arides
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So, I bought my 2005 FZ6 two days ago... yesterday I spent all day cleaning her up because the last owner really didn't know much about bikes and she was a dirty, dirty little girl. So she got all scrubbed and waxed and chain cleaned, the works.
Today I drove her down to the DMV to get registered and everything, once that was done since it is such a nice day, I went for a lovely ride on one of my favorite roads through the Gorge. As I am just about to pull into my driveway I have to stop and let a car pass on the opposite side of the road. Well I'm 5'3" and maybe 110lbs (yes female too) so the bike in it's stock form is too tall for me, something I'm in the works of fixing but had not yet at that time. Anyways the stop was prefect, no problems, I haven't had any problems yet with the bike because I fully analyze every stop before getting to it and make sure I slide down on the appropriate side of the bike that is needed for the road. Well I had to have my right foot down because that was the high side of the road so as I get ready to pull into my driveway from this stop (on a steep hill too) the only thing that makes sense in my head is that my hand slipped on the clutch, we've been readjusting the lever a few times already so this kind of makes sense I guess... anyways the bike jumped and died because well I was stopped and wasn't on the gas yet, then add the fact that I'm short and was slid down on the right side when it jumped and went to the left... I didn't have long enough legs to stop that fall.
My perfect record of not dropping a bike or even coming close to it for many years now is ruined. And I have a new little scratch on one of the back grab bars. Luckily there isn't much damage just a small scratch but of course I still feel horrible.
So although I'm use to riding tall bikes, I ride dirt a lot and those bikes are always tall, on top of occasionally riding my dad's Harley v-rod and his FZ1, both of which are too tall and heavier. My (old) main bike which is a 250 ninja is short and I can plant both feel on the ground with that, and my main dirt bike might be about the same height as this FZ6, but the seat is way slimmer and it's much lighter so I can through it around no problem.
So anyways I've decided today that I am shaving the seat down and maybe even lowering the forks and dropping the suspension... any suggestions on any of these things would be great...
Today I drove her down to the DMV to get registered and everything, once that was done since it is such a nice day, I went for a lovely ride on one of my favorite roads through the Gorge. As I am just about to pull into my driveway I have to stop and let a car pass on the opposite side of the road. Well I'm 5'3" and maybe 110lbs (yes female too) so the bike in it's stock form is too tall for me, something I'm in the works of fixing but had not yet at that time. Anyways the stop was prefect, no problems, I haven't had any problems yet with the bike because I fully analyze every stop before getting to it and make sure I slide down on the appropriate side of the bike that is needed for the road. Well I had to have my right foot down because that was the high side of the road so as I get ready to pull into my driveway from this stop (on a steep hill too) the only thing that makes sense in my head is that my hand slipped on the clutch, we've been readjusting the lever a few times already so this kind of makes sense I guess... anyways the bike jumped and died because well I was stopped and wasn't on the gas yet, then add the fact that I'm short and was slid down on the right side when it jumped and went to the left... I didn't have long enough legs to stop that fall.
My perfect record of not dropping a bike or even coming close to it for many years now is ruined. And I have a new little scratch on one of the back grab bars. Luckily there isn't much damage just a small scratch but of course I still feel horrible.
So although I'm use to riding tall bikes, I ride dirt a lot and those bikes are always tall, on top of occasionally riding my dad's Harley v-rod and his FZ1, both of which are too tall and heavier. My (old) main bike which is a 250 ninja is short and I can plant both feel on the ground with that, and my main dirt bike might be about the same height as this FZ6, but the seat is way slimmer and it's much lighter so I can through it around no problem.
So anyways I've decided today that I am shaving the seat down and maybe even lowering the forks and dropping the suspension... any suggestions on any of these things would be great...