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FZ6If you’re looking for one bike to perform a multitude of missions, look no further.
Take it from Cycle World* Magazine - “For a more advanced rider looking for a bike to do it all, there is no other choice.”
Decided to winterize the bike this year out of necessity. I plan on using the next few months to restore the bike to street legal trim. I'm going to keep it naked........and ready to crash.
Just put on some Rizoma rearsets for cheap (Props to thatguyx for sending me the eBay link). I'll be upgrading the rear shock and dropping one tooth up front. Besides that, I will probably remove or cut the rear hugger and I also need some bar end weights. Oooh yeah, I need some better looking race numbers (decals) for the track.
Anyway, the bike is all cleaned up and prepped to sit. I think it looks good sitting in my place...like a nice piece of artwork, right? I've got the dirt bike to play on and the FZ6 to mod...aaahhh...life on 2 wheels is good.
Lookin' really sweet. I'm jealous, I wish I could sit on my couch and look at my bike all day long.
I was going to go naked at the track after I saw what happened with your bike. That and it also looks pretty bad ass. Recently I was talking to a shop owner I know who races at VIR and point summit and he talked me out of it. He said when you go down with a naked bike, the handlebars and front end catch in the ground and it causes a lot more damage. He told me of a guy riding a naked who broke his arm when the bike caught the dirt and the guy didn't let go of the bars. He said bikes with fairings usually don't have as much devistating damage since they tend to slide more.
So I don't know if I will go your route or not, but your bike is turning out really nice.
PM sent…I'm going with that svelte HD bulb and a mini flyscreen.
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Originally Posted by PETSHOPBOY
i would me more impressed if you lived on the second floor. looks good
I DO live on the second floor. It's an old bra factory with a functioning freight elevator! Check the 14' ceilings….
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Originally Posted by ddlloyd
how much for the rearsets??
........don't have a garage?
$310 shipped and they are mint
Yes I do have a garage…I keep my dirt bike and some friend's bikes in there. I wanted the FZ6 inside for a number of reasons.
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Originally Posted by CrazyBiker
are you the guy whom I lost the bid for $300
Sure am…why'd you have to keep jacking up the price asshole??? Just kidding…still cheap.
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Originally Posted by mbodell
He said when you go down with a naked bike, the handlebars and front end catch in the ground and it causes a lot more damage.
Last time I crashed I had the fairing on...the bike flipped and came to a rest completely upside down.
Tell your guy's guy not to hold on...lol
Plastic is expensive but I can see how wrapping an object in smooth plastic would make it skim across the ground better in a lowside...not really something I'd weigh my decisions on too much though. The real benefit of a fairing is on the straights........
EDIT - by "ready to crash" I meant "cheap to fix" just a theory though...
Yeah, I don't know who would hold on to a tumbling 400lb bike, but... Yeah, I am still going to keep the faring on and just go with it, why not.
I really want rearsets. I bet they make a huge difference with the clipons. I might hid some money aside for them and not spend it on baby stuff.
I think it's common amoung poor struggling privateers; they try to hold on in an attempt to keep the bike from flipping/tumbling and to pull themselves out of the impact zone....but that's just what the ones I've talked to have told me.
If you do buy some, make sure you buy used AND make sure you've got enough $$$ leftover to hit up the track next season.
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Originally Posted by DefyInertia
Sure am…why'd you have to keep jacking up the price asshole??? Just kidding…still cheap.
LOL ... so that even if I lose, no one gets it cheap ... anyways I was ready to pay only 150 for it. I knew someone was desperate to get them so just jacked up the price bit by bit.
Kidding!!
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07 Raven FZ1 (May 06 2009)
Micron Full System|O2 Elim|Lars Airbox Mod|Ivan's FCE|BMC|CopperDawg Flies|HEL SS Lines,Speed Bleeders|ASV Black Shorties|Rizoma Rearsets|Sargent/Corbin Rider/Pillion|MRA Vario|Throttlemiester|Satan666 Highway Pegs|Reverse Retro Mirrors|Symtec Heated Grips|Marine Powerlet|Integrated Taillight|Arrow Signals|T-Rex Frame,Crashbobbins F/R Axle Sliders|Targa FE|Power Bronze Rear Fender 06 Black FZ6:(July 29 2007) R6S Forks,Speedbleeders,SS Lines,HH Sintered Brake Pads|15T,Speedohealer v3|Laser Extreme Quad,-CAT,K&N,PC3|Puig Light Smoke Racing|06 FZ1 Bar|TS Seat|T-Rex Sliders,Axle Crash Bobbins|FAZR6 FE|Powerlet|Dual Headlight Mod (Xenon Super White)|F/R Arrow Signals|Pod Light Mod|Fiamm HB Lo Tone|Reflective Decals on Frame|Universal RAM Mount|BT-016
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Planning to paint it?
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