“Referrer?”

[Mike M in ohio]

I know this will reveal my total lack of tech knowledge, but I’m frustrated enough to ask. I am soon to add an F6B to my mini stable, so I thought it would be wise to join the online f6b club. But, one space in the application asks for my referrer and I don’t know what that answer should be. They also ask for the first production year of the bike, which I answer as 2013. But that comes back as wrong as well. Any ideas for me? Or are they just keeping me out? Thanks for any answers.  Mike in NY

[Moonshot_1]

Tell'em you're from Jersey. They'll feel bad and might give you a break.

[Rams]

I know this will reveal my total lack of tech knowledge, but I’m frustrated enough to ask. I am soon to add an F6B to my mini stable, so I thought it would be wise to join the online f6b club. But, one space in the application asks for my referrer and I don’t know what that answer should be. They also ask for the first production year of the bike, which I answer as 2013. But that comes back as wrong as well. Any ideas for me? Or are they just keeping me out? Thanks for any answers.  Mike in NY

Obvious caveat:   Don't own or ride an F6b but, I would suggest that referrer is the person that directed or referred you to the site.

In reference to the year, I believe the F6b was produced in 2013 but marketed as 2014 & 2015.

I could be wrong on all of this, I'm an old school Valkyrie rider.   

Rams

[Jack B]

I have a 2013 first year F6B.
You can use me as a referrer my user name is JackB

[Rams]

I have a 2013 first year F6B.
You can use me as a referrer my user name is JackB

Well, there ya go.....
Shows ya what I know.    

Rams

[DirtyDan]

Tell'em you're from Jersey. They'll feel bad and might give you a break.

Hey

 

Dan

[robin]

Tell'em you're from Jersey. They'll feel bad and might give you a break.

Hey

 

Dan
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Yea what's up with that?

[FryeVRCCDS0067]

2013 was the first year I think, and that answer worked for me, assuming it's the same owners group. Looks like you've already got a referrer but you'd be welcome to list me too if needed.

Bought my B new this past January and have a little over 9000 miles on it now. All in all, I'm pretty happy with it. The wife says the OEM passenger seat is even more comfortable than the Ultimate seat was on our Valk. I love the bikes handling and probably won't darkside it just because I don't want to change it. The OEM tires are sticky but are showing quite a bit of wear. I bought a spare rear wheel from E bay and have an Avon ordered for it. Because of the single sided swingarm the rear wheel has lug nuts and comes off just like an automobile tire and wheel. That also makes a spare wheel relatively cheap since there are no captive bearings or rotor attached to it.

Downside is the linked brakes, I really detest them. Makes riding on rutted and/or thickly graveled roads sketchy at best. There are times I don't want to use my front brake and going down steep, thickly graveled, rutted roads is one of them. Same with off camber gravel road corners. With linked brakes it doesn't matter if I want to use it or not, when I apply the rear brake, the front comes on after a short delay. On my inlaws steep ass gravel driveway that means I use the rear brake till the front locks and slides, then let off to get it rolling and do it again. It's doable but not fun. My Valk handled gravel roads like a dirt bike, the B sucks on those same roads.

Seems to have slightly better acceleration than the Valk from 60-115, haven't had it past that yet. 0-60 doesn't feel any faster to my butt dyno. If it lasts as long as my Valk it will be the last bike I need to buy unless I need a smaller one as I age. We'll see. Sure wish it was 20 years faster than my Valk but it's not. Today's Honda must be ran by safety nazis instead of riders.

Enjoy.

[old2soon]

2013 was the first year I think, and that answer worked for me, assuming it's the same owners group. Looks like you've already got a referrer but you'd be welcome to list me too if needed.

Bought my B new this past January and have a little over 9000 miles on it now. All in all, I'm pretty happy with it. The wife says the OEM passenger seat is even more comfortable than the Ultimate seat was on our Valk. I love the bikes handling and probably won't darkside it just because I don't want to change it. The OEM tires are sticky but are showing quite a bit of wear. I bought a spare rear wheel from E bay and have an Avon ordered for it. Because of the single sided swingarm the rear wheel has lug nuts and comes off just like an automobile tire and wheel. That also makes a spare wheel relatively cheap since there are no captive bearings or rotor attached to it.

Downside is the linked brakes, I really detest them. Makes riding on rutted and/or thickly graveled roads sketchy at best. There are times I don't want to use my front brake and going down steep, thickly graveled, rutted roads is one of them. Same with off camber gravel road corners. With linked brakes it doesn't matter if I want to use it or not, when I apply the rear brake, the front comes on after a short delay. On my inlaws steep ass gravel driveway that means I use the rear brake till the front locks and slides, then let off to get it rolling and do it again. It's doable but not fun. My Valk handled gravel roads like a dirt bike, the B sucks on those same roads.

Seems to have slightly better acceleration than the Valk from 60-115, haven't had it past that yet. 0-60 doesn't feel any faster to my butt dyno. If it lasts as long as my Valk it will be the last bike I need to buy unless I need a smaller one as I age. We'll see. Sure wish it was 20 years faster than my Valk but it's not. Today's Honda must be ran by safety nazis instead of riders.

Enjoy.

                 16 going to Morgantown we got into a detour situation and da prez and I were both "blessed" with fully loaded trailers. Had we had a linked braking system I'm fairly Certain the outcome of our detour off road adventure would have been Very different And NOT in a good way. Maybe newby riders with no experience on independent braking as us older Riders are used to would be sort of o k til they ran up on the NEED for independent braking. I M H O M/Cs should stay with independent braking. Trying to undumbify everything I guess.  RIDE SAFE.

[Dave Ritsema]

The F6B was manufactured from 2013 to 2017. I had a 2013 coming off my last Valkyrie and instantly fell in love with its handling, balance and seating position that felt very similar to my Valkyrie. With an Ultimate seat it was as close to perfect for me as an out of the box bike had ever been. It handled like it was on rails and the fuel injection took all of the concerns that 6 carbs presented me with every spring when it was time to wake the bike back up and 5 months of northern winter.

The downside for me was that my wife was uncomfortable on the back of it not from a physical standpoint but rather after being used to being tucked into the trunk and backrest on the Interstate she felt too much out in the open. Since that affected our riding together I sold it after one season and moved to a full Wing. If I always rode solo I would still have it.  

Great bike, I am sure you will enjoy it for many years to come. Consider upgrading the headlights to LED's at some point. I had them on my F6B and then transferred to the Wing.  They are amazing.

I also found the forum http://hondaf6b.com to be full of helpful folks and a wealth of information.

[MarkT]

Sounds like the F6B needs ABS to go with the linked brakes.  My 02 Wing has ABS and it never locks the wheels in gravel or elsewhere.  The linked brakes came in handy when I broke my right leg and it was in a cast.  The wing was the only vehicle I could drive as I didn't need my right foot to brake.  When I got the bike I tested the ABS on a gravel shelf road (2-track) in the foothills.  Downhill, steep and off-camber.  Mashed the front brake and all it did was slow down effectively with no wheel locking.  Better than I could have done it manually if it had unlinked brakes w/o ABS.  Also there is no pulsing like on my 97 Exploder which has an early rendition of ABS.

[Dave Ritsema]

Sounds like the F6B needs ABS to go with the linked brakes.  My 02 Wing has ABS and it never locks the wheels in gravel or elsewhere.  The linked brakes came in handy when I broke my right leg and it was in a cast.  The wing was the only vehicle I could drive as I didn't need my right foot to brake.  When I got the bike I tested the ABS on a gravel shelf road (2-track) in the foothills.  Downhill, steep and off-camber.  Mashed the front brake and all it did was slow down effectively with no wheel locking.  Better than I could have done it manually if it had unlinked brakes w/o ABS.  Also there is no pulsing like on my 97 Exploder which has an early rendition of ABS.

For some odd reason Honda only offered ABS on the Canadian models of the F6B.

[shortleg]

I know this will reveal my total lack of tech knowledge, but I’m frustrated enough to ask. I am soon to add an F6B to my mini stable, so I thought it would be wise to join the online f6b club. But, one space in the application asks for my referrer and I don’t know what that answer should be. They also ask for the first production year of the bike, which I answer as 2013. But that comes back as wrong as well. Any ideas for me? Or are they just keeping me out? Thanks for any answers.  Mike in NY

  Your answer of 2013 was correct and if you need a reference use shorrtleg0521.
     Send me a PM maybe I can help ya out.
  Hope it is the Santorum I belong to.
    We have a section for 2018 wings also on the one I am on