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So I am about 90% done with the install... unfortunately I am waiting for a replacement halo to be sent. Everything is painted and all wires are ran. Since the airbox was off I decided to go ahead and remove the sub-throttle plates. Next to the R1 Shock, this is on of the funest installs...

I received my r1 rear shock today and want to repaint the rear spring before I install it. Has anyone had experience with compressing the spring to remove it? I've used a spring compressor to change the springs on my struts, but I think that tool is too large for the rear shock. I'd like to...

So I received my late Christmas gift yesterday in the mail and figured I'd do the install this weekend... which didn't last long. After dinner/clean-ups I headed straight for the Garage and started to install them. Took the better part of 1 1/2 hours start to finish. The install was ok, I wish...

I did a search on the board and saw that no one never brought up the possibility of raising the fork tubes to lighten the suspension. I remember doing this on my old 919 and thought i'd give it a try on the FZ8. The mod is simple, can be done in 15 minutes and is totally reversible. Here is...

I've been keeping up here and there about Sandy and was seeing some pretty gnarly pics of NYC. I hope everyone is doing ok over on the East Coast. Anyone have any good stories? Had a little adventure myself this Saturday when the series of earthquakes off Canada triggered a Tsunami alert here...

I want one... Low price, fun to drive 4 banger sports car. If there is one thing that sucks about living on island, is that we do not see new cars until well after the launch date. Anyone in the mainland seen these or even take one for a spin?

While at a MSF Sports bike Riders Course, I learned that the appropriate way to turn off the motorcycle is through the key switch vice the kill switch because using the kill switch hurts the bike... I just don't see this. I've been riding for a long time now and how I was taught from my pops...

This installation instruction is for installing an oversized bar, 1 1/8'', but you can use portions of it to do a direct swap, 7/8'' bar, or install grips. All FZ8 controls have a nipple on them which leads to either cutting off the nipple or drilling the bars to accommodate the nipple. Since...

It's 11 pm right now and I finished installing my Driven CR Low Oversized (1-1/8'') handle bars and Driven D3 Aluminum grips. I have a set of Driven bar ends but waiting for the adapters since they are on back order. The installation was fairly simple, in fact I took enough pictures to make a...

Last week I placed an order for some Gold SATO rearsets but motomummy said that SATO is no longer producing them. I wasn't able to find anyone who still has a set of these Gold rearsets so I decided to look at other options. After searching around I am torn between the LSL Rearsets (appears to...

So right now my odometer is reading 989 miles... 11 miles short of the 1K mark. I am getting antsy because I want to open her up. The bike will be probably fine if I open her up before that 1,000 mark, but I'm sort of OCD like that were I don't feel 'right' until I hit that mark. I think I...

So today's been an extra busy day out in the Antenna Field and I am relaxing and catching up on paperwork. Typically i'm stuck behind a computer 70% of the day and never seem to find a second to myself. Everything is caught up and i'm simply killing time now, so what do I do? Check out the...

Well I couldn't stand my bike stock anymore so I went out and purchased the following items: - Graves Motorsport Full Exhaust System - Fender Eleminator - Front/Rear LED turn signals - Power Commander V - PC Auto-Tune I got the parts in on Saturday/Monday and i've been tinkering in my garage...

I've noticed that my fuel gauge reads the fuel level lower when I warm it up and jumps up a bar after I start riding. Today was the strangest because it read only two bars at first then jumped up to four about a mile and half into my ride. I've never had a fuel gauge and any of my other bikes...

So I'm looking forward to head back to the Mainland in order to drop off the kids with my folks and hit up an Alaskan Cruise for our Wedding Anniversary. Has anyone ever taken a cruise before? Even better, if you've taken one to Alaska. I've spent the last Seven and Half years working at Sea...

So I was cruising through the Owner's Manual while on the John and noticed that the recommended fuel type is Regular Unleaded... doesn't specify an octane. Now I've always used 91 Octane on my last two bike, but wondering if it even makes a difference between regular and premium. With a 20...

or are there a lot more newer bikes on the rode? I noticed today on post two other bikes that have temporary registration plates on and one other on the road. Not sure if it's because because of gas prices... which was a driving factor for purchasing mine. I know it's one of those things that...

So I recently picked up my new FZ8 and this is the first time i've owned a new bike, my previous ones were used. I am really anxious to start moding this bike but am unsure if doing so will void warranty or mess with the break-in period. I am not looking into head work, valve job, etc... just...

Howzit everyone? Three days ago I sold my '02 Honda 919 and yesterday I went into the dealership and picked me up a new 2012 FZ8. It was a dead heap between the CB1000R, Speed Triple and FZ8 but since the CB1000R would be a special order, it was down to the Triumph and Yamaha. After giving...