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05-10-2012, 01:53 AM
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Location: Cork, Ireland
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Just getting lazy
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The actual act of puling in the clutch and depressing a lever in its self is not a big deal you would think. I am just getting lazy and prefare to ride along on torque....Its me and not the bike that are at fault ....The FZ6 remains the the smoothest bike I have had and is a great bike ... Stay safe and enjoy the ride |
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05-10-2012, 07:49 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Southern CT
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I personally liked being able to kick it down 2 gear real quick and pull off like a rocket.
It will tour. 3400 miles in 10 days and the cheapest luggage one can find/make. I'm 6'2" 220ish, bike always felt good size for me. I have since gone bigger.  And a year later with more advanced and ridiculously oversized top box paired with undersized side cases. 
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06-25-2012, 11:49 AM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Gladwin, Mi
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This thread makes me happy since I plan on checking out an fz6 this week. :)
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06-25-2012, 11:54 AM
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Tiene Ruta Cuarenta?
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06-26-2012, 10:13 AM
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Joined: Dec 2001
Location: The Heart Of It All
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Properly outfitted, literally any bike can tour. I remember reading an article by the incomparable Peter Egan years ago about riding from Wisconsin to New Orleans on a Honda 50.
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06-26-2012, 01:07 PM
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Tiene Ruta Cuarenta?
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 I'm not certain myself, but I believe the article on his trip to NO was on a Bonneville, and the trip on the Bridgestone 50 was with a friend on his BICYCLE, and I think it was maybe 70 or 80 miles each way. I just looked through Leanings II and I can't find the first book, so I can't swear to it, but I don't believe we ever wrote about going from Wisconsin to NO on a 50cc...
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06-26-2012, 02:25 PM
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 Geez, I dunno ... I don't remember it being that way. 
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06-26-2012, 02:38 PM
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In doubt? Pull out!
Joined: Oct 2010
Location: NYC
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I took my FZ6 to Americade this year. Bike ran perfectly, got 50mpg, and I only saw 2 other FZ6s there.
   Rode up with a buddy on his new yamaha Stryker. Nice ride, did @700 miles in 2 days. |
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06-28-2012, 11:52 AM
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Tiene Ruta Cuarenta?
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Very nice! Hey, what seat is that? Corbin? I don't think Sargent makes one for the FZ6, do they?
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06-29-2012, 03:23 PM
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In doubt? Pull out!
Joined: Oct 2010
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Yup, that's the Corbin. Lots of room to move around, and made the trip pain free.
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12-24-2012, 06:35 AM
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12-27-2012, 01:50 PM
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Tiene Ruta Cuarenta?
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In Leanings (the first book) Egan writes about a Honda 50 (not a Bridgestone) in an article called Because it's Small, published in March, 1978. And the state park he visited with his friend on the bicycle was about 150 miles away. I guess I didn't remember very well either! 
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That is boring and slow like an old coal truck.
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