Recent content by Flexwing man

From Southern Indiana area and can be found riding 37 just S. of Indy. Morgan co. area,44-135 S. of Nashville to Bedford. Modded blue Gen1, Red jacket. Any other FZs in my area??

On the Gen 1 bikes I've read where a plug can come out of the clutch shaft. When this happens there is a lot of clutch drag. You have to remove the clutch pressure plate to see if the plug is in place. I'm not sure if the plug is the same on Gen2 bikes or not. I'd have to see a picture of the...

I'm wondering what others have their Speedohealers set to for a 1st Gen with 16/47 gearing or 15/44 (which is about the same and more common). I started with -11.3 and hit it real close. I used two GPS units, one that would record the highest speed and another for just comparing speeds. My...

I'm not sure they are all the same. Some brands have a hole in the center of the pin that has to be flared out. Others have a sold pin end that has to be kind of smashed or peened out. That's why some of the chain tools come with different bits to fit the different chain brands.

Will the RK chain tool work with DID ZVM2 links? I got the ebay version of the KM500 tool. It seemed to work well, but after measuring the expanded or flared end of the link, it was only about .002" bigger diameter than the pin itself. It won't flair it any more because the point is bottoming...

Yes, I did a lot of roll on tests with two other FZs. Both of these guys work at the same company as I do and we've done a lot of riding together. One bike is an 09 FZ1 with full yosh pipe. At the time he had only put the pipe on it and hadn't done a remap. The 09 would always stay ahead of...

I've got a Gen 1 bike. Just to see if I liked it I tried a 15 tooth vs the stock 16 up front. It helped the bike in every way. I was told that it will add about 10mph to the top end because the bike won't pull 6th all the way out with stock gearing, 16/44. The person that told me this has...

I like the deep sound of it. One I can highly recommend is Dale Walkers 17" street core. It's a very deep throaty sounding slip on. It's almost as quiet as a stock pipe until you get on it. I can't say enough good things about Dale's products!

How many miles I just bought a 2005 FZ1 less than a month ago. It only had 1680 miles on it. I now have 2800 plus miles. I got a great deal on it and it's in brand new condition. I also bought a Kawasaki KLR 650 new in 05. I've put over 22,000 mile on it.

I take it that the stock jetting is on the rich side as far as the main jets are concerned?? Why does the factory use two different size mains and should you rejet with two different size mains? What do you think of removing the complete airbox and running K&Ns on each carb? We used to do...