Recent content by rocco

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    How old are you guys and girls with FZ8's?

    27, this is my 5th street bike and first nude bike. before this i had several supermotos and a cbr1000r. good tymes!
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    ok fz8.....you win

    sorry but i use the insert on my way home every night and really the only time i dont use it is when im out riding at the gap or on the back roads.
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    ok fz8.....you win

    ok after much reading i have deduced that i will NEED to have a reflash of the ecu! this looks like a must and i will call first thing tomorrow
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    ok fz8.....you win

    thanks for the links! i need all the help i can get!
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    ok fz8.....you win

    well as far as the ohlins goes, i live in east tennessee about 20 mins from deals gap, the cherohala skyway and countless back roads that are well banked and fairly tight. about 90% of my riding is very spirited and i wanted room to grow from my platform. also as great of a mod as it is, getting...
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    ok fz8.....you win

    see now thats another thing that i want to do but have ZERO knowledge on. i have only been messing with street bikes for about a year or so and im dealing with a aggressive learning curve
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    ok fz8.....you win

    long post, fair warning! so over the last 3 weeks i have wrestled with the idea of sailing my fz8 due to lack of suspension and lack of....."nuts"....lets call it. i down graded in displacement from a cbr1000rr so in short i was missing the pull of a big inline 4. so i decided to turn to the...
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    "banana" Mono Links - Inox - R1(and similar) mono Adapter

    hi, can you ship to tennessee in the usa? im very interested in one of these!
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    Wheelies!

    can wheelies blow out fork seal? yes. is it common? no. im new to the fz8 but i spent the last 5 years on a 06 cbr1000 and a drz400sm and both front tires saw countless times in the air with no problems. unless you are just pulling up to 11 o'clock and slamming the front end down over and over...
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    NEW GUY!

    hey everyone, im new here obviously and im new to standards in general. i came across my 2011 fz8 on CL with 1100 miles on it for 5k and im already in love! im coming off a 06 cbr1000rr and 2 drz400's and i would like to say this bike feels like the bastard spawn of what would come from my cbr...
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