Nick
Junior Member
i do it to especially when i first got the bike
not so much any more
not so much any more
How many of you look for 7th gear?
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me, but im a noob. sometimes i look for the gear before first. i never find one. 
Avalon786
Member
He had 6 gears he just never counted and he read somewhere his FZ6 only had 5 so once he heard that his mind did the rest...
He thought he had only 5 gears. So he went home and checked and actually counted and he had all 6 gears, lol...
Avalon786
Member
me, but im a noob. sometimes i look for the gear before first. i never find one.
Haha yes! I do that one just as much as looking for 7th, i look for -1, but maybe its just to make sure i'm in 1first at a light so i dont take off in 2nd or 3rd only to stall in the middle of the intersection...lol!
teeter
Frank Zappa the 6th
He had 6 gears he just never counted and he read somewhere his FZ6 only had 5 so once he heard that his mind did the rest...
Yup, that was me! I've been using all 6 the entire time I've had it, of course. I had it in my head that it was 5-speed and never counted. :thumbup:
I've revised my sig below as an homage to that particular brain fart.
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Guilty here when I first got the bike lol, I have even tried to find 8th and 9th.
Most of my riding is on town roads so I rarely get out of 4th. I used to short shift to 6th all the time wrongly believing that I was conserving fuel.
Nelly
Most of my riding is on town roads so I rarely get out of 4th. I used to short shift to 6th all the time wrongly believing that I was conserving fuel.
Nelly
Avalon786
Member
So what is the best for fuel comsumption? Because i shift all to 6th (when not always necessary) cuz i think it'll "save" gas, is this untrue? thx.
multiplicity
Junior Member
I've had my bike about 3 months and haven't even been above 3rd!!! I only use it for commuting and the speed limits 30 all the way (apart from when it's 20) so have no use for anything over 3rd!!
Yeah been there a couple of times.
teeter
Frank Zappa the 6th
Your Fizzer needs a good fast weekend ride sometime soon. Let the poor girl stretch her gears.
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steveindenmark
Older Member
I don't agree that 2nd is a "waste of time"....I'd say that 1st is more of a "waste of time" personally.
Curiously, I find myself trying for a 7th gear more often since installing the Scorpions.
I now gently lift up the shifter without closing the throttle if I'm not 100% sure that I'm in 6th.....if it feels solid and won't move, then I'm in 6th. I think.
Ok I think you are Nit picking now.
I need either first or second because its easier then setting off in third.
So you can have my second and I will have your first.
Are we all happy now ??????????????
Steve
Denver_FZ6
Junior Member
I still look for 7th. I know it's out there... I'll find it someday!
Numpty
Senior Member
Count me in for this one too :banghead:
Se7enLC
Nerd
The first time I got on the FZ6 I tried to shift into 7th, and I did it the next 5 or 10 times until I got used to it. And I still do it sometimes. I tend to shift when the bike gets up to 4 or 5k or so, since my last bike could cruise on the highway at that engine speed. So when my fz6 gets up to 5k and I'm not even going 65 yet, I feel like I am in the wrong gear.
I (very briefly) considered the 17T front sprocket. I don't want to lose low-end acceleration or gain top speed, I just want 6th gear to run a little less hot on the highway. I wish they would fix that in cars, too - make an overdrive/6th gear that runs at a nice low engine speed at 85mph.
I (very briefly) considered the 17T front sprocket. I don't want to lose low-end acceleration or gain top speed, I just want 6th gear to run a little less hot on the highway. I wish they would fix that in cars, too - make an overdrive/6th gear that runs at a nice low engine speed at 85mph.
Occasionaly on the freeways I find myself trying to shift up and I am dissapointed that there is no more upshifting to be done.
Yamahahauler
Junior Member
I must plead guilty and throw myself at the mercy of the forum. If i am just sighseeing while out and about i do it more than once but if i am paying attention which is what i am supposed to be doing i can keep up with it. I really should get a gear indicator, i have a birthday next month and it isn't going to get any better.:surrender:
4fun
Member #1360
I did it twice last night! Oh forgot, we were talking about riding. J/K it was on the bike.
Oh forgot, we were talking about riding. J/K it was on the bike.
Haven't looked for that elusive 7th gear for some time now, until I recently upgraded my pipes to 2bros. I find I can get to higher mph with lesser gears with the new cans, I occassionaly try to get to highest gear if possible to save fuel (is that true?, lower rpms = fuel conservation vs. higher rpms). Only then I find myself looking for that damn elusive 7th gear. lol
paul1149
Riding with the King
I do it all the time, "just in case" I'm in 5th. I really think the gear ratios need a revamping. Keep 1st and 2nd where they are, but then add a few percent onto each successive gear, for a cumulative 10-12% overdrive. I'd love to be pulling mid or even high 50's mpg out of the bike. I'm considing +1 on the front sprocket, but unfortunately that would weaken 1st gear.
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I now look at my speedo and tach before I look for 7th. If I am 5,000 rpm and 60 mph, there isn't another gear.
I have a very hard time seeing the tach on my 06...I don't even try any more, quite honestly. OTOH, it's not the end of the world if I occasionally look for a 7th gear.
I know what I've done and you'll know what I've done when I'm doing my phantom 6-7 shift but hopefully the uninitiated will assume that I've got a (very) close ratio gearbox. I might as well go -1 on the front sprocket...at least I'll have a semi-valid excuse for going for a 7th gear.
Oh...edited to add: At least going for a 7th gear is not as bad as missing an upshift altogether...especially with my Scorpions.
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