[Group] YAMAHA Fazer

[fz6blackie]

  sexybabe said:

- i olso encounter many times.

- if u wld ride faster, dey'l try 2 race wif u.

Met one again this morning along AYE, simply sliced across me. Enjoying my ride at 95kph on the last lane, then came this "slicer", simply ignored him.

[JoOs7eR]

  joeboxer82is said:

Greetings fellow Fazerians and whoever that's in this forum.. I got a piece of story to relate to everyone...

 

Last Sunday on the 12th of April,I was otw home on PIE heading towards Jurong after having supper somewhere near Mustafa.I was with my pillion.Weather was fine when I left Mustafa.It started to drizzle somewhere before the BKE exit and so I sped up riding around 120km/h.Just before the speedcam near the BKE exit,1 FY ???L black S4 rider purposely overtook me at a dangerously close distance.I didn't really mind cos I was like ''wtf?!Stupid rider!"

And then when I thought he had left me for sure,I somehow caught up with him again when he wasn't able to squeeze through the traffic up ahead.Realising the traffic was as such,I rode into the 2nd,and then 3rd lane and gradually sped up.'WAT I NOTICED NEXT WAS SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS BEFORE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE RIDING ON SG ROADS...

 

Right after Clementi Ave 6 exit was the Bukit Batok exit and you know what???!!!

 

THAT S4 CAME IN TO THE OUTERMOST LEFT LANE RIGHT BESIDE MY BIKE WHICH WAS IN THE 2ND LANE.(DO TAKE NOTE AT THAT POINT IN TIME,IT WAS NO LONGER DRIZZLING.IT WAS RAINING NORMALLY)

HE WAS IN A SUPERMAN RIDING POSITION WIF BOTH HIS LEGS ON HIS PILLION SEAT,PRESUMABLY TRYING TO CUT OFF THE WIND DRAG BUT HE WAS ONLY RIDING AROUND 130km/h.HE GAVE ME THAT LOOK WHICH I THINK WAS SAYING,''Hey c'mon mate.You wanna see what SILLY THINGS I can do on my bike?!You wanna take me on??'Wtf?!Was he silly/stupid or just some low life freak or what?!

 

I think he thinks I'm riding a GSR perhaps cos mine is the FZ1N.. He might have judged my bike by my headlight I guess.. Traffic up ahead was quite clear then so well,I showed him what a "GSR'' can do:P.Me & my pillion was laughing hysterically when we got home!Wth was he thinking?!

 

lol.. its quite common thingy bro... everyday to work bound to have de...

 

Ride safe guys

[trailblazer]

  fz6blackie said:

I've seen "funny" S4 riders frequently too, the common thing they like to do when we met on the road is that they'll sneak up by my side and cut across me very fast. I rode S4 before, but how come I don't behave like that whenever I see a FZ6 in the past?

 

That happened to me as well..this morning!!

[FY]

  JoOs7eR said:

lol.. its quite common thingy bro... everyday to work bound to have de...

 

Ride safe guys

 

I ride 5 yrs liao never saw such interesting ppl leh, so unlucky

[trailblazer]

did the superman 'clap' his feet? dun take it personal bro, bet he must be showing off to your pillion and not you bro..LOL...

[DeRiCk]

i once got sandwiched in between a gang of "logo" riders and heard them saying my FZ1N was a super 4 revo .. so when the traffic lights turned green , they started cutting into my lane and blowing at mi ... a few cubs , 1 runner and the so-called leader , a super 4 .. so at the next traffic light , they tasted the new "super 4 revo" and the next traffic lights , they didnt come close to mi .. didnt even look at mi ... maybe sometimes look like super 4 or gsr is good .. haha .. can surprise pple with their ass on their head ..

[anric79]

  pichudot said:

that's y u r born to have a fazie!

they r simply S4 riders!

 

dont like tat say leh they are simply s4 riders, me also change from super4 to fazer de leh. No doubt super4 is a very fast and good bike, actually can fight fight fazer6 de no bluff u . everywhere got goood and bad ppl , just happen tat s4 is a funny joker tats all.

[DeusExMachina]

  fz6blackie said:

I've seen "funny" S4 riders frequently too, the common thing they like to do when we met on the road is that they'll sneak up by my side and cut across me very fast. I rode S4 before, but how come I don't behave like that whenever I see a FZ6 in the past?

 

 

Face it, an S4 is a common bike. All kinds of ppl ride it, from the ah-pek to clowns.

 

Also, there might be some kind of insecurity or inferior complexity syndrome attached to some S4 riders (they might consider themselves inferior to riders of other 2A bikes.... CBRs, GSXRs, ZXRs, GSRs, XJRs) such that they'll go to certain.... erm... lengths..... to let you know that they exist, and that they're HOT!

[fz6blackie]

I would like to find out whether is it possible for FZ6 to use a 190/50 (same as FZ1's) rear tyre? FZ6 is using 180/55. Anyone tried already?

[pichudot]

  DeRiCk said:

i once got sandwiched in between a gang of "logo" riders and heard them saying my FZ1N was a super 4 revo .. so when the traffic lights turned green , they started cutting into my lane and blowing at mi ... a few cubs , 1 runner and the so-called leader , a super 4 .. so at the next traffic light , they tasted the new "super 4 revo" and the next traffic lights , they didnt come close to mi .. didnt even look at mi ... maybe sometimes look like super 4 or gsr is good .. haha .. can surprise pple with their ass on their head ..

 

their "leader" riding a S4 duno how a revo looks like?

 

 

  anric79 said:

dont like tat say leh they are simply s4 riders, me also change from super4 to fazer de leh. No doubt super4 is a very fast and good bike, actually can fight fight fazer6 de no bluff u . everywhere got goood and bad ppl , just happen tat s4 is a funny joker tats all.

 

that's y i said u r fazerian ma bro... dun get me?

i guess only a fully mod S4 can win a stock fazer right? it's quite hard for a stock S4 to win a stock fazer right?

 

 

  DeusExMachina said:

Face it, an S4 is a common bike. All kinds of ppl ride it, from the ah-pek to clowns.

 

Also, there might be some kind of insecurity or inferior complexity syndrome attached to some S4 riders (they might consider themselves inferior to riders of other 2A bikes.... CBRs, GSXRs, ZXRs, GSRs, XJRs) such that they'll go to certain.... erm... lengths..... to let you know that they exist, and that they're HOT!

 

nice complexity syndrome explanation! hahaha~

but yeah, it's true sometimes...

[pichudot]

  fz6blackie said:

I would like to find out whether is it possible for FZ6 to use a 190/50 (same as FZ1's) rear tyre? FZ6 is using 180/55. Anyone tried already?

 

i think... cannot lei... unless u remove the rear hugger... cus of it's size and width problem that might bua against the hugger... i suppose... can any other bros clarify?

[fz6blackie]

  pichudot said:

i think... cannot lei... unless u remove the rear hugger... cus of it's size and width problem that might bua against the hugger... i suppose... can any other bros clarify?

I guess if it's only the rear hugger that's causing incompatibility, wondering would it be ok if FZ1's rear hugger so that the rear tyre can fit? Hahaha...

[DeusExMachina]

  fz6blackie said:

I would like to find out whether is it possible for FZ6 to use a 190/50 (same as FZ1's) rear tyre? FZ6 is using 180/55. Anyone tried already?

 

  pichudot said:

i think... cannot lei... unless u remove the rear hugger... cus of it's size and width problem that might bua against the hugger... i suppose... can any other bros clarify?

 

  fz6blackie said:

I guess if it's only the rear hugger that's causing incompatibility, wondering would it be ok if FZ1's rear hugger so that the rear tyre can fit? Hahaha...

 

 

 

No no no no no no no no no.... and NO. It's not about the hugger at all.

 

 

 

Your FZ6 carries a 5.5 inch rear rim.

The FZ1 uses a 6 inch rear rim. We're talking width here.

 

You CANNOT safely fit a 190 section rear tyre on a 5.5" rim. What you'll do is to squish a wide tyre into a narrow base and you end up with a curve that is multi-radius (i.e.... not a smooth curve, but may be steeper or shallower at certain points).

 

What this will do to your handling and cornering? Not good, I can tell you. Very unpredictable.

 

 

You can put a 180 on a 6 inch rim as it will simply spread the curve out evenly, but not the reverse (190 on a 5.5). Think of it as you're having a 28" waist wearing a 32" pants... the pants waist will crumple.... Not good.

 

So please...

600s use 180 rears.

1000s use 180/190 rears.

 

Don't try it. You might regret it.

[aeX]

using 180/55 for my fz1. :thumb:

[DeusExMachina]

  |a|eX| said:

using 180/55 for my fz1. :thumb:

 

190/55 for mine.

 

Best of both worlds. Curvature of a 180/55 and the bigger contact patch of a 190/50.

 

But it's a waste 'cos it squares off more than a 190/50 would. So next change... back to 190/50.

[aeX]

  DeusExMachina said:

190/55 for mine.

 

Best of both worlds. Curvature of a 180/55 and the bigger contact patch of a 190/50.

 

But it's a waste 'cos it squares off more than a 190/50 would. So next change... back to 190/50.

 

why dun back to 180/55?

[pichudot]

  fz6blackie said:

I guess if it's only the rear hugger that's causing incompatibility, wondering would it be ok if FZ1's rear hugger so that the rear tyre can fit? Hahaha...

 

  DeusExMachina said:

No no no no no no no no no.... and NO. It's not about the hugger at all.

 

 

 

Your FZ6 carries a 5.5 inch rear rim.

The FZ1 uses a 6 inch rear rim. We're talking width here.

 

You CANNOT safely fit a 190 section rear tyre on a 5.5" rim. What you'll do is to squish a wide tyre into a narrow base and you end up with a curve that is multi-radius (i.e.... not a smooth curve, but may be steeper or shallower at certain points).

 

What this will do to your handling and cornering? Not good, I can tell you. Very unpredictable.

 

 

You can put a 180 on a 6 inch rim as it will simply spread the curve out evenly, but not the reverse (190 on a 5.5). Think of it as you're having a 28" waist wearing a 32" pants... the pants waist will crumple.... Not good.

 

So please...

600s use 180 rears.

1000s use 180/190 rears.

 

Don't try it. You might regret it.

 

  |a|eX| said:

using 180/55 for my fz1. :thumb:

 

  DeusExMachina said:

190/55 for mine.

 

Best of both worlds. Curvature of a 180/55 and the bigger contact patch of a 190/50.

 

But it's a waste 'cos it squares off more than a 190/50 would. So next change... back to 190/50.

 

so... conclusion...

if you r riding a FZ6, go change ur rim to 6" rim! then u can use 190/50 le!

but i'm not sure if the hugger really does affect in here... will it bua against the big tires?

[fz6blackie]

  DeusExMachina said:

No no no no no no no no no.... and NO. It's not about the hugger at all.

 

 

 

Your FZ6 carries a 5.5 inch rear rim.

The FZ1 uses a 6 inch rear rim. We're talking width here.

 

You CANNOT safely fit a 190 section rear tyre on a 5.5" rim. What you'll do is to squish a wide tyre into a narrow base and you end up with a curve that is multi-radius (i.e.... not a smooth curve, but may be steeper or shallower at certain points).

 

What this will do to your handling and cornering? Not good, I can tell you. Very unpredictable.

 

 

You can put a 180 on a 6 inch rim as it will simply spread the curve out evenly, but not the reverse (190 on a 5.5). Think of it as you're having a 28" waist wearing a 32" pants... the pants waist will crumple.... Not good.

 

So please...

600s use 180 rears.

1000s use 180/190 rears.

 

Don't try it. You might regret it.

Clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear... and Clear. Thanks for the advice!

[DeusExMachina]

  |a|eX| said:

why dun back to 180/55?

 

No advantage of a 180/55 over a 190/55.

Stock size for 6" rim is 190.

 

Turn in rate is the same because of similar profile/curvature.

More contact patch. A 190/55 is basically a larger 180/55.

[DeusExMachina]

  pichudot said:

so... conclusion...

if you r riding a FZ6, go change ur rim to 6" rim! then u can use 190/50 le!

but i'm not sure if the hugger really does affect in here... will it bua against the big tires?

 

First see if your swingarm can accept a 6" rim!

 

Huggers... not a prob. Since there is clearance. And also, a 190/55 sits about 18mm taller than a 190/50. So it's not very far from a 180/55.

 

It's the rim that you have to worry about... and if you change the rim, see whether it can go in between your swingarm or not.

[pichudot]

aiyo so many factors to look into! -_____-'''

 

fz6blackie, use stock la... hehehe~ ;D

y wanna zheng until like that? other ppl dun see the diff too... ;D

[pichudot]

jus now after haven lunch at far east and on the way back office in a cab, saw a fazer 6 with givi normal looking thin plastic side box! ard half the side of h&b junior side box... kinda ugly... -_____-''' moreover he got top box too and they r in a pretty worn out look... guess the uncle got it transferred from his ex-bike...

[fz6blackie]

  pichudot said:

aiyo so many factors to look into! -_____-'''

 

fz6blackie, use stock la... hehehe~ ;D

y wanna zheng until like that? other ppl dun see the diff too... ;D

Haa... Mods are for myself to appreciate, not others. It's how one can feel out of the bike. Thanks guys, new things learnt!

[pichudot]

DeusExMachina's advice is 1 good piece of advice. mine jus like pom-pom car like tat, knock here knock there. ;p

but if really wan to try the thicker and fatter ones and dun wan to change ur rim cus it will be exp, i guess also can right? jus that you will feel that it will be rounder/curver! ;D

[Pplater]

dey... why want to fit a 190 tyre on a fz6 leh? The engineers at yamaha who designed the bike factored in everything in their design, surely for good reasons right? an fz6 is not as powderful as an fz1, don't need as large a contact patch lah. If even fz1 also can use 180 rear, surely it must be enough for a 600cc bike right? U like fat rear tyres ah?