As much as I loved my FZ6R

[Perdurable]

I had to get rid of her for a new Ninja 1000 with panniers.
The FZ6R never failed me and a very fun bike to ride with plenty of power for a beginner sport bike type. I will miss her.
The new Ninja 1000 is like the big brother to the FZ6R with alot more power and still retaining the upright riding position plus ABS & traction control.

i sold my fz6r for a z1000... and i will never go back haha

 

[latony007]

Yeah horrible cam option but the terrain looks amazing.
Here is a look at 504, as you can see from the map there are high speeds straights plus corners, it's 41 miles uphill. The last time I did this ride we had 30 bikes flying up the hill balls out and when we got up to the top it was nice and sunny then the clouds moved in along with rain. We ended up jamming down the hill to get out of the rain then had one guy on a new 2013 R-1 rear end another guy on a Ninja and did a total yard sale of the R-1. The guy on the Ninja was rushed to the hospital and the guy on the R-1 walked away. Pay attention out there this year people!
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Toutle,+WA/Johnston+Ridge+Observatory,+24000+Spirit+Lake+Hwy,+Toutle,+WA+98649/@46.327102,-122.7403656,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x54940451ecad8b59:0x45bcd9e90ac71c1f!2m2!1d-122.7365001!2d46.3248338!1m5!1m1!1s0x5496a7bfc06175d9:0xc98e24c1df464e34!2m2!1d-122.217706!2d46.275387!3e0

that looks like a great ride, lots of lakes up there.

 

[Rich007]

that looks like a great ride, lots of lakes up there.

There is another really cool ride on the back side of the mountain where you can see a million logs in a lake from when the mountain blew up in 1980

 

[frelay]

Did the same for a 2012 Ninja in... 2012! The Givi paniers I had on the FZ6R are the same, just bought a new mount for the Ninja.

 

[Rich007]

Did the same for a 2012 Ninja in... 2012! The Givi paniers I had on the FZ6R are the same, just bought a new mount for the Ninja.

I wanted that color so bad, if I couldn't strike a deal on the blue 14 Ninja I would have bought the 12 with ABS in that color for around $9000.
The 14's have the ABS and traction control standard along with a few other things.

Nice bike though.

 

[linkgt]

Nice, OP! I wish I had the $$ to get a Ninja 1000. Nice to see many on the forum going for that bike.

 

[frelay]

Ok more eye candy Yes, it has ABS.

 

[Rich007]

Ok more eye candy Yes, it has ABS.

Freakin love that color, Europe got the grey Ninja 1K for 2014 and it looks amazing too.
Here is a recent pic in front of my townhouse.

 

[latony007]

Freakin love that color, Europe got the grey Ninja 1K for 2014 and it looks amazing too.
Here is a recent pic in front of my townhouse.

that bike looks bad *** but is screaming for an FE kit even more than ours does

 

[Rich007]

that bike looks bad *** but is screaming for an FE kit even more than ours does

It does need the FE kit, I have since cut it off just below the plate but the double bubble tinted windscreen and the PIAA super whites are first.

 

[blkbrd]

There is another really cool ride on the back side of the mountain where you can see a million logs in a lake from when the mountain blew up in 1980

I remember seeing Mt. St. Helens blow up on TV when I was a kid...does that make me old??

 

[latony007]

I remember seeing Mt. St. Helens blow up on TV when I was a kid...does that make me old??

Yes, join the club. Look on the bright side, we don't remember Kennedy

 

[Rich007]

I remember seeing Mt. St. Helens blow up on TV when I was a kid...does that make me old??

I sat there and watched it from my house just south of Seattle when I was 10.