u/Brasenshok

When I bought the bike the rear brake pedal was bent, I've lived with it for all this time but with my new stiffer boots getting to it is more of a pain (it's bent towards the engine).

upon looking up the price for a new pedal I find that they're basically unobtainable or well over $100. what the fuck? for a little pedal? am I missing something here, or is that really how it is? if anyone knows a reasonably priced replacement please shoot me the link otherwise I'm just sticking with the bent arm.

sorry if that was ranty.

I'm not sure if posts like this are allowed but here it is. I bought boots on motorcycle closeouts.com for about $100. they didn't fit (huge for their labeled size unfortunately) so I initiated a return. Then I realized return shipping is on me, and it would cost about $40 to return. I'd be paying $40 to have tried out some boots.

Should I eat the cost or should I try to sell them locally?

and before anyone asks why I'm ordering gear online, the nearest gear store is a 3 hour drive away.

I'm looking to replace the OEM cam chain tensioner with a manual one instead of paying $180 or more for the automatic one (not including gaskets I'll need). I was wondering if the PSR branded one is good enough? There's also the really cheap $40ish ones but they look sketchy.

Hey everyone, I was wondering how fast you're able to go in first gear with stock sprockets. I don't want to take the cover off to count the teeth but I went 60+mph in first and was wondering if that's stock. I can't believe this bike can do that. 1st gear is seriously tall imo.

So I've been riding my 06 fz6 for a few weeks by now, and I knew that being my first motorcycle using the clutch was going to take some getting used to. But damnit I just can't figure out how to consistently take off without bogging down or stalling.

at first when I got the bike I would get into the friction zone THEN add gas. That resulted in bogging and stalls more often than not. now I try to hold some throttle and let out the clutch into the friction zone but honestly I get the same results.

for example I'll rev up to 4k rpm and slowly release the clutch and not only am I not taking off with the authority I want, it still bogs down to like 2k rpm while I'm accelerating until I can let out the clutch completely at like 8mph. Practicing with the clutch tires me the hell out. it's so heavy to pull and the friction zone is so so small it's like 3-4mm max. I feel like an idiot. I just don't get why this thing bogs down so much when taking off. I really don't want to jerk the bike forward or rev it up stupid high and burn my clutch.

so please if anyone can enlighten me how to take off without bogging the bike and without burning my clutch up. I'm tired of taking off like a grandma at every stop.