mello dude

Got the job with F.tech R & D. My understanding is they develop the product for F & P to manufacture.

Some terms I havent heard --- Torrenting? Seeding? Whats that?

Thanks for the tip!

Get a VFR and stick a handle bar kit on it. This one was DIY.

You got a lot commiserating going on - how 'bout break it down into - what kinda rider are you? Sport? Sporty? Sport/tour, Street only, or some track? Is it going to be one bike? Or some day get another? An idea - most bikes that I have bought, I have had an inkling that I would like it and finagled a test ride. Usually if I was right, the test ride would have me walking away thinking - I must find and buy one of these now! Good luck

Awesome stuff.

This - would never spend 20k on a car.

- Lean toward bad battery like everyone else. -- You could pull it, give it an overnite charge, then take to autozone or simular for load test. That will say yes/no once and for all. - Once you get the battery sorted, you should do the basic charging system checks.

Mines for an engineering job.

^^^ Any hints/tips - good, bad, ugly?

Assume your talking Troy? -- I have been interviewing for a spot at their sister company, F.tech R&D. Seems like they have a large backlog of work coming in. Main customers - Honda, Toytota, and GM. -- Wouldnt mind some skinny on both myself.

I like the all black version except for the huge mirrors.

^^^^ $9999

I imagine that car distracted you for a sec. Been thru there hundreds of times. Seems the best is to be downshifted into first and ez on the brakes and stay a bit wide to avoid the hairpin drop off. Love that road, especially coming west.

^^ Yea - its in the corners where it counts. The bike used to bounce over bumps and now it just sticks like glue. Wanna change lines, mid-corner? No problem. Great control and stable.

Agree on the suspension and brakes -- I also trashed the stock brakes on my viffer and converted to RC51 calipers and MC. Doesnt get much sweeter.

Put the bikes up? Um never.... -- - You have an interesting bike collection

I see you added a Penske in the rear and an Ohlins kit. Nothing like a suspension upgrade. I have a Penske and Traxxion Dynamics in my viffer and it still blows me away how good it is even though I've had it a few years. Your FZ1 is a bike I have always wanted to try as a do-it-all ride. Looks like you have it set up nice.

That wing is kinda cool. No doubt they are asking a healthy price for it.

You are allowed to check you credit report completely free once a year. Dont pay for it!

^^^

There's a previous thread sorta like this, some good ideas kicked around.. http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=90735

I'd grab it, but haggle so you could sell later if needed. Its nice.

Your doing the right thing by planning another season on your 500 and then doing a 600 - 650 bike step up. Getting more experience counts a lot for a novice rider - favorite quote on that... Luck & Experience "You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck." When a newbie rider buys more bike than they can handle, they use the luck up much faster than if they learn on a ride thats a better fit.