miles

Hi Guys, It is reaching to 6k miles on it. 2800 miles within 2 months. Lately I'm falling in love with this bike after listening to many people how good of a bike this is. A swiss-army knife of bikes. I wash it every week, lube the chain, polished the headers(mother's mag), checked the...

I purchased the FZ6 2 months ago and have already put around 1k miles on it since then. Before the fazer I had many other bikes like GS500, Versys650, CB919 etc.. so I have something to compare to. What I like about the FZ6: Handling - I Love taking turns on that bike, I feels light and...

Hello everybody! Newbie from CT here! I've been on and off bikes for a few years, spent a lot of time off and last summer decided to jump back in. Started out with a Ninja 650 - great bike to get my confidence back, but not exactly a ton of fun. Friend was selling his low miles 2004 Fazer and...

As many miles as I've logged on a bike and I've never actually picked out tires. On my last bike I just went with what was on there because they seemed good (perelli sport demons). Now the Dunlop Q3's on my recently acquired FZ6 are 5 years old and, tread or not, in need of replacement. The vast...

So I changed my oil with Rotella Dino oil, and the tapping noises seem more pronounced now, especially until the oil gets up to operating temperature. Anyone else notice this. I used the oil i did becaise i work in a truck shop and get Rotella for basically nothing. The old oil was rather nasty...

Unfortunately, it's time to sell. I will miss. She handles great, and she is FAST! I never had problems keeping up with my buddy on his 2001 R1. And could pass my buddy with his 2002 GSXR-6. 2009 Yamaha FZ6 Single owner 15K miles Couple minor cosmetic flaws, nothing major. Runs and drives like...

Hey I'm looking to upgrade to a FZ6 this week. I have been looking for a few weeks and basically come up with 2 options. An 08 with about 10000 miles will cost about 4000. On the other hand I found an 08 with a 2 bro exhaust that has 22000 miles for 3500. Both look like they are well taken care...

I finally did it. Some background: I've been on craigslist for WEEKS looking for the right bike for me. I was between getting an SV650 and an FZ6 as my first bike. Every bike I found either had a ****load of miles, was too far away, or was way out of budget. Until I found an odd listing for a...

The Metzeler Roadtec Z8 I put on the bike approx 2Yrs ago has run over 10K miles and I think it is time to change them. It has a bit of tread left(especially the rear), but I want to replace the tires at the same time and the front ones have a weird profile on them now. So, I wanted to checkin...

I've commuted 70 miles round trip on a 600RR for the past year, and finally decided it's time to sit upright again - LOL. I'm 48 so the RR was my mid-life crises bike as I couldn't afford the typical vette.... The RR sold in about 3 hours on CL, and the FZ6 was always on my short list of...

Spring Two-Day Ride Leaving from the DC Metro on Thursday and coming back on Friday. Took this ride in late September and it was awesome. Using the same ride plan again but going to run it in reverse this time. Two full days of riding, ~680 miles with minimal slab except for the ride out...

Hi Guys I will be riding my bike as little as eight miles a day now. And otherwise making shorter trips then in the past. New job, very local, gonna be a very local commuter now. Is there anything I need to know about specific bike maintenance for short distance daily usage? I have read that...

So yesterday it was glorious sunshine here in the south of England and I got all prepped for a ride. It had only been two weeks since my last one so checked a few normal bits and bobs before starting up the bike. nb - bike is well maintained, I keep a spreadsheet of my service schedule...

On Saturday's ride I ran out of gas in Pocono's mountains of PA. Just forgot to fill up beforehand and didn't pay enough attention on a dashboard. The good thing is that the bike stopped just near some garage in the woods down the road, with dirt bikes and a quad, where a guy gave me about half...