First Bike - FZ6

[FZ6_mk]

Hi all,

I passed my test at the end of summer, and on 3 Dec, I purchased my first bike from Honda Grafton in Milton Keynes. Excellent customer service, and I highly recommend them.

The bike is a 2008 '58 Yamaha FZ6 S2, with just over 10k on the clock. Completely standard, and full service history. I believe I got a good deal on it, maybe you guys can be the judge?

Was up for £3,200, negotiated to £2,600 with a service which means its actually had two extra services than what is required to date. One previous owner and spotless condition wise.

Day I picked it up:

Few more pictures:

Absolutely great bike and I feel its really easy to ride as a first bike. Nice and light. I nearly went for a Suzuki GSX 650F - really glad I didnt.

Was finding my fingertips getting extremely cold in this weather, so received these as a Birthday present today. Fitted in 10 minutes, my new Tucano Urbano R361:

Just went out for a ride, it is about -1 - 0c, and what a difference. Well worth the £40 from eBay, and I highly recommend them. I was only going to go around the block, so put on some thin'ish summer gloves (as oppose to thicker winter gloves I normally use) and they were so warm, I ended up being out for an hour and warm hands when I got back home. Very impressed.

Need another mod now, what next?

Let me know what you guys think.

Zo.

 

[PhotoAl]

Welcome to the forum! Enjoy the bike, it's a great one being as it's the fast blue! Love the backgrounds in the photos! Do you work there?

 

[Ssky0078]

That bike is sexy, I like that decals being removed from the fairing. Looks sharp. Have fun, be safe and don't do what I do.

 

[kreed0501]

Congrats on the beautiful new bike! I bought MY first bike (Cobalt blue '08 FZ6) in October and the smile has not left my face since!! I, too, had issues with cold hands. There are about 6 weeks in Austin where we can get down into the 20s in the mornings and I want to use my FZ6 to make my 60-mile round trip commute. I bit the bullet last week and bought the Gerbings G3 gloves and life is good now. I bought '08 FZ6 with 4800 miles, a SHAD top case, a pair of gloves, a Frank Thomas leather jacket (happened to fit me perfectly), a bike cover, a large clear touring screen (in addition to the stock screen) and multiple cans of chain and bike cleaning supplies- all for $4700 US. Enjoy your new toy and be careful!

 

[Yasko]

:welcome: Good looking bike.... Not red

1st mod fender eliminator.:thumbup:

 

[motojoe122]

:welcome: to the Forum!
A mod I would suggest is the duel headlight. A couple of the forum members created their own versions, Motogiro and BD43. Oh, and the mirror extenders that Jerry makes.

 

[FZ6_mk]

Thanks for the replies all.

Just to be clear, the bike is black.. though I do actually prefer the blue.

I don't work at Red Bull, I wish I did. Im just lucky enough to live a couple minutes from the racing team's HO.

Dual headlight - will be looking into that!

I have £80 to spend on the bike as I had to return the birthday present I was bought (motorcycle trousers), and I'm thinking of getting those LED indicator mirrors from Ebay US. And a tail tidy.

Will let you know how I get on.