Skidmark
New Member
Aloha from the frigid coast of Hawaii Island !
So, I'm a bike guy. Ive owned over a hundred motorcycles and have been riding for 40 years this coming Christmas. I've worked in the motorcycle industry as a parts distributor and at the OEM level doing new product development. I've ridden a few bikes in my day.
In Nov I purchased a 2007? FZ6 Red Wine, black frame with the silly, worthless digital round tach.....(but if you need the tach to tell you when to shift, your a crappy rider)
I now have 10 motorcycles in my garage(s).
Just put on some dirt bike bars, decent grips, soft luggage and a phone holder AND VIOLLA ! The best bike in my fleet and it gets ridden much more than the others.
Motor is fantastic around town, chassis is flickable enough and has wide tires for modern rubber, it beat both my VFR800 VTEC and a Bandit 1200 in roll on comparisons and it gets excellent fuel mileage. Did I mention comfortable? (especially with a nice pair of Renthals mounted).
This is motorcycling the way it was intended to be !
Yes, some bikes are faster, others more comfortable....but damn, the FZ6 is MUCH better all around than even the heralded VFR !
But you guys already knew that right !
Aloha !
Skiddy
So, I'm a bike guy. Ive owned over a hundred motorcycles and have been riding for 40 years this coming Christmas. I've worked in the motorcycle industry as a parts distributor and at the OEM level doing new product development. I've ridden a few bikes in my day.
In Nov I purchased a 2007? FZ6 Red Wine, black frame with the silly, worthless digital round tach.....(but if you need the tach to tell you when to shift, your a crappy rider)
I now have 10 motorcycles in my garage(s).
Just put on some dirt bike bars, decent grips, soft luggage and a phone holder AND VIOLLA ! The best bike in my fleet and it gets ridden much more than the others.
Motor is fantastic around town, chassis is flickable enough and has wide tires for modern rubber, it beat both my VFR800 VTEC and a Bandit 1200 in roll on comparisons and it gets excellent fuel mileage. Did I mention comfortable? (especially with a nice pair of Renthals mounted).
This is motorcycling the way it was intended to be !
Yes, some bikes are faster, others more comfortable....but damn, the FZ6 is MUCH better all around than even the heralded VFR !
But you guys already knew that right !
Aloha !
Skiddy