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First Track Day with my FZ6R

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October 31, 2011 @ Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, CA

Perfect Day for riding... 75 degrees and slight breeze, clear skies ;)

No major accidents... just a lot of fun and costumes around...

Happy Halloween ride... :D

Just wanted to share:

http://photobucket.com/drthunderhill

All photos courtesy of gotbluemilk.com
 
Congrats, it looked like fun. Also a bit jealous. I'd have to drive quite a number of hours to get to the nearest track day where I'm at.
 
Looks good, I'll have the Tona out on the track next year :)
 
AngryAnt said:
Congrats, it looked like fun. Also a bit jealous. I'd have to drive quite a number of hours to get to the nearest track day where I'm at.
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Don't be discouraged... I met someone yesterday who drove 12 hrs from Washington just to do track here. Also another guy from Oregon drove 6 hrs.

I myself drove almost 3 hrs. It's all worth it...

Rent a truck or trailer. Go for it bro!
 
Nice Bike

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Bay Area,

I'm team blue all the way but that is one of the best looking FZ6R's i've seen! That black and yellow is very clean man. I had to dbl take when I saw it. I thought it was a diff bike lol. Where did you get the yellow matching seat? Grab handle's removed?

Great Job
 
Chaphil3 said:
Bay Area,

I'm team blue all the way but that is one of the best looking FZ6R's i've seen! That black and yellow is very clean man. I had to dbl take when I saw it. I thought it was a diff bike lol. Where did you get the yellow matching seat? Grab handle's removed?

Great Job
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Thanks Chap... appreciate it. :D
It's a true FZ6R with mods and some custom decals... the seat cowl I bought it thru ebay and then I took off the black heavy grab handle since there's no use for it.


raybob said:
You and Nicky (69).

Bob
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Hey Bob... who's Nicky? :confused:

Fenixgoon said:
great pics! who was taking them for you?
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Nastybutler is right... pics are courtesy of gotbluemilk.com :thumbup:
Guy who owns the business his name is Dito.
 
Very nice. looks like fun. The track is very addicting. I'm already really looking forward to another one. I was pissed when I found out that the photographer that was contracted for the day when I was at Chuckwalla a week ago didn't show up. :mad:

Might I make one suggestion to the ergos of the bike that might really help? Try to roll your handlebars back lower. I had mine up where you do and when I lowered them, my form instantly changed and my wrists weren't in as much of a cranked, tweaked position when hanging off. Felt a little odd at first, but wouldn't even consider it the other way now.
 
JonKerr said:
Very nice. looks like fun. The track is very addicting. I'm already really looking forward to another one. I was pissed when I found out that the photographer that was contracted for the day when I was at Chuckwalla a week ago didn't show up. :mad:

Might I make one suggestion to the ergos of the bike that might really help? Try to roll your handlebars back lower. I had mine up where you do and when I lowered them, my form instantly changed and my wrists weren't in as much of a cranked, tweaked position when hanging off. Felt a little odd at first, but wouldn't even consider it the other way now.
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Jon I think that is a great suggestion. As you have already seen my wrists are a bit twisted so I guess I was having a difficult time hanging off. Can u please tell me how to lower the handlebars? Does that mean move it forward, or move it back towards me? And by how much?
Good luck on ur next track day hopefully the photo issue works out better!
Thanks a lot!
 
applejax said:
The bike looks amazing. I cant believe how different it looks with the headlight covered up like that.

The gear you have on looks nice too!
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Thanks a lot applejax. I put a lot of effort and thought into my mods, and this forum has been super helpful! I like the clean look and especially like the yellow color.
The suit is by sedici and helmet by shoei. Might change my suit later to white and get a dianese, for now I am quite happy with it cause I just started riding.
Appreciate your compliments bro!
Ride safe and ride fun!:D
 
Bay area rider said:
Jon I think that is a great suggestion. As you have already seen my wrists are a bit twisted so I guess I was having a difficult time hanging off. Can u please tell me how to lower the handlebars? Does that mean move it forward, or move it back towards me? And by how much?
Good luck on ur next track day hopefully the photo issue works out better!
Thanks a lot!
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I would also like to know how to do this!
 
Moving the bars to the forward position will help as well as rolling them backward and down. To move them to the forward position:

1- Look at your risers. You'll notice that the hole that the bar runs through is offset from the center mounting bolt so that it can move the bars themselves forward or back by 20mm by rotating them 180º. If your bars are already in the forward position, skip ahead to step 6.

2- loosen the riser bolts that hold them onto the triple clamp from below. Only loosen enough so you'll be able to rotate them, don't loosen them so they're sloppy loose.

3- remove the 4 bolts on the riser caps that hold the handle bars on and remove the caps.

4- pick the bars up off the risers and rotate the risers 180º so that the offset is forward.

5- replace the bars and put the riser caps back on and snug them up but don't tighten them down so that they can be moved but not flopping around.

6- (If you're skipping ahead to here, just loosen the 4 bolts holding the riser caps on. Keep them snug to hold the bars but loose enough that they can be moved.) take the handle bars and roll them in the risers back, toward the rider so it brings the grips lower toward the tank. Also make sure that your bars are centered, not shifted to either the left or right in the risers.

7- turn your handle bars to the left and right to make sure that you're still getting enough clearance so they don't hit the tank at full lock.

8- Tighten down the riser caps and torque them.

9- loosen brake and clutch levers and rotate them so that when you're sitting on the bike with your hands on the grips, you can just extend your fingers straight out and you can rest the finger tips on the levers. Then tighten them back down.
 
Ok that's funny, I typed up the post above before I left for diner and didn't hit post. Come back from diner and hit the mouse and it posts and someone else already did it. ;)
 
JonKerr said:
Ok that's funny, I typed up the post above before I left for diner and didn't hit post. Come back from diner and hit the mouse and it posts and someone else already did it. ;)
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ya know it was just halloween... hehehe :eek:
 
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