Where have you ridden your FZ07 today?

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NickJ

Discussion Starter · Jun 19, 2014

Once these things start hitting driveways, I cannot wait to hear where you rode your FZ07.

Are you a daily commuter?
Did you have an EPIC ride out in the hill country?
Are you doing a cross-country trek from AK to AZ?
What about Inter-Continental?!? Riding the Continental Divide from North to South America?

We want to hear about it, and this is the place to do it.

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nick

· #2 · Jul 2, 2014 (Edited)

7/1/14 rode it home from the dealer only put 26 miles on her, got it home just in time of heavy rain.
tomorrow weather is going to nice

7/2/14 went out for about an hour put close to 60 miles on it today. getting better with handling and feeling more comfortable riding it. such a fun bike to ride touch the gas and you go! man the power this thing is got my Harley friend said the 700cc would be to small, yeah right. kept up with him with no problem. my ass was starting to get a little sore after a hour nothing to bad had to move around on the seat.
im averaging about 53 mpg after it breaks in I should see better mpg.
FUN FUN FUN FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!

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AJ Nin

· #3 · Jul 6, 2014

I did a 100-mile ride this evening. Rode on some wet roads, so spent the last hour or so washing, drying the bike, oiling the chain after another long ride to dry it out. I have a Metro vac that gets water out of the nuts and bolts and cubby holes. Bike looks new again. The seat is comfortable for me.

I live in New Braunfels, TX, so I rode out River Road to Canyon Lake, took the Devil's Backbone...a series of twists and turns on route 12 between Purgatory Road and Canyon Lake High School. One of the best riding roads in Texas is 337, one of the Twisted Sisters, between Medina and Leakey past Bandera, but that is a full day trip and weather is too hot right now...October maybe.

NickJ

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jul 7, 2014

AJ Nin said:
I did a 100-mile ride this evening. Rode on some wet roads, so spent the last hour or so washing, drying the bike, oiling the chain after another long ride to dry it out. I have a Metro vac that gets water out of the nuts and bolts and cubby holes. Bike looks new again. The seat is comfortable for me.

I live in New Braunfels, TX, so I rode out River Road to Canyon Lake, took the Devil's Backbone...a series of twists and turns on route 12 between Purgatory Road and Canyon Lake High School. One of the best riding roads in Texas is 337, one of the Twisted Sisters, between Medina and Leakey past Bandera, but that is a full day trip and weather is too hot right now...October maybe.

NICE! Friday evening and Saturday morning were beautiful where we were just outside Blanco, TX. Great camping weather. I would have loved to be on the moto Saturday morning!

AJ Nin

· #5 · Jul 7, 2014

Ha. We're practically neighbors. I like the short stretch of 473 between 281 and 32. Not many cars, well-paved, and some nice turns. 473 the other way over to I-10 is pretty good too.

NickJ

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jul 7, 2014

AJ Nin said:
Ha. We're practically neighbors. I like the short stretch of 473 between 281 and 32. Not many cars, well-paved, and some nice turns. 473 the other way over to I-10 is pretty good too.

That is awesome! I am up in Cedar Park and take the 1431 out to Marble Falls for breakfast whenever I get a chance to. Great ride!

We have been meaning to get out to the Twisted Sisters for a while!

Walt Schmidt

· #7 · Jul 15, 2014

15 miles today!! (Wish it was more like 150.) If it would stop raining!!! Couldn't help myself road around town until I was soakin wet lol. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some more seat time in.

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NickJ

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jul 16, 2014

That is why we always called a new or freshly washed bike the "Rainmaker!" Haha!

FZ-07kid

· #9 · Jul 20, 2014

just picked mine up yesterday morning. loved the ride home been taking short rides trying to get more comfortable since this is my first bike (also first time riding) but i have to say the FZ-07 is great for me as a first time rider and im happy to hear the veteran riders saying only good things about it. cant wait to get a little more comfortable on it so i can take it upthe canyons and let you guys know how amazing it was hahaahahah.

AJ Nin

· #10 · Jul 22, 2014

I usually don't care for white bikes, but this is nice. There is actually more black than white plus I like the fact the white isn't a metallic or iridescent, pearly white like some others.

Kahold Cheung

· #11 · Jul 23, 2014

FZ-07kid said:
just picked mine up yesterday morning. loved the ride home been taking short rides trying to get more comfortable since this is my first bike (also first time riding) but i have to say the FZ-07 is great for me as a first time rider and im happy to hear the veteran riders saying only good things about it. cant wait to get a little more comfortable on it so i can take it upthe canyons and let you guys know how amazing it was hahaahahah.

this is my like 4 th bike lol so far i love and i wish i had something like this to start instead of ninja 300 or cbr 250 which they cost about the same but i out grew my ninja 300 in 2 weeks then i was bore lol this bike is more long term and definitely won't out grow it for a while or even planning to maybe even keep is as a 2nd bike if i get another bike down the road. considering also that the bike is cheap on gas, insurance and maintenance, there is no other bike out there with 25k interval on valve adjustment lol.

Kahold Cheung

· #12 · Jul 25, 2014

The more i ride this bike the more i fall in love with it

Texan1948

· #13 · Jul 27, 2014

Saturday I went 300 miles in east Texas. I started in Plano and went to Chandler. Then took FM 315 to Palestine. The road was up and down and lots of curves. Nothing too tight. The traffic was very light to none. Then to Athens, on to Kaufman and then back up to Plano. Prior to the trip I set my rear shock up on notch to make it stiffer. I think this makes the bike more in tune for my weight of 210. The bike did great and I took the heat well. The trip as a test to see how well I did compared to making the same trip on my Roadliner. I did the same number of stops. The only felt problem was the seat toward the end. But the Roadliner has a Corbine seat so that is not a fair comparison. I hope Corbine comes out with a seat. They have one for the FZ 09. So the day tells me I can do everything on the FZ 07 that the Roadliner does. But while riding I feel much more "part of" the FZ 07. It also tells me I am not any more tired on the FZ 07 than the Roadliner. I have been riding since 1972 so I have more years behind me than in front. No one knows the number of those front years. I just want them to be fun on the bike. Not crazy, just fun with maybe a little "edge" thrown in every once in a while. This bike is putting the fun in big time!

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Jason

· #14 · Jul 31, 2014

Put the first 50 miles on it today, I'm a new rider so it took me some practice in the parking lot, but within an hour I was on country roads living it up!

Kahold Cheung

· #15 · Aug 1, 2014

Jason said:
Put the first 50 miles on it today, I'm a new rider so it took me some practice in the parking lot, but within an hour I was on country roads living it up!

Take it easy till at least 150 miles your tires might be slippery so take it slow

Kahold Cheung

· #16 · Aug 1, 2014

920 miles now it will be 1000 + by this weekend

FZ-07kid

· #17 · Aug 2, 2014

just reached 520 miles yesterday cant wait to get it back from the 600 oil change. so ican open it up on the freeways !

Kahold Cheung

· #18 · Aug 2, 2014

Not really at 600 to 1000 dont go all the way to red line yet and dont stay at over 6k for a long time

FZ-07kid

· #19 · Aug 2, 2014

yeah i was reading the manual this morning. kinda glad i did and thanks for letting me know dude. well i guess that means i gotta get some mileage on so ill be out riding all weekend! catch me on the mean so cal roads.

Sorkyah

· #20 · Mar 11, 2015

Guess I'm a bit late to this thread. Got the bike in September, and its mostly a commuter, but occasionally is taken out to Roosevelt Lake in eastern AZ. As of this post I've got 7k on the bike and absolutely love everything EXCEPT the seat. I was planning on a ride to LA sometime this spring, but the 80 mile ride out to Roosevelt was uncomfortable enough, I cant imagine doing 400 miles on it in one shot.

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