good or bad

Hello, I recently bought a 2000 FE 501. It was kind of an impulse buy. I haven't had a bike in years (I'm 28) alwAys rode 2strokes and I seen this bike for sale for $1300; figured I couldn't go wrong and bought it:cool: so I got home and it seems there are a lot of haters out there trashing...

I've seen a 2001 FE400 locally which I'm thinking of buying to satisfy my SM curiosity. Is this a good or bad first SM? My riding experience is road bikes, currently 900 Superlight duke and Bimota YB11. I've never really ridden off road, the 400 would be a road bike only initially, although I...

Any good/general rules of thumb on what the coloring of the head pipes might be as an indicator of lean/good/rich jetting? Lean jetting results in hotter exhaust temps, rich jetting resulting in cooler exhaust temps, etc. The stock head pipes on my 2005 FS650 have turned a nice combination...