observations

Well I took out my new 2006 FE450E for a couple of hours of riding in circles at a motocross track this Saturday. Not a very challenging track, mostly sand, table top jumps only. All in all a good venue to just ride around and get a feel for things. As a basis for comparison, I also own a...

so, i got my 06-07 kickstarter, and i set about installing the tank. am i the only one that finds the position of the left petcock to be slightly bizarre? i don't know if later bikes come with different petcocks, but mine has a choice of pointing either directly at the cylinder, so the hose...

Holy cow, was that a blast. I just wanted to post a few personal observations of Force ride '07. First off a big thank you to Ken (Berger) and his wife Linda for their wonderful hospitality. They put Schwim and I up and provided bikes for us for the ride. Thanks buddy. Ned, it was a...

so, i got a .44 and .46 spring for the forks, making a .45-ish spring rate since the .42 stockers were riding too low in the travel. the new springs were a few mm longer, so i left out the 2 thin preload spacers on each leg and just kept the thicker one. i went 2 stiffer on rebound damping and 1...