Recent content by rhnatyk

You might have to PM him. Barry doesn't come around much since he sold his FZ6R.

It's wind turbulence that's the problem. The stock windscreen tends to make the air more turbulent than no windscreen at all.

Did you notice the big bold red SOLD?

Here's a bunch: fz6r right fairing | eBay

You only "have" to up shift when you hit redline. Other than that you can ride in any gear that is appropriate to maintaining your current speed with enough power on tap to accelerate if you need to. Gas mileage is directly affected by engine RPM. If you're cruising along at 6000 RPM, you'll...

Regarding rear wheel alignment, take a straightedge (like a steel ruler) and place it flat against the rear sprocket. You can then sight along it from the rear and it should become obvious if it is in line with the chain. Here's a tool that does the same thing (Access Denied). Watch the...

Since you can apparently travel in time and all this happened in the future, I'd just return to the present and act like it never happened :)

Looks like you'll have to cut the ends off, if you want to keep your bar end weights.

Used motorcycle prices are very local in nature. You've done all the right things by checking comparables in CL and Cycle Trader and by using KBB. Because of the high miles, I'd reduce the KBB price by a few hundred dollars and expect to get around $4000 for it.

Cool .. the forum to the rescue!!

You're bucking the trend :-) Seems like half the people on this forum have replaced their OEM mirrors because they hate them. So someone should have some laying around they can sell to you.

Must be from all those wheelies :)

I'm a little confused by your post. You started off talking about Shoei, a company that only produces helmets (since 1958) and only produces them in Japan. Then you go on to cite research about motorcycle apparel being manufactured in Pakistan under multiple brand names. None of the top...

fz6r front wheel | eBay

... guess my feeble attempt at humor failed miserably :confused: