New member checking in

[Spiker_47]

Hello everyone

I new to the site but I've been lurking arround for about a month.

About myself; I'm 57 y/o and I've only been ridding since July 2006. So far I've put in 22,000 miles and I still consider myself a newbie.

I just moved up from a 2006 Ninja 650 to a 2009 blue FZ1, a bike I've been lusting at for a while and got a killer deal on.

So far, I've done the following:

Graves fender eliminator
2 Bro exhaust
Cut out the cat
Zero Gravity DB screen.
Changed to Distlled water and WW (to deal with the engine heat)

Soon to follow:

Plug the AIS
Pazzo brake and clutch levers
Motech top rack

I would like to know if anyone has installed the top rack with the Graves FE.

I'm enjoying the site, lots of good information and good people.

 

[slyder1217]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Spiker_47]

Thanks. Looking foward to hearing from everybody and posting, although I'm quite new at this

 

[DirtyD]

Welcome to the forum....it's a great place to be without actually being...if you know what I mean

 

[Spiker_47]

I hear you. Im going to be in and out of the site as I'm actually at work. 500 miles and I think this is the bike for me. Still a little bothered by the heat comming out of the left side. In Florida, that added heat is not welcome.

 

[Hail]

Welcome Spiker!:welcome:

 

[pilot8127]

RE: Welcome !

Welcome spiker 47 !
I too am one of the old guys at 58 yrs. young. Enjoy the FZ1 they are sweet ! And, enjoy the forum. This place rocks !:woot:

 

[Hellgate]

Hey welcome Spiker!







You know....







:needpics:

 

[FZ1inTX]

:welcome: and congrats on the bike! Hearing about riders who are older than I and still riding gives me a lot of hope.

Ride safe, post often!

 

[Blavenia]

Welcome, Spyker! Best wishes and ride safe!

 

[CrazyBiker]

Welcome! You have made a great choice. FZ1 is a keeper, many have close to 100K on their gen2s and 150k on their gen1s.

As for the top rack, I extended my FE using long hex nuts from Lowes.

Here are a couple of pics:

 

[FZ1fun]

Changed to Distlled water and WW (to deal with the engine heat)

Does that work for Gen I what is the real difference? What does the WW stand for? Sorry to hijack, welcome to the forum

 

[NJFZ1]

Does that work for Gen I what is the real difference? What does the WW stand for? Sorry to hijack, welcome to the forum

I guess it will work for Gen I also, but I would prefer to use a 30/70 ratio of antifreeze to water instead of straight distilled water. You can read all about Water Wetter (WW) here.

 

[Spiker_47]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome. Crazy Biker. That's perfect for the FE issue with a rack. Had a Givi on the 650 and even if it looked stupid, it was great to carry things instead of a backpack.

I will be posting a picture as soon as I figure out how to do it.