Recent content by torquewhore

True FZ1 is more comfortable. But for me the added comfort was not enough to offset my complaints. Obviously every bike does something different for each person. The position is still a bit leaned over though. On long rides I still found myself wanting to prop myself up by puttin my elbow on the...

"believe I'd be looking at Aprilias. Just me.... However your notion that we somehow are frawt with 'problems' I think is somewhat condecending. There is a wealth of information because it is so popular a bike, a real life bike, not a poseur ride with only 3K on the clock" None of the bikes I...

Finally sold the bike. For $4500 much less than the $5k I origanlly was hoping to get. Personally - the FZ1 was not for me and I couldn't be happier to get rid of it. I doubt I will ever look at getting another Yamaha again. The trade off on comfort gained for performance lost (against a...

I had an Sheoi RF-9 that was reasonably quite. I had nothing to compare it to until I upgraded to a X-11 which is the loudest helmet I have ever worn. I wear earlpugs anytime I ride but I would do that now with any helmet I didn't realize how damaging windnoise can be

I work out everyday either cardio or weights and also go out for drinks quite a bit but still manage to find time for gaming as well. As far as campaign modes go - I quit caring about those with the dawn of broadband. I used to call up my friends computer and we would play heads up Doom II on...

I know I'm surprised it hasn't sold already... I had it listed locally for $4900 with no takers :(

Hi Y'all, I sadly need to sell my FZ1. Fender Eliminator Micron GP Slip On Flush Mount Signals AIS Mod (I used bolt/hose clamp) Rotella Full Synthetic for changes (every 3k) Almost has 18k on it BT016's (Front has ~1500m, rear ~1000m logged on them respectively) The battery just failed so...

I'd want a duc desmo as well. As a second I would want the new BMW S 1000 RR

is 30-32 the waist size? What is the inseam or does it say?

I didn't think about the bottled water trick. I did drive through a small puddle that was nearby and that is how I finally got the back end to break without the front skidding along. Eventually I will get enough balls to do rolling burnouts... I think the balls will drop when I have better...

I drove into the end of my fuel supply last week. I have been riding deeper into the F-trip more and more. I knew I could get 30 miles easy so I just kept going one day. 52 miles before it started to sputter and I exited and made into a gas station before it completely ran out. The tank is...

The cord started showing through so it was time to ditch the old tires. Great which means I got to take of the terrible Michelin Pilot Road tire that was on the front. It had no traction. Before Then I did a little burnout. I was going to try and do some rolling burnouts and see how...

The first two fingers on my right hand are my ABS

I never wear a helmet... The most protection I need are swim trunks and flip flops! Haha just kidding. I went from a Shoei RF 900 to a Shoei X-11. I was looking for the most venting available since I live in Texas. A little disappointed in that this helmet is so loud though and has some...

Unless you like spending lots of cash just to make the bike not perform like turd then you should look elsewhere. Of course you could just keep the tach above 8 or 9k where the engine is actually making power but that doesn't account for when you really need to accelerate from a dead or...