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  1. F

    5th gear whistling

    I have a 2014 FZ6R and would like to know if anyone else hears a whistling sound when in 5th gear not 4th or 6th just 5th. I hear it whether I'm on the freeway or the side streets usually ride around 5000-6000 rpm range and maybe a little higher on the freeway but the whistling always happens in...
  2. C

    Quieter helmet?

    Well I took my first decent length ride today and was going 80-85 mph most of the time (traffic was cruising) and when I stopped and took my helmet off after about an hour and a half, my ears were ringing for an extended period of time because the wind noise was crazy loud inside my helmet. Does...
  3. MattEnTheHat

    Clunking Noise While Starting Out in 1st Gear?

    Hey all, I've noticed a funny noise recently when I'm just starting out in first gear on my bike. The sound is a sort of 'clunk' a little bit like the noise it makes when you're sitting in neutral and shift down to first. It happens as I'm just starting out in first gear, getting off the...
  4. C

    High-pitched "electrical-engine" sounding noise

    I just reached my 600 miles and brought my fz6r in for her first service. Ever since then, escpecially when im starting out from stop, i hear a high-pitched whinning noise that sounds like an electrical engine of some kind, like a bumper car or an older shitty whinny car. It seems like the...
  5. M

    N00b question - brake noise?

    I searched the board for this issue before posting, but didn't find anything. I am a new rider, just took delivery of a new 2009 FZ6R today. After a short ride I now have a whopping 3.1 miles on the odo. I noticed when I was moving the bike around my garage in neutral (switch off) that...

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