Recent content by 1Tcher

To be honest, I've not shopped the new bikes at all as I love the '04 model I have. If I was shopping though, I'd look at less than 10k loaded including tax, tag, & title. Loaded meaning everything the dealer can provide for the FZ1. I'd expect you could pick up a new '07 for around 9k total...

I was in the UK 2 summers ago for 3 weeks and went from the southern end all the way up to St. Andrews in Scotland and had the best weather the Isles had seen in years. They said it was a heatwave but it wasn't even 90F. :) Anyway, if the weather stayed like that 8 months out of the year...

I live in Florida, and for a long time I didn't ride with a helmet. Then for no real reason at all I started wearing it. I went over a cadillac a year ago and the helmet never touched the ground, did I stop wearing it? Heck no I didn't stop. :) because of the summer heat all the time here...

I'm sure riders from both sides of the pond and our fellows in East Asia will attest to the fact that the #1 safety tip is "pay attention to everything" when riding. Even then, it's likely some twit in a car is eventually going to get you. No rules in the world can alter how people in auto's...

Custom 2 tone paint and a full fairing which really dresses it up nice. I'm thinking of getting rid of my bug antennae mirrors and doing some custom work in their place. Next it's custom exhaust with the works. I may tinker with adding a hydrogen cell to inject HHO but I'll try that on the...

Jason here. I've owned 2 '04's since they came out new. One ended up over an uninsured Cadilac or I did anyway. Bought a used 04 2 months later for a steal at the local dealer, slapped some custom paint on all the parts I'd picked up on ebay, took the stock parts and put them on the old bike...