My new baby

Well I finally peeled my butt off the seat and got around to taking some photos and uploading them. As you can see, my newest bike is a 2009 Yamaha FZ6R.

It's an amazing bike and really handles nicely in the city and on the highway. The only place it has trouble is on gravel/dirt roads, the old CB650 seemed to handle those a lot better.

This is a 'sport' bike but the power is not really comparable with proper Super Sport bikes, even though it looks it. The fairings and windshield really help a lot on the highway. My neck is a lot less stressed when I finish a couple hundred kilometres of cruising. The riding position is also mostly upright, although less so than the CB650. It is not at all leaned forward like Sport Bikes such as the CBR600, R6, etc..

Anyway, enough of that. I did buy a tailbag and some other small things for this bike. I've already put 2,000km on it and I plan to put on many more this summer. The next step is finding a week or two of vacation and crossing the country.

Also, there is (supposedly) a GoPro Hero HD Video Camera in the mail. It is a month or more late. I am not impressed... BUT hopefully you will be impressed when I upload sexy 720p HD videos of my trip.

You may have noticed a deafening silence here for the past month or so. That would be because I managed to get the bike plated and running on the roads. And I had a blast with it.

It was pretty amazing, taking this bike from scrap in someone's backyard to fully certified and road-worthy. What a fun ride.

That said, it's time to pass it on.. I've gotten a new bike and this one is up for sale. I really enjoyed the whole restoration process but I think it's time to let it go to a new beginner, or bike project enthusiast. I'm selling it for about $1200, probably less, but I figure that is a pretty good deal for a running bike with so much restoration work put into it.

My new bike is a black 2009 FZ6R - and I love it. More pics of that to come when I'm not busy riding it!