Thread: Squirlley through turns

Thank you for the responses. This is great!! I tooked the bike out for an 80 mile run through the Southern California mountains. The bike handled better but still went away on the return trip. I kept the tires warm but on the return trip the bike still tried to wash out. I dropped the tire pressure to 37 pounds in the back and 33 pounds in the front. Also moved the shock setting from 8 to 5. I weigh 192 lbs and drive extensively through the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ridgerunner1061 Thank you for the responses. This is great!!.................I dropped the tire pressure to 37 pounds in the back and 33 pounds in the front. Also moved the shock setting from 8 to 5. I weigh 192 lbs and drive extensively through the mountains and cayons in California............................ Ridgerunner..... where are you getting that many shock settings? As I recall it, the FZ6 has shock...

45lbs in the rear is really high. Depending on how much baggage you're carrying, I'd drop it down to ~33front/36 rear. That's about what I run and I'm 255lbs. Also, again depending on your weight stiffen up the rear shock. I run mine at 6. Do both of those and you'll feel a HUGE difference. Btw Welcome to the forum

Quote: Originally Posted by Ridgerunner1061 I have a 2006 FZ 6 with 19,000 miles on it. Over the past three rides the rear tire has tried to was out on me through some long sweeping turns. I am running on Metzler Roadtec z6 tires with 45 pounds in the back and 36 pounds of air in the front and the tires have 2,000 miles on it. The back ends slides out so often I am loosing confidence in the bike. Any ideas on a cure? G'day mate. to the...

To the OP, funny you ask this question. On Wednesday of this past week, I had a set of Metzeler Z6 takeoffs put on my bike. They'd been used for two trackdays and one summer of riding, so about 2000 miles or so of use. They've still got more than 50% of the tread left. Now, to the part that concerns you. The person that previously used these tires (a VERY good rider) asked what pressures I usually ran my tires on my FZ6 at. I told...

+1 on too high a tire pressure originally, but you should look at what the manufacturer's recommended pressure is for your tire/weight and start there. If it still slides around after that, you can try to lower it a bit, maybe 1-3psi, but if still no improvement, I'd start looking at your throttle control and form You might simply be pushing "it", and yourself a bit too much... slowing down always works

Can you state what your throttle position, gear, and RPM were when this happened? For example, WFO!, 2, 11,000. I'm assuming you were corning hard.