Davey
Junior Member
Obviously we all love our bikes, and there are so many reasons to! What an amazingly versatile machine the FZ6 is. How incredibly reliable it is. How much fun it is. How much we can mod it! What else do you love about your FZ6?
My poor Fazer has spent almost a year in the garage due to no funds to officially import it to France from the UK. I did nothing in terms of storage preparation :spank: No fuel stabilizer, tyres taking the full weight on very cold concrete etc etc. The only thing I did was keep the battery on a trickle charge, and start her up every 2 or 3 weeks.
But I have managed to scrape enough money together to get her back on the roads! I changed the lights to European spec and went through the nightmare of the French system to get it registered (see rant thread!). The first ride after almost a year of being poorly looked after was a 500km ride to Paris fully loaded up with luggage. I didn't even change the oil - the best she got was some air in the tyres, a lube of the chain and a full tank of yummy, fresh new petrol. :ban:
Did she complain at being driven all that way hell for leather on the motorway for 5 hours 30 minutes? Not one bit. :Flash:
I will take better care of her now. She's being swapped back to commuting mode after a year of mountain twisty fun. The top box is back on, heated grips on the bars etc. She'll get an oil and filter change, a new back tyre (still on the original Bridgestones - got 13500km out of them so far but the rear is almost gone!) and some regular maintenance.
So no real point to this thread other than to re-affirm my love for my bike!
My poor Fazer has spent almost a year in the garage due to no funds to officially import it to France from the UK. I did nothing in terms of storage preparation :spank: No fuel stabilizer, tyres taking the full weight on very cold concrete etc etc. The only thing I did was keep the battery on a trickle charge, and start her up every 2 or 3 weeks.
But I have managed to scrape enough money together to get her back on the roads! I changed the lights to European spec and went through the nightmare of the French system to get it registered (see rant thread!). The first ride after almost a year of being poorly looked after was a 500km ride to Paris fully loaded up with luggage. I didn't even change the oil - the best she got was some air in the tyres, a lube of the chain and a full tank of yummy, fresh new petrol. :ban:
Did she complain at being driven all that way hell for leather on the motorway for 5 hours 30 minutes? Not one bit. :Flash:
I will take better care of her now. She's being swapped back to commuting mode after a year of mountain twisty fun. The top box is back on, heated grips on the bars etc. She'll get an oil and filter change, a new back tyre (still on the original Bridgestones - got 13500km out of them so far but the rear is almost gone!) and some regular maintenance.
So no real point to this thread other than to re-affirm my love for my bike!