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Don't be afraid to get a sport touring dual compound tire like the Michelin Pilot Road series. These touring tires are not like they old days. They have sport tire grip when leaned over but wear like a touring tire in the centers. There are plenty of people on this forum who have done...

I refuse to click those links as I do not want another horrible song stuck in my head today. As far as songs that had serious radio air time that suck. I don't really think you can beat Aqua - Barbie Girl

You can pick your fun rides. You can't pick your commute. A lot of FZ6 owners use the bike for commute and fun. Personally I don't have the time to ride on the weekends with all the weekend hobbies and projects I have going on at my house so I often take the "long way" home from work. Blah

I almost bought an R6 as my first motorcycle because it felt the best under me of any 600CC supersport. Then...I felt the ergonomics of the FZ6S! Wow the FZ6 is comfortable compared to an R6. I do not understand how people ride supersports on the street as a daily riding motorcycle. I would...

I do all my own servicing but after seeing the local Yamaha shop do a horrible chain adjustment on a buddy's brand new FZ09 on the first scheduled service I would never take my bike to a dealer. It seems dealers are in business to sell bikes, not service them. It's not the same as car dealers...

Supersports like the R6 are actually not much lighter than the FZ6 and the R6 has a smaller windscreen meaning that a 200 lb + rider will present an even larger surface area for wind resistance at speed, which gives a small moto-gp sized rider on an FZ6 another advantage other than rider weight...

Vegas: If they are the same thing North Carolina uses they look just like this: Like I said, it's not the cables that will kill a motorcycle rider, it's those concrete mounted knife blade posts holding the cables up.

Now I'm glad I don't live in a location with those cables. The State of NC uses a lot of them but here in VA I haven't seen them yet, we just use rumble strips on the shoulders which deter those who fall asleep at the wheel from going across the median. I have thought about how dangerous...

I hope you have never or known anyone who has actually tried to straighten and reuse bent forks! The integrity of the fork is toast once they are bent like that.

the side cover looks like it's cracked off. If it lost oil while running it could have engine damage. Do FZ6's have tip over kill switches? The rear wheel looks usable as may be the front brake rotors if they aren't bent and the brake calipers. If the engine is toast there is no much else...

I didn't say that. I said a 98 hp FZ6 could keep up with a 130 hp bike (which is an R6 or GSX-R 600) if the rider of the supersport 600 had 80-100 lbs of body weight on the FZ6 rider. A 1000cc Supersport makes more like 150-170 hp and there is no contest regardless of rider size.

On the front remove both calipers but I have never removed the front rotors to change the tires, it's not necessary just don't put pressure on the rotors during changing. On the rear remove the sprocket (it will fall out of the wheel hub once the wheel is removed anyway. It has little...

No on the FZ6 straight line WOT is pretty much impossible to have an issue with. On bikes with more power and torque it's different. I tested out a friend's new FZ-09 and had the front wheel come off the ground in 2nd when I pegged the throttle even with leaning forward. I'm not much heavier...

Yea I can imagine that a seller wanting to sell his bike was not interested in meeting up with someone who was not interested in buying but just wanted to waste his time to hear the way the bike sounded with that exhaust. Blah There are certainly lots of videos on youtube of the FZ6 with...

Congrats! same year as mine, 2006! I've owned mine since it had 1 mile on it, brand new. Tips: That thing has been doing a LOT of sitting with old fuel. I would run a can of seafoam through the gas tank to help to dissolve the garnish and deposits that are sure to be in the...

It's a quick bike. I've had mine since 2006 and I still haven't maximized it's performance. Sure I can now outrun most novice and intermediate guys on super-sports once the road starts curving but the bike has a lot more performance that my skill hasn't matched yet. This is why I have never...

Heal up buddy! Prayers and good thoughts headed your way from all of us reading this I'm sure.

What I do in my car that I should not carry over to the bike? 1. Steer where I want to go. Won't work on the bike at speed, press the direction you want to go! Fortunately if you ride enough you don't have to think about how you are steering the bike it just comes naturally. 2...

What Vegas said. Where on the east coast are you? I'm in central Virginia. I just replaced the fork oil and seals on my bike 2 months ago. Huge improvement but I never had any wobble problems and I had 20,000 miles on the original fork oil. The fork oil could and swap could be done...