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06-17-2008, 09:26 PM
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a mowing target
Join Date: 12-13-2006
Location: Greenville, NC
Age: 34
Bike(s): 2008 Yamaha FZ-6
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Yamaha FZ-6
So, first 50 mile impressions... Comfy and upright. Decent power. Clunky transmission. Usual speedo error.
Hopefully the transmission will smooth out over the break in. Most of my other bikes did. Took the bike to work today. No it didn't get blown over. I parked way away from the helipad. Did a good job as a commuter. I didn't notice a great deal of heat off the underseat exhaust. But then again, traffic kept moving so I didn't have lots of sitting around. My old tank bag and tail bag fit right on, so that was easy. The GPS mount went on easily as well. So far, I'm happy. Now just thinking about what exhaust to get...
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06-18-2008, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: 12-13-2006
Location: SF Bay Area, CA
Bike(s): 2008 BMW GS-A
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 My old FZR600 had a clunky tranny too. A friend he said he knew I was coming by the crunch he could hear when I shifted coming up his street.
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06-18-2008, 11:06 AM
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a mowing target
Join Date: 12-13-2006
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Heh, it ins't quite THAT bad
 Mainly shifting gears esp 2-3 takes a real shove with the toe to get it to go in. It actually has improved since the firs 20 miles...
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06-18-2008, 11:07 AM
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a mowing target
Join Date: 12-13-2006
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06-18-2008, 01:05 PM
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Yep, thats camo...
Join Date: 08-31-2007
Location: Idaho/Iowa
Age: 29
Bike(s): Western Flyer
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Much better.
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06-19-2008, 03:23 AM
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no longer ready to mingle.
 
Join Date: 12-13-2006
Location: Debt, where else?
Bike(s): GS / KLR
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I was hoping to hear it bounce off the limiter for a few minutes dammit.
But thats a nice sounding pipe...of course, my bike sounds like a piece of agricultural equipment, so any modern I4 sounds nice
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06-19-2008, 03:27 AM
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no longer ready to mingle.
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Further proof, you can make it louder or quieter but it still sounds like a damned combine.
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06-19-2008, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: 12-28-2006
Age: 37
Bike(s): '07 R1200 GSadv,'04 RC-51
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06-19-2008, 07:31 AM
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GONE PLAID!
Join Date: 12-18-2006
Bike(s): 08 FJR, 08 R 1200 GS
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Good to know. FZ is the next bike I am trying to convince the GF to get once she gets settled on the DR.
Need to get that suzuki out of my garage and put in another yamaha... 
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06-19-2008, 10:55 AM
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a mowing target
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