What I Bought Today

[FIZZER6]

Congrats on a sweet upgrade!

I guess I'm getting older and more mature but seeing pictures of FZ1's no longer makes me want one. My FZ6 has been paid off since 2007 and my motorcycle insurance on it just went down to $13/month for full coverage. I will never sell my trusty FZ6!

 

[Gelvatron]

Looks great ./drool

 

[Hellgate]

Very much like to mod. I think that's half the fun of owning a bike and was glad to find a unmolested one. I didn't know you could reflash the ECU. Is this something that Yamaha does? I've read the mapping wasn't so good for the 06/07. Will be changing the tires. The rubber is 7 years old!

No Yamaha doesn't flash them but there are several places that do. ECUnleashed is one option, Guhl Motors is another.

Keep an eye on Rexxer. They only have flashes for Euro bikes, but Japanese products are on the way. They are the cat's meow.

Before you mess with the flash, ride the bike. The throttle response is a hellva lot better than the FZ6. Of the FZ1's the '06 had the worst mapping, each year it has gotten better and better. But again, ride it and see what you think.

 

[Ruggybuggy]

Place your junk on that lipstick and enjoy the ride!

Pigdog!

 

[Ruggybuggy]

Best bang for the buck here, when it comes to pipes for FZ1:

Shop > Exhausts & Silencers

I've been using mine for over 10k miles now.. no issues. I have the tri-oval carbon (which is no longer available). It's almost exactly 10 pounds lighter than stock. Shorty will be even lighter.

Is the tri-oval a short style muffler? I like the shorty they have but don't want it extremely loud.

 

[cmantis]

Going shopping when WalMart opens:

Filter:
SuperTech ST7317

Oil:
Rotella T 15w-40 (3 quarts)

Chain:
WD-40
DuPont Teflon Chain Saver

 

[DavesFZ]

Make a pit stop over at Lowes for a travel size Dupont chain saver too!

 

[cmantis]

Also trying to pick up one of these since I need a new bulb:

 

[Erci]

Is the tri-oval a short style muffler? I like the shorty they have but don't want it extremely loud.

No, tri-oval is not a shorty. The shorty ones look great, but they ARE very loud.. they don't have baffles.

 

[mxgolf]

Sweet looking FZ1. I didn't realize they had the ugly exhausts back then. You definitely have to get rid of that. Enjoy and I am sure you will. :rockon:

 

[Erci]

Sweet looking FZ1. I didn't realize they had the ugly exhausts back then. You definitely have to get rid of that. Enjoy and I am sure you will. :rockon:

FZ1 pipe has not changed from 06 to current model year. Funny.. stock exhaust actually sounds very good (nothing like FZ6.. it's the right amount of *loud* and it's not whiny), but it IS heavy and it sure is ugly. Mine came off about a week into ownership.

I think the power curve was a bit smoother with stock setup due to EXUP, but it's a perfectly smooth bike even with a slip-on without any fuel mixture tinkering.

 

[Ruggybuggy]

FZ1 pipe has not changed from 06 to current model year. Funny.. stock exhaust actually sounds very good (nothing like FZ6.. it's the right amount of *loud* and it's not whiny), but it IS heavy and it sure is ugly. Mine came off about a week into ownership.

I think the power curve was a bit smoother with stock setup due to EXUP, but it's a perfectly smooth bike even with a slip-on without any fuel mixture tinkering.

Hey, why the EXUP? What was it's purpose?

 

[Erci]

Hey, why the EXUP? What was it's purpose?

Four-stroke power valve system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[wrlomas]

I was gonna post a link to the FZ1 site, but it looks like you've already joined us over there!
Congratulations! You're gonna love it!


The exhaust....do it first! Cause I don't know WHAT Yamaha was thinking when they put that hideous thing on there....:BLAA:

Exhaust? I thought that was a mail box?