Recent content by ak864

32,000 on a ninja 250, a little over 15,000 miles on my FZ6R, about 4-1/2 years.

I wear ATGATT too here in SC. The trip to work in the morning is great, 5 AM, 75 or so deg. For the ride home (45 min.) I wet my shirt, the put on my gear. It's like AC, for about 20 minutes or so. I've been down once. It wasn't very high speed. But from the condition of my gear, I would have...

I've used the spanner for adjusting the rear shock pre-load. I also used the handle extensions to straighten out a bent shift lever after I hit a small pile of sand in a sharp turn and crashed. Had I not had the tools, I'd have been stuck. Roadside assistance or not, you'll be stranded for...

Good stuff. Also look out for deer, etc. Be ready to slow down quickly if you see eyes. Where there's one, usually there will be more.

Nice, where did you get the spool adapters for the rear stand?

Because when someone is in ICU on life support in a vegetative state, it costs everyone's insurance to go up! Really, price of freedom? B.F.S. I'm all for personal freedom, if the "free" sign a waiver stating that if they suffer a brain injury requiring the great expense of life support.

Oil Personally, I use Royal Purple Max Cycle. If you can find anyone, anywhere that followed the maintenance schedule for oil/filter changes and still had an engine/transmission failure, find out what oil they used and stay away from it. Really, Amsoil, Mobil1, Rotella, Yama-lube, Valvoline...

Pure One filters. While I'm not one to tell anybody what to use/not use on their bike, I found the following on the Purolator website: Motorcycle Filters What About PureONE If you're thinking you want to install a PureONE oil filter on your bike, please think again. PureONE oil filters...

46. Yellow FZ6R, decals removed.

New FZ6R I traded my '08 Ninja 250 on a new '09 FZ6R. I love it! Yellow, graphics removed. I'm in South Carolina.

Ditto I traded my '08 ninja 250 in on a new '09 FZ6R. I put 31,000 miles on the Ninjette. I removed the side decals this morning. The bike looks even better. (yellow)