nismogt1
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Hello all, my name is Craig. I live in Carmichael CA. It's a part of the greater Sacramento area.
I'm almost 58. I've been riding bikes since I was about 14. My Dad had a Yamaha 90 Enduro. Learned to ride on that.Rode the heck out of that thing. Bought my first bike back in 1984. It was a 1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport.
A pretty quick bike for it's time. I kept that bike many years. At one point I sunk several thousand bucks in the motor. And it was fast as hell. Thing scared me a time or two. Kept that bike several more years & eventually sold it. Didn't ride for many years. I became a father & put off getting another bike until about 6 years ago. Since then I've had a 2006 Ducati S2R 1000 Monster, a 2007 Aprilia RSV 1000 V twin, a 2013 Aprilia V4 Tuono. I've found that Italian bikes are fine. But, too costly to maintain for me. I knew a guy that had an FZ1 & liked it real well. So, I found one I liked & I've been very happy with it. Parts are a lot cheaper & it's reliable & easy to maintain. It's a blue 2009. I'm basically retired. But work out of my garage building custom PC's once in a while. I replaced the dreaded faulty rotor in the charging system. Pretty easy job. Glad I got it out of the way. As for riding there's plenty of great roads up in this area. Average ride ride is around 165 miles. Looking forward to seeing how well the FZ1 handles this summer. Thanks for having me. Pleasure to be here.
I'm almost 58. I've been riding bikes since I was about 14. My Dad had a Yamaha 90 Enduro. Learned to ride on that.Rode the heck out of that thing. Bought my first bike back in 1984. It was a 1982 Honda CB900F Super Sport.
A pretty quick bike for it's time. I kept that bike many years. At one point I sunk several thousand bucks in the motor. And it was fast as hell. Thing scared me a time or two. Kept that bike several more years & eventually sold it. Didn't ride for many years. I became a father & put off getting another bike until about 6 years ago. Since then I've had a 2006 Ducati S2R 1000 Monster, a 2007 Aprilia RSV 1000 V twin, a 2013 Aprilia V4 Tuono. I've found that Italian bikes are fine. But, too costly to maintain for me. I knew a guy that had an FZ1 & liked it real well. So, I found one I liked & I've been very happy with it. Parts are a lot cheaper & it's reliable & easy to maintain. It's a blue 2009. I'm basically retired. But work out of my garage building custom PC's once in a while. I replaced the dreaded faulty rotor in the charging system. Pretty easy job. Glad I got it out of the way. As for riding there's plenty of great roads up in this area. Average ride ride is around 165 miles. Looking forward to seeing how well the FZ1 handles this summer. Thanks for having me. Pleasure to be here.