Inch pounds are lighter than foot pounds. 13 inch pounds wouldn't have felt tight at all if it's supposed to be ft. lbs.
  5. Mart Man FZ6

    locking it up at 70mph

    My wife was sent to the Virginia Beach Carmax on temp assignment back in October of last year for 4 months. She said it was a really nice place, but that the drivers their sucked. Apparently she was correct.
  6. Mart Man FZ6

    bike in shop for 90 things

    OK, what am I missing? I don't see a turn signal video.
  7. Mart Man FZ6

    Oh Shizzo...there's the double yellow

    Sounds like you've found that your answer is fear. Fear can be a good thing though so you don't start outriding your experience level more than you should. Just take it easy and continue to progress. Hwy 1 may not be the best place to push your limits if you get my drift. Glad you came out...
  8. Mart Man FZ6

    I need to be consoled.

    I offer consolation here. I've considered making a change to a Vulcan myself since moving to Modesto. All of the roads with-in 1/2 hour or so are straight and flat. When I lived in Roseville, I had access to a number of twisty roads and could make it to Reno or Lake Tahoe in under 2 Hours. I...
  9. Mart Man FZ6

    10 year old with skills.

    Man that little kid is good. He would soooo kick my arse on the track. WOW
  10. Mart Man FZ6

    Apples and Oranges

    The litre bike debate is a difficult one. I def. don't want a litre sport bike, the riding position just wont due. The FZ6 has probably got to be my all time favorite bike all things considered. I owned this ZRX1200R and I must admit that I absolutely loved the midrange and top end power...
  11. Mart Man FZ6

    Convince me to buy an FZ6!

    I don't know that I'd agree with that. He's riding a 450cc dirt bike. If it's a two stroke 450 then those things have a power band that would scare the crap out of a guy used to a 600 cc street bike. In the 80's I had one of the fastest KZ 1000's in town. I rode a KX420 on the street and...
  12. Mart Man FZ6

    Telegraph road/canyon

    Skills, maybe. Brains, certainly not!!! Those guys are total :squid: in my opinion.
  13. Mart Man FZ6

    I am an idiot, hope I didn't screw it up too bad

    Man, I can't offer any advice on where the pieces went, but that really sucks. Hope everything works out OK.
  14. Mart Man FZ6

    Trips with pics

    Nice pics. One of these days I'm going to have to make it out to MO and do some sight seeing. I've got family in MO that I could stay with. In fact, my younger brother is there right now. He just won the national power lifting event in bench press and dead lift for his age group. The event...
  15. Mart Man FZ6

    Ohlin's quote for steering damper

    I'd suspect something with the front tire / wheel. Check to see if the rim is true. Make sure tire is in good condition, properly balanced and inflated. I had this problem on a Honda Nighthawk 650, and it turned out the rim was out of round.
  16. Mart Man FZ6

    Wife and I went tandom... got wet!

    That was a pretty funny story, but I don't know if the elbo thashing thing was a good idea especially if it was raining at the time. Might want to restrict that activity to the BR until you're more experienced riding two up.
  17. Mart Man FZ6

    Crashing for Independence

    Man, I'm sorry to hear that. Glad to hear that you're doing OK. My wife just had her first bike drop a couple of weeks ago. I would just suggest that you use this as a learning experience so you don't repeat in the future. It may be safer to just hit the water and clean off the spots...
  18. Mart Man FZ6

    Tripometer

    +1. Just log the miles to show how much fun the bike is to ride and that it got used regularly. I'd take a higher mileage bike in good shape any day over a bike with really low miles for the model year. Mechanical things that have lubricated parts need to be run in order to keep seals and...
  19. Mart Man FZ6

    Need help on fairing part!!!!

    Thanks for the input guys. So, if I'm reading this pic correctly, would you guys agree that it's piece #10 that I need based on what I circled in my first photo. From the pic, they show this as a seperate piece so it must be something you can replace. Looks like it might have 3 attachment points.
  20. Mart Man FZ6

    Need help on fairing part!!!!

    Hey guys, Well, I guess it was bound to happen. The wife had her first spill with the FZ yesterday on a ride. Of all places, she pulled into a parking lot behind me, slowed down and for some reason decided to use the rear brake to stop instead of the front. The parking lot had a slight...
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