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Have you ever been down a road in your car and just wished that you were on your bike at that moment? This past weekend I had to be at an event in Southern Missouri and drove on RT 90 travelling East from highway 71. The whole time I was thinking " Just why could I not be on my FZ8 right now...

Finally !! My suspension transplant is complete ! Front forks: Yamaha R1 fork internals, with Elka Suspension 20mm pistons and valving. Rear shock: Elka Stage 5 high flow shock absorber with Hi/ Lo speed compression, rebound and manual preload. I will probably add a hydraulic preload...

Forks are done ! Just need to finish my rear shock.:D Had some R1 cartridgers installed with caps, and had to do some mods to the stock damping rod to locate the R1 bottom device and re-thread it to allow the rebound device to be functional. Also added a bleed hole for low speed dampening...

Hey guys (and gals), I am a new FZ8 owner from Montreal, Canada and have been riding for about 10 years. I am a former Suzuki Bandit 1200 owner and decided to replace it with the FZ8 after a spill which totaled the bike. :o I only have about 100 km ( about 60 miles) on it since Saturday when I...