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    67,280 miles !

    Title says it all ! As of tonight 67,280 miles on my she devil :) boys i tell ya this bike is amazing i put every single mile on this bike and ridden it in pouring rain, sleet, iced road, hot cold u name it. I ride everyday for the past 4 years i love this bike it never let me down. Who has high...
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    coolant temp sensor mod

    Well I posted a while back on using resistor 4.7k ohm plugged into intake temp sensor to trick ecu into thinking cool air coming in thus increasing fuel and ignition advance. Well the coolant temp sensor trick does the same thing but way more aggressive. By putting in a 4.7 ohm 1/2 watt resistor...
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    60K miles or above ?

    my 2010 has 59,200 miles and is ridden everyday regardless of weather. besides normal replacement of chains sprockets and tires, i only had to replace front right fork seal due to me dropping the bike too hard practicing wheelies. hows your high mileage bike doing or what have u had to replace ...
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    sprocket change speedo off ?

    i just replaced my sprockets and chain, ordered kit online for $102 came with JT sprockets 16t 43t and bikemaster o-ring chain. anyone have to calibrate the speedo or know how much the speedo will be off ? my guess is that it wont be more than 4mph. this is my 3rd chain and sprocket replacement...
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    diag tools ?

    does anyone work at a motorcycle shop that supplies diag scanners for yamaha's ? you can buy a scaner for your car that shows injector dwell ignition advance and alot of other sensor readers but i wanna know if they make a scanner we can plug into our factory harness and be able to read live data.
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    fz6 throttle body ?

    so right now i have a little over 58k miles on the bike and its been running great :) already have the r6 header and aluminum muffler, K&N air filter (still need a juicebox) but i really been thinking about trying to change out my throttle body. one mod i recently done is i bought a spare fz6r...
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    pilot power 3 ?

    has anyone got experience with the new PP3 ? im out of the loop lol been riding take offs for too long. i love the Q2, bt016 is my next choice.
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    what oil filter do you use?

    i have 52k on my bike and i been using a bosch 3300 oil filters for about the last 40k. Havent done a UOA yet (used oil analysis) yet to determine how my engine is REALLY holding up. The bike starts everytime, runs great in hot or cold weather, doesnt burn a drop of oil with 3k oil change...
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    clutch springs?

    Has anyone ever looked into using stiffer clutch springs? I have 52k on my bike, i changed my factory clutch springs at 36k to EBC heavy duty springs that advertise 10-15% stiffer over factory. I changed the springs just because i wanted a harder pull, which it did feel a little stiffer but...
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    CHEAT the ECU :)

    what i did was go into my factory FZ6R manual and looked under the air intake temperature sensor values. 32 degrees F the OHMs should be about 5.5k-6.6k and around 175 degrees the OHMs shound be around .223k-.235k ohms. what the sensor does is messure the intake air temp with a OHM resistor and...
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    farthest driven on empty ?

    the farthest gone on empty for me is 54miles, i dont know how i did it, i left for work and 5 miles into my commute the f-trip came on. i was broke and had no money so i proceeded to go to work and continued to drive home after. every mile it counted i was rubbing the tank saying please baby...
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    high miles anyone ??

    i have a 2010 FZ6R i bought brand new and i have almost 51,500 miles on it, whats your mileage like ?
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    engine brace

    i was on the european yamaha site looking at the aftermarket parts for our cousin xj6 diversion and i saw they sell an engine brace "stunt cage" for our bikes. its intended for the naked version but i think we could just cut out the holes in our fairing. anyone else seen this before ? the xj6 is...
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    engine lub at start up

    ok so i have a 2010 FZ6R that i bought brand spaking new. i have 51,xxx miles on the bike so far and with in the past 6 weeks my engine will lub at the initial start up regardless of hot or cold weather, it doesnt do it everytime but a few times a week. i ride 60 miles round trip to and from...
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    how to sea foam our intake

    this is a simple write up on how to induce sea foam into the intake of our engine. get a bottle of sea foam (about 7-9 dollars) find your throttle body syncro vaccum lines. adding sea foam to these vaccum lines are better and safer because it bypasses our intake air temp and MAP sensor inside...
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    valve timing

    for those who havent read my previous post, i went to adjust my valves and ended up getting sand and other road debrie down my #2 and #3 cylinders. i took off my cylinder head and cleaned the cylinders out with compressed air. cross hatches on all 4 cylinders looked great no scaring or anything...
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    fu*ked up :(

    i have 42,xxx miles on my 2010 fz6r. bought a shim kit last year and yesterday i was finally able to do the job. had everything lined out, bought the factor yamaha repair manual online (pdf) and proceeded to take off the seat, gas tank, air filter housing. when i got to the throttle bodies i...
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    My mods :)

    Hey guys. I have a 2010 FZ6R currently with 39,XXX miles and counting. So far I have a K&N air filter. JT sprockets 16/45 RK x ring chain. ZX10R mirrors. 02 R6 header. YZF 450 aluminum race muffler. Danmoto adjustable clip ons. EBC HH rated front pads. EBC heavy duty clutch springs. Rims...
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    02 R6 header ?

    I just bought an 02 R6 header from ebay. $39 out the door shipped, but I see most owners are using the 03-05 headers... Is there a difference between the 99-02 and 03-05 R6 header ?? I did research but there was no specific answer....
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    socal riders wanna join me to palomar mountain ?

    Going to palomar mountain I live off hwy 79 in warnersprings. U can take the pechanga parkway/ 79 exit and follow the road about 19 miles and meet up with me. I will take u the rest of the way. I plan on leaving around 11:30 so if u wanna meet me there around 12ish here's my number. 951-816-5797

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