Thats a sad condemnation Steve- the likelyhood of you getting pulled will depend on how well the bobby has done with his figures that month
 
I had a 51 plate FZS6 with a standard sized plate with standard lettering which did not have the BS AU number on it and my bike failed its MOT- had to find the cracked and broken one and stick it together with tape and take it back to the MOT station

I think I am with Harry I did the same biker down course about splinter camoflage but also the point made by an- other that the cager coming from a side road wil have his lights 90degrees away from you and wouldnt light up your scotchlite anyway
 
There used to be a tale about eye contact with the cager until he sees you- but I guess that also works with defensive riding- you are watching him for the twitch when you know he is coming out anyway- you need second sight sometimes but sometimes you can almost smell him/her coming out and the fact that they are not switched on at all- thumb up bum and brain in neutral!

Like it...... looks like mine

so......... if I am in my car and a Fazer comes the other way- should I also do the salute?

I do use the anti slip mats (Aldi about £1) to protect my tank and I have never had one flip up on me and have never used the front strap.... perhaps because I am leaning on it with my large belly and that holds it down  in place

As long as we dont buy the T shirt..... no-one but us knows what the f**k it means anyway or that it exists

Hadnt realised they were IAM group..... well.... have to say road positioning and cutting corners! 

And you have lost that jerk when coming off a closed throttle?

I think I move about more than that..... and I dont! 

40mpg..... you must be ragging it!

I consistentlt got over 50mpg and didnt hang about

I brought my 2009 FZ6S2 two years ago and paid £4200 for it with 1000 miles on the clock... but then it was a blue one.... Red is obviously a more expensive colour!

Around 2007/2008 the fuelling got improved apparently and cant complain about mine apart from that I dont think there is more than cosmetic differences between the 2007 and later FZ6's

Never ridden one but the Tedium is supposed to be a great all rounder where the little fizzy needs a lot of gear changing to keep on top form

There is one called MPG on the eyepoodle...... it lets you put in miles and litres and charts your mpg... surprisingly

Its fun for a while and then gets boring but I know I get more than 50mpg average which isnt bad and it drops to 40 something when I am riding a little spiritedly