BrowningBAR

MO is where I go to visit all of my fat friends!

sarnali2

To be perfectly honest I'd rather have your second generation FZ1, it's a beautiful looking bike and 2/3s the price.

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Dr_Sprocket

How much fuel could a fuel-cutter cut, if a fuel-cutter could cut fuel?

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longride

You need to buy this bike Pulley, then we could call you Dr. Driveshaft. You need a name change.

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pushrod

Can anyone 'spline to me if they have fixed that there rear-end problem the big Beemers are rumored to have had lately?



Mark me down for a good Porter. My favorite is Sierra Nevada. Actually, I like every brew out of that establishment.

Kirk, we have a bayfront restaurant that has Sweet-water (contract) beer on tap. They have their own names, of course.

I tell folks that I drink Lite beer when I'm thirsty, and real beer when I'm hungry!

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Dr_Sprocket

I could dig it, but I'd have to grow one of those sweet mid-80's porn star moustaches to complete the package.

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GSXRWolf

I like this bike! Saw one the same color at a dealership last weekend. Sounds like BMW has been doing their homework. Just a little more fine tuning to do. This bike is a bit pricey but people with money tend to like to have something a little different. In the end, people will speak with their wallets.........or not.

seruzawa

The BMWMOA mag has had an article on the problem. BMW won't admit there's a problem so they can't announce that it's been fixed can they? It seemed to affect the heavier models like the K1200LT. BMW has changed the hub because it's no longer "lifetime no maintenance". Check out the BMW user groups to see if there's anything new.

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longride

You couldn't do that if you tried Pulley. Cool follows cool.

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Duken4evr

Ya, I love my FZ1. To be honest, it had some pretty unacceptable flaws in stock form. The rear shock is harsh and the engine is heavily neutered with retarded ignition timing and slow opening secondary butterflies in the fuel injection system. After removing the airbox snorkle thingie and secondary butterflies, adding in a full exhaust from Akra and dialing in the fuel and ignition mapping with a PCIII/ignition module, it's good for 150 or so liquid smooth hp. It went from numb, reluctant and a bit vibration prone to a joyfully smooth turbine like rev master, very much like the 04-06 R1 from which it sprang, but with more midrange. It is an awesome street motor in modded form. A Penske shock from Traxxion fixed the rear end. The stock forks are pretty decent.

Resolving the BMW's little "glitch" sounds like child's play compared to what I went through. Modding it has been a journey. Spent many hours on the FZ1OA board, and many hours playing with fuel mapping on my computer. I had buyer's remorse at first, now you would have to pry the FZ from my clutching fingers. It is dialed in tight.

It was fun to do it, kind of nice to have a bike that "needed" me, but I am strange that way. Now I spend lots of time helping others on the FZ board. They can download my PCIII map from my signature line. Constantly getting emails about how that map "transformed" their bikes. Isn't technology grand?