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My $.02 Honestly, I wouldn't rush into buying even a 6R as a first bike, especially if you need a loan to buy one. To give you a better idea, I can tell my story. Before I took the MSF class I was even doubting if I was going to get a bike (not the best means of transportation in Seattle...

*gone to the garage to check the rear tire. UPD: the tire is fine. Can't even tell which part of the tire hit the fender.

Wow. Giant thanks to everyone, now I feel much better. I did hit a bump (sort of) on my way home. There is a spot where the road dips in, so for example, most cars would scrape the front fender there if they go too fast. I flew through it pretty fast today and yes, I did feel something weird...

I am positive that someone bent it. Someone with a good amount of strength in his hands - I am assuming it was done with bare hands. I am also pretty sure the intention was to get me pulled over for concealing my license plate.

The first day with my new Targa FE on the bike. I love the way it looks, but... When I got home today (as in, 10 minutes ago) I looked at my bike's rear end and was like WTFFF... Basically, someone rolled the license plate in a roll and tucked it behind the FE's plate on which it is...

I've been contemplating this thread for a while now. Every day I commute to school and back, about 4 miles of streets and a mile on the interstate. If the "Seattle, WA" placetag under my name doesn't mean anything to you, I'll explain: it rains here 5 days a week, most of the time not too...

Finally ordered a Puig racing screen and a Targa fender eliminator! Also, a SHOEI RF-1100 helmet :-) everything should be here on Friday, so excited!

Hehe I meant 5mph over the limit after the above adjustment, e.g. the speedo is saying 70.

The first day I owned the FZ6R I got pulled over. I went North of Seattle to ride some country roads, left at 6am, was on my way back on I-5-South at 9, still getting used to the bike and enjoying the hell out of the usable power. I was weaving through traffic going 75-85mph on average - in...

Saw a copper/black FZ6R at the University of Washington parking lot couple of days ago.

Yep. Today at about 8:30pm. Thank you. I'll try to find that thread.

Took this picture today

Some pictures from the ride yesterday.

Hello everyone from the Evergreen State! I know that we have some people here from WA, so I wanted to share my ride experiences so far, and hopefully you will too! My first day trip on a bike was about a month ago now. The first leg of the trip was the Pioneer Highway to Stanwood and...

I almost hit the deer on SR-9 between Sedro-Wolley and Arlington on SR-9. There are some nice roads down there near Redmond. I'm attaching a map of a trip I took about a month ago on my old cb550 (now sold). Some of the nicest roads on that trip were between Monroe and Issaquah.

This morning I went out on a bike ride, north of Seattle on side roads. 120 miles into the trip (out of about 200), I was going on this straight stretch of SR-9, and was going about 70 I would say. Can't say I wasn't focused, but I didn't expect a deer hopping out of the bushes and onto the...

Squeaking front brake when coming to stop. What should I lube? Thank you.

Also, the buzz from the windshield area was eliminated when I put some felt tape between the plastics that were rattling :)

Updates So, I've been wanting to post an update here, but didn't have too much time lately. So here it goes: -Changed oil and the filter. Conventional Yamalube from the dealer. Definitely buying a oil filter tool before the next change, because this time I had to poke a hole in the filter to...

I'd love to meet some riders! I've been riding on my own so far.