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The rules for operating a motorcycle on board naval installations are changing once again. Going from the previous rendition (5100.12H) to the newest release, issued in June '12, there is no longer a requirement to wear reflective gear to ride on base. It's recommended, but not required...

Re: Front brake light activation; Anyone cut the nub off? Pic You might be able to change the point at which the light activates by adjusting the lever position. It sounds like the lever is too far out. I prefer to have the light come on before braking starts, so I can signal those behind...

I'll answer both sets of questions. With the tank bag, you have two straps. One for the front, which is supposed to pass around the frame at the steering neck. The one for the back, is supposed to clip on to a strap you have to permanently mount on the frame, typically around the hinge the...

Bigger windshields, and larger fairings actually make more wind noise than little ones do. Aerodynamics. The bigger the hole in the air, the more the air has to rush in to fill the hole. A wide fairing, plus a wide windscreen make a large partial vacuum. If your head is near the edge of this...

My 09 ZX6 is a much quieter bike, for wind noise. If I could afford a Schuberth, I would likely buy one..... if I had the FZ still, I would seriously have to have thought of going naked to get rid of the wind noise by this point. It's that annoying.

If you are trying to determine why the bike is running hotter after a tune up, I would run fresh coolant, as approved by the mfg of the bike.... no reason to add another wrinkle to the question. As I didn't realize someone had come up with yet another formulation for coolant -- thanks for...

^^^^+1 Internet opinions are worth what you pay for them. I'll 3rd or 4th the motion... take the bike to the shop, and ask them to evaluate the issue. Negotiate the price of the inspection before you commit to it. I'm betting on the fork tubes being out of alignment, or potentially...

Folks, I've been on the ZX6 for a few months now, and could see that the rear brake fluid was obviously discolored. That led to me flushing/bleeding the back brakes, which were in DIRE need of a service. The fluid looked like liquid carbon dust... very nearly solid black.:eek: The front...

I think this is sound advice..... if someone understands what it feels like to start to lose the front end, and that it is a recoverable event. As Ientach says, you can feel it start to go, if you haven't hacked at the controls, and upset multiple aspects of the handling equation.

VR, I have a deep respect for what the MSF has accomplished in my lifetime. I have to believe there are now more riders who are educated in a formal setting, than 'seat of the pants' self educated experts. That can only be a plus. I think much more along the lines of Ientach.... traction...

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking,Pinky?" "I think so, Brain...... but where are we going to get rubber suits this time of night? Narf!"

I put 25,000 miles on my FZ6 before circumstances dictated I sell it.... 40K kilometers.

Practice is good.:thumbup: You've gone from a bike that you can pretty safely 'give it the berries' to something that will hand you your head if you muff it. If the R1 feels numb, it's because you aren't going fast enough to make it work. I have the same issue with the ZX6, without the...

Aluminum rims are actually fairly brittle. The rim should be replaced, rather than bent back into shape IMHO. Even if a shop could tweak the lip back into position, there will almost certainly be a stress fracture in the crystalline structure of the metal. Those only get worse over time...

How do you know the tire was flat or nearly flat before you crashed? Do you have a picture of the damage to the tire itself? A relatively new tire? Professionally installed? How did it 'rapidly deflate'? Did someone you don't like shoot the tire? Stab it with a knife? (obviously both...

What kind of tire? What happened, exactly? To get that sort of whack in a rim, you have to be moving pretty quickly, and hit something pretty solid. Like a curb, or a deep, deep pot hole. Can you provide a picture of the damage to the tire carcass?

I was living in Oregon at the time. I'd gone to work for Intel FT, and had purchased the FZ6 to celebrate.... that was in August, and I romped on the bike harder and harder as I got to know it. Commuting from Rainier, to Hillsboro took multiple routes, typically over Cornelius Pass. During...

Being that I am a military retiree working on a military base, I decided riding my bike to work was mandatory. :) Signing up for the ERC course was a little more complicated than I thought it should be, as I could not register for the class as a contractor.... I had to do so as a retiree...

I'm sure it's obvious, but to cover that base, you'll need to pump up the tire after you plug it to assure the seal. If it's a straight, small hole in the tread block rather than a side wall plugs work quite well. The liability that shops want to avoid is due to the potential for internal damage...

I've used plugs on tires multiple times on motorcycles. Sticky rope type, some with rubber cement, some without. Most will last many thousands of miles. The last one I ran stayed solid until I wore the tread down enough to 'worry' the plug, and that started it leaking. the solution was to...