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And great people like you who run the forum.

In memory of my great mate Keith who swapped two wheels for wings in 1976 but never forgotten, you were someone to look up to in so many ways mate.

That's a nice bike mate, have fun riding it.

You could be onto something, I have a low mileage 2004 FZ6 and it's silky smooth, clutch a little heavy compared to modern bikes but a superb bike in so many ways.

I don't have a haynes manual for this bike but if it follows the usual arrangement for bikes of this era, fuel is delivered to a common rail where the injectors prevent the fuel from entering the cylinder until a small electrical pulse operates the solenoid within the injector. The pressure of...

If I am right, I think that when you close the throttle, the fuel is not delivered to the common fuel rail and that a vacuum line opens the fuel pressure regulator to return unwanted fuel to the tank, if there is a leak at any point in your vacuum lines it can cause lag and snatch, lag because...

Yep totally agree, and that I think is what happened to my mates bike, he thought it just plugged in (technically it did) but settings like o2 sensors, vacuum and velocities etc were not re-tuned, he just had some garage fit it and not dyno and re-map it, in the end he just sold the bike and...

A mate had a Honda CBR1000 and had a Power Commander fitted, it ruined the bike, after the fit it was snatchy and thirsty and just awful to ride. Ditch the power commander.

Hi everyone, My user name is Skelly, first name Ian and I am living in Cheshire in the UK. A few months back I bought a 2004 FZ6 from an old timer who sadly has become too old to ride (his decision not mine) he knows that I have a few bikes and have been riding for, well lets just say a long...