Just wondering....so if you live in one state and ride your bike into another different laws apply? Do you also need a license for that state?
Here in Europe, the rules are that if your bike is OK in one country then the police can not give you a ticket in another for not complying to their...
I believe that it is whats refereed to as an "electronic relay". meaning that it has an small timing circuit inside (probably some kind of IC with a built in clock).
The good thing is that this makes it easier to change to some kind of LED flashers, since you don't have to worry about the...
But if you still have the US headlight it should be an instant MOT failure since the beam points the wrong way. Since as far as I can remember (has been 20 some years since I lived in the US for a while) you drive on the right side of the road in US and on the left side in the UK, or am I wrong?
Did a quick check and it will cost you at least 1600 USD to get the parts. I just checked the main parts but you will probably need a lot of bolts, screws, bushing and rubber mounts (and i forgot to check the seats).
On the plus side the tail section does come in two different silver colors...
LOL, that is the ONLY way they distribute the manuals nowadays. Until about 2006 we got the printed ones but now we only receive CDs with the manuals (not burned CDs but actual pressed CDs) or we download them directly from the service server in Japan.
Maybe Yamaha America use a different...
So in my manual it says that it recommended to use unleaded gas with an octane of 91 or higher (gen 2 -2006). If you get miss fires then use a higher octane.
Personally I use what we in Sweden call regular unleaded which is 95 octane, I have tried 98 octane and did not notice anything...
Be aware of the error that is made in the OEM manual when it comes to checking the clearance.
On page 3-4 it states that you should turn the crankshaft counterclockwise, but this can not be done since you will only loosen the bolt holding the sprocket.
I called technical support at Yamaha...
Unlock the passenger seat and remove it. Then you can get to the release lever for the rider seat and remove it. There you have the battery.
At least this is how I do it on my FZ1-N '06.