I believe the FZ6 doesn't have ABS from what I've read.Awesome! congrats.
If I was going to give advice i'd say try and find a bike with ABS if you can. Braking without ABS is fine normally, the problem comes when you have to brake in an emergency. Can you hold your composure and progressively but firmly squeeze the brake ? most riders can't, because you just panic. You just grab the brakes as hard as possible, if you do that on a bike without ABS you will lock up the wheels and might low side the bike, which is bad. But obviously bikes without ABS have been around for decades and people were fine. But personally I wouldn't do it if I could afford it. But if ABS bikes were out of my budget, i'd still get a non ABS one rather than none at all lol.
Yeah, seems like that's what it looked like in some of the video reviews / rides I've watched on it.Also, the FZ6 is a 600cc engine off a Yamaha R6 sports bike. 600cc engines are great fun, but they're really peaky. Below 6000 RPM they're pretty docile and predictable, above 6000 they're like a slingshot and they'll fling you down the roads at stupid speeds.
I don't expect to go out of town really on it much or do much for highway driving really even. Just in town, zipping around at least for now until I get more comfortable on a bike.The Fj6 is 30hp detuned off a typical 600cc sports bike engine, so it shouldn't be quite as bad as a typical 600cc sports bike, but I would still be careful. They're just not very predictable as an engine, e.g. you could accidentally downshift too far and drop it nicely into the 8k rpm power band and have way more power than you were expecting. Make no mistake, 90hp in a 180kg bike is going to get you to 60mph in under 4 seconds with good shifting. They're no joke. Be careful and you will be fine, though.
Reason I'm looking at the FZ6 is b/c I found a good deal locally it looks like; $2k for it - but I haven't contacted the guy yet to see if he still has it, or other details (like mileage). Otherwise I'll just keep looking over the course of the winter to see what deals pop up. Not in that huge of a hurry to get a bike; but getting one while the prices are low would be nice.