I spoke on the phone to them, but did not travel over instead I scanned Arnolds the Yamaha dealer and looked at a fz6 that sold while I was looking at it and I also viewed a newer model Hornet they had. I think I prefered the FZ6 but was worried about the amount of heat the exhaust may put into the saddle, hot days out with motorcycling gear on are hot enough with out that added.