My buddy is looking at this 04' 636 but he asked a local shop owner about the bike and the owner said to stay away from those years of 636's because.the. motor randomly blows up. Is that any true?

Pumped to be picking up my baby tomorrow, ZX6R 2023 black/grey w/ ABS. I live in Tampa and am driving to Alabama to pick her up given it was impossible to find a black one in FL. I’m then riding around the rural roads of bama and Georgia to break her in over the course of a few days. With that...

So I just installed new rearsets. But now the rear brake is sooo weak. It’s almost non existent. I did adjust the angle of the lever down as that’s the most comfortable to me, did I adjust it too low? Should I bleed the brakes? Should I just sell the bike?? Should I just give up on life?!?

two questions upfront: did I damage my master link by over torquing while pressing plates? will my rivets be sufficient at .25mm? I bought an RK chain tool after a cheaper one died, and didn’t realize it has a “fool proof” mechanism to prevent over pressing and over riveting of the master link...

So today was a good day. Due to my work for the Federal government, today was a day off due to New Year falling on Sunday. That meant lighter weekday traffic along the rural roads I run. The temperature was heading towards the 60F point as I geared up around 11 am, and hit the road. When...