My $.02
Honestly, I wouldn't rush into buying even a 6R as a first bike, especially if you need a loan to buy one.
To give you a better idea, I can tell my story.
Before I took the MSF class I was even doubting if I was going to get a bike (not the best means of transportation in Seattle...
Wow. Giant thanks to everyone, now I feel much better.
I did hit a bump (sort of) on my way home. There is a spot where the road dips in, so for example, most cars would scrape the front fender there if they go too fast. I flew through it pretty fast today and yes, I did feel something weird...
I am positive that someone bent it. Someone with a good amount of strength in his hands - I am assuming it was done with bare hands.
I am also pretty sure the intention was to get me pulled over for concealing my license plate.
The first day with my new Targa FE on the bike. I love the way it looks, but...
When I got home today (as in, 10 minutes ago) I looked at my bike's rear end and was like WTFFF...
Basically, someone rolled the license plate in a roll and tucked it behind the FE's plate on which it is...
I've been contemplating this thread for a while now.
Every day I commute to school and back, about 4 miles of streets and a mile on the interstate. If the "Seattle, WA" placetag under my name doesn't mean anything to you, I'll explain: it rains here 5 days a week, most of the time not too...
The first day I owned the FZ6R I got pulled over. I went North of Seattle to ride some country roads, left at 6am, was on my way back on I-5-South at 9, still getting used to the bike and enjoying the hell out of the usable power. I was weaving through traffic going 75-85mph on average - in...
Hello everyone from the Evergreen State!
I know that we have some people here from WA, so I wanted to share my ride experiences so far, and hopefully you will too!
My first day trip on a bike was about a month ago now.
The first leg of the trip was the Pioneer Highway to Stanwood and...
I almost hit the deer on SR-9 between Sedro-Wolley and Arlington on SR-9. There are some nice roads down there near Redmond. I'm attaching a map of a trip I took about a month ago on my old cb550 (now sold). Some of the nicest roads on that trip were between Monroe and Issaquah.
This morning I went out on a bike ride, north of Seattle on side roads. 120 miles into the trip (out of about 200), I was going on this straight stretch of SR-9, and was going about 70 I would say. Can't say I wasn't focused, but I didn't expect a deer hopping out of the bushes and onto the...
Updates
So, I've been wanting to post an update here, but didn't have too much time lately. So here it goes:
-Changed oil and the filter. Conventional Yamalube from the dealer. Definitely buying a oil filter tool before the next change, because this time I had to poke a hole in the filter to...