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Unfortunately my 4 month old (black 08) toppled over last week (sunk into the pavement). Initially I was pretty pissed at my stupidity, but I'm over that now. Long story short, nothing broke but a lot got scratched up. I've since repaired and painted the rear hand hold, the small under-seat...

FYI, I've got about 3,500 KM on my 08 fz6 and I've always put 89 octane in it since new. With 12 to 1 compression and an 14K redline I just can't bring myself to put 87 octane fuel in it. (I know what the manual says). A couple of days ago I accidentally filled him with 87, no biggie I...

I took my fz6 home 3 months ago and simply drove it. I was very happy. Been doing some reading and finally decided that since I'm 250lbs that the current tire pressure were too low (33f and 36r) and that rear spring pre-load (factory set to #3) needed to be increased as well. The bike kinda...

Well I finally have 500 KMs on my new 2008 FZ6. I've had it about a month now but the weather has not cooperated at all. So far so good. I have been following the break-in procedure and I've only had her over 8k rpms two times, for a grand total of maybe 4 - 6 seconds. I mostly keep her in...

Hello everyone, I'm a new FZ6 owner and I thought that I'd introduce myself, since I've been lurking here for the past two months. My name is Rob and I picked up my brand new 2008 FZ6 (in black) today from my local dealer. The odo had exactly 0 KM when I fired her up for the first time. I...

Hello everyone, I joined a few weeks ago and this is my first post and question. Background: I want to buy a 2009 FZ6 in black, the local dealer (I'm in Canada) has searched the country and can't find one right now, but there might be one in a few months... or there might not be. He...