Recent content by AJ Nin

My FZ07 is being recalled also for the same battery lead. No official notice yet, but the dealer called to make sure I wanted him to do it so he could order the parts. It looks like it is going to be all the FZ07s.

Curious if they even work? I know small fly screens really work on a crotch rocket, but there you are forced into the bent and stretched position so your head is low. Sitting upright, I don't see how a little windscreen would work. I don't like the looks of windscreens on a naked bike anyway. I...

I get a plastic smell coming from my bike after a ride that may be this issue. Oh well, as long as my butt doesn't catch on fire, I guess I'll wait it out.

Could be the cooler weather or could just be the bike is better broken in, but I had stalling issues early on...serious ones the first 2 days...then occasionally, and nothing at all the last 2 months and I ride every day. 1300 miles on the FZ07 now. So if I had to pick something contributing to...

I think you got a faulty chain. At some point it got wet of course, but it still shouldn't rust. I had this happen on another bike (a Grom) and nobody else seemed to have the problem. I ended up replacing the chain and the 2nd chain...same brand and specs, did not rust. If your chain is like...

I THOUGHT my stall was gone, but it returned yesterday. Here in Texas, it is hot so I haven't been riding very long although I ride every day. Yesterday, I rode the FZ-07 10 miles up to 80 mph, exited the freeway and the first stop sign I came to, I downshifted into 1st, pulled in the clutch and...

I'm 68. One attraction of the FZ-07 for me is the lighter weight. When you get a little older it is harder to just move a bike in and out of your garage, plus throw a leg over to get on and off if you are short like me. I have seen several old guys drop Harleys and Gold Wings. The balance seems...

If I need lots of storage, I just add a second, smaller backpack to my front. It works great and counteracts the one on my back. Saw this on another forum and it is brilliant. You just need to take if off before you walk into a store because you look like a suicide bomber.

What did they charge for that?

I had no trouble loosening the nut, but I did use a breaker bar. If I had trouble, I would just use a longer bar. My breaker bar is homemade. It's a hollow brass tube that fits over my half inch socket wrench handle, but I still have less than 2 feet from my hand to the axle nut, so if I did...

I owned a 2012 Ninja 650r and now own the FZ-07. The bikes are similar. The FZ-07 is about 60 lbs. lighter which is noticeable when moving the bikes around by hand or riding at slow speeds, or just getting on and off the bike. Weight is important. There will be slightly more power and faster...

Haha. I know what you mean. Dealerships often give you a list of what is supposed to be done at a certain maintenance appt. rather than what they actually did. I'm sure you got an oil and filter change though. The question is always, "Did you get anything else?" You can tell from the parts...

This throttle body thing looks more like an attempt to get you back for the 600-mile service so the dealer can make some more money and get you used to going to the dealer for your maintenance. They pick something you are not likely to be able to do yourself...like throttle body synchronization...

With experienced riders the stall problem would not be failure to give the bike throttle when setting off after a couple of rides. It would be an intrinsic issue with the bike itself, but you already know that. Only a handful of people seem to have the intrinsic stall. Let us know though. I've...

First I heard of throttle bodies needing synchronization early on, but could be. Honda does valve checks on many of their bikes at 600 miles with the same bucket and shim system as in the FZ-07. Yamaha, recommends the first valve check at 26,600 miles. Often the synchronization and valve...