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Congratulations and Best Wishes for the two of you!

I'm about to ride in. We're expecting nice, if hot, weather today. Chris

Happy Father's Day! Thank you Joe for starting the post :thumbup:

Nice gear! BTW, you're in the club that plans to keep their skin in the event that they go down and end up sliding a bit. It's amazing how quickly even blue jeans evaporate when sliding across asphalt. Chris

Cloggy, Sorry, but we didn't take any photos except I took one at the top of Bear Mountain. (Sorry Joe. I'm really bad about thinking of getting out the camera/phone.) After Joe left, and Tom and I continued to Perkins Memorial Drive on Bear Mountain, when we got to the top, there were...

So, we did it again for 2016. This time motojoe122 joined us, riding all the way from south Jersey. It was great meeting with both of you. Hope your ride back went well. I had a great time guys. It's great to visit my wife's family but the ride is the best part. And fortunately they're not...

Tom, First, keep trying to get into the ARC. For me it took several attempts over almost three years. Then last month I was in a session that maxed out at the 12 rider limit. I think most centers will run one if they have 6. I found it to be very good practice for stops and swerves, etc. The...

From your pic that looks like a bad case of rust. Here's a pic of the stock bar end from my 2008. You can see that the threads are part of the bar end and are not close to the end with the hex socket. I suggest that you loosen up the grip and squirt some WD40 or other penetrating...

Good move to return the short forks. It seems really strange that they'd be like that. Best of luck with the new set. Did you determine whether the rear wheel bearings were bad?

Regular. Though you might get a bit more power at the very top end if you were drag racing. The performance-oriented guys haven't checked in yet. :thumbup:

Happy Birthday!

It doesn't seem like you are in "normal" territory since the bike was so poorly maintained. It sounds good that the clutch seems to work better. I'd guess that there was some sort of build-up in the casing and the new oil loosened it up. In that case you should probably change it again after a...

Or if you're a make-shift mechanic like me, you'll put a cinder block under there with a strip pf 1/4 inch plywood to protect from scratches. Though my pipes are not nearly so awesome! Consider changing the fork oil on the new forks before you install them. You'll be reluctant to take them off...

Remember: The bike can stay in the garage tonight. It does not need to be in the living room. Blah

Another congrats! I think I almost understand your anticipation. It was killing me to wait a couple of days till I could pick mine up.Then again that was pretty minor, in comparison. Best of luck with your new-to-you bike. Post some pics when you get a chance. Chris

This evening I decided to try to add a Signature. It wasn't easy to find the place to do this. There might be easier paths, but I eventually found it several layers deep into the FAQs. Yep, I resorted to reading the directions. But here's a direct path...

Way to go Tom !!!

Congrats! I know what you're feeling. Well probably. I bought my FZ6 in September 2013 and right at the end of the first fairly cold ride in October the shifter got crazy difficult. So I limped the last few miles to get home and was thinking "Geez I just got this bike and now this is...

Try the simple things first. Get some oil into the joints on the external shifter linkage. A penetrating oil like WD40 will be good to get into the joint, but it's better to use a 3-in-1 oil or spray on lithium grease because that will stay there while the WD40 will evaporate rather quickly...

Way to go ADRIAN!