shifting

Hi everyone, I recently bought a 2005 Yamaha fz6 and am overall happy with the bike. I noticed the other day when I was in the highway that I couldn’t get it to go into 6th gear. It had the feel of if you were to try to downshift from first. Tried to pull the shift up when in 5th and it was...

The battery died! The two year old BikeMaster Gel battery is not recommended by me. I went back to YUASA I also did suffer a torn bottom rubber lip to my LS2 helmet, two false neutrals while shifting and the bike burned some oil for the first time. As to the trip, it was along the...

I'm new to this, so hopefully I am posting this in the correct place. Down to the point, I have a 2007 Fz6 which I have been having problems with shifting down. The bike will shift down almost everytime at high rpms (6000 plus) but as soon as it goes lower than 6000, 9 out of 10 times it...

Looking to find out if any of you are in Charlotte, NC. I recently bought a 2008 FZ6. It has a little over 10K miles. Shifting in lower gears seems a little clunky. Very noticeable when going Neutral to 1st and 1st to 2nd. It also feels like I have to use very little clutch when...

Hey guys, Total new guy here when it comes to motorcycle repair so ask away and I'll do my best to answer any relative questions. 2006 Yamaha FZ6, ~35000 miles So a couple of weeks ago I noticed my bike shifting into first gear in a rather weird way. All of the other gears, shifting up and...

The topic says it all really. I've had my 2004 FZ6 for about 3 months now, and all my up and downshifts are clunky as hell! I came from an old Kawasaki ER-5, and even with the rubbish Kawa gearbox, I could still shift through the gears like it was an automatic; no jumping, no clunking, no rev...

Everyone excuse my bad english! Is it necessary to pull the clutch all the way every time i'm shifting? It seems like an inch in would be enough to do the job done.I don't use the clutch while upshifting while i'm in the 8k rpm and up range but i don't go that fast all the time... I tried...