m.donovan
Junior Member
So about a month ago, I bought my first bike, a 2006 yamaha fz6. I am absolutely loving it! Everything has gotten much smoother, shifting, slowing, stopping, cornering, etc. and every ride I can very clearly see improvement in different aspects. The only thing that still gives me problems is starting from a stop on a hill. I live in the country which means there are hills everywhere! But it also means there arent many cars so if I stall a few times before I get it right, there isn't a line of cars around getting annoyed. I know how to do it, I just seem to either let out the clutch too soon or for some odd reason, come off the throttle when I start moving. I don't stall and do it successfully about 80% of the time so I'm getting there. I've learned to blip the throttle when downshifting which takes away the tremendous engine breaking that, when I wasn't expecting it, gave me a little scare haha. But yea I'm absolutely loving it, can't wipe the smile off my face if I tried every time I ride. Just want the weather to be nicer! The last ride I took I just wanted to see what it felt like in the power band so, turning out of my street there is a long straight. I brought it up to about 11k rpms before shifting to second (usually shift around 5-6k) and wow! Seriously this bike is a beast! I know I was only in first but, gimme a break lol I just wanted to see! I looooove the way it's so peaceful and quite shifting in the lower gears but crank it up a bit and man oh man! I dunno, I'm very very happy with it. Anyway, I'll just keep on doing what I'm doing and learning and practicing! The great thing is, the only way to practice is to ride more!