I've had my FZ1 with the Retro kit since May 2011 and I've thoroughly enjoyed it but over the last year or so I noticed I wasn't enjoying getting out on it as much as I did when I first got it. I think I was tiring of the fairly limp midrange that is endemic to the FZ1 engine, it doesn't come...
I've been using Shell Rotella T6 Full Synthetic in my FZ1 for five years with no issues. It's time for a spring oil change so I dropped by the local Walmart and picked up the familiar blue gallon jug of T6 for the usual price of $21.36/gallon. Upon inspection in my garage I see the designation...
So on the 18th I get up on my BD and have a nice long ride planned on the FZ1.......no worries and a glorious spring day here in the TX Hill Country. Put on all my gear, load the tank bag with map, water, and snacks. roll the bike off the centerstand and get that sinking feeling with a...
It may be over for the Formula 1 event in Austin ..... this just out:
The Associated Press: Construction of US Grand Prix track halted
Construction of US Grand Prix track halted
By JIM VERTUNO, AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Construction of a racetrack to host the U.S. Grand...
I'm 60 years old and grew up in the turbulent 60's, graduated from college in 1973 into a very weak economy, yet I never bitched and complained that somehow I was screwed out of the American dream. I found work 1000 miles away from where we lived and my brand new wife and I move ourselves into...
Nice fresh livery on the Assen TT GP Yamaha bikes ..... very classic theme for the 50th anniversary with the classic Red, White, Black Corporate Yamaha 'Stripe' theme. The FZ1 Retro theme has a strain of the DNA ...... Love that red and black stripe theme. The offical colors are Bluish White...
Just installed my Yoshimura oil filler plug and seat of the pants dyno says it adds about 10 bhp ;). The best $22 I ever spent.
Blurb from the website says:
•Made of high grade aluminum
•High usage part that screams out to all who see it that this is one serious racing engine
•If the...
I just turned 60 this year and have been riding since 1976 when my wife came home and said she had just bought a new motorcycle (Honda CB 550). Since then I've had BMW's and a Suzuki, and even a brief foray into Triumph's but also have had a 1995 Yamaha Seca II, a 1997 YZF 600, a 2003 FJR 1300...