MrsFZ1inNH
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Heres a pic of my better half with her 2009 FZ6R
btw..............she's smiling on the inside LOL !
That's an AWESOME looking bike!
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Heres a pic of my better half with her 2009 FZ6R
btw..............she's smiling on the inside LOL !
Did you get the Roaring Toyz lowering link? If so, the instructions were written by me and the yellow bike in the photos used to be my wife's FZ6R.
Michele did love hers but we needed a much more powerful charging system for her and needed it a little lower so the FZ1 was a better fit. She loves this bike the best.
I really liked the FZ6R though. It wasn't much lighter than the FZ1 but it "felt" lighter... smaller and very flickable through the corners. Not the most powerful but for a Yamaha, it was linear and predictable... smooth! Fun bike! Michele rode it from NH to MI and back. :tup:
Us somewhere in upstate NY on the way to MI.
That's an AWESOME looking bike!
Not too bad. Depends on how low you need to go. Joyce is 5'4" on a "tall" day (at best). We added the Kawasaki -1" saddle, custom ordered a Hagon shock, then lowered the front end to match. We had to take an inch out of the kickstand, but we really needed to go an inch and a half. The stock kickstand is hollow, so my welder buddy cut out an inch and worked his magic with the welder. He just happened to have a piece of rod laying around that fit inside the hollow perfect, so it was an easy job for him. Like I mentioned - if I had it to do over we would have taken an inch and a half, but it works ok - just can't park on an incline without being REAL careful.I don't know how the Ninja 650's are to lower.
Here's a pic of my wife with her new to her 2009 Granite/Raven FZ1. She moved up from a 2009 FZ6R. After riding my FZ1 a few times she decided she wanted one of her own. Shes got a lil over 500 miles on it and loves it.
Nice!!! Same exact swap my wife has made! Is that lowered with the Soupy's link and stand? Has she complained about the harsh ride in the rear? Michele's only complaint is because of this. The angle of shock after applying the extremely lowered link renders it nearly useless. Traxxion said they could build us a shock 1" shorter without hurting travel. That will take up about 1/3rd of her Soupy's adjustment and still keep the same seat height. This will allow the shock to actually work for the bike, not against it.
Regardless, very cool to have her on the FZ1!!! Congrats!!!