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Morning, i wouldnt worry too much about modifying it at this stage. would get out and ride it first, see what you like/dislike about it and go from there. As its a cold, wet horrible time of year i would concentrate on buying decent gear to make your ride more comfortable and enjoyable. Then once you have done a few thousand miles on her at various speeds on various roads you will know if you like the tyres, suspension, brakes, overall handling etc etc.

The voice of reason I feel 

Each to their own for sure, but I felt the advantages of 3 banjo bolts over 6 was no contest.

Ive being doing a search on here about gen 1 fork springs / fork upgrades and it all seems well confusing as to which way to go/ which brand etc, linear or progressive
Has anyone got any recommendations which would be a good way to go with them ? I've got an R6 shock from Devilsyam on it and now want to improve the front but the budget isn't unlimited.
Can I get a decent improvement for £200-£250 ? For that I'm assuming it'll be just springs ( fitted by mechanic not me)  and a change of fork oil which adds the question to what grade oil ??
Main use will be solo with a the odd touring trip with the mrs here and there and I'm no racer but like a bit of spirited riding every now and then.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated
Thanks

I know you guys are the big boys with the big boys toys, but me with my elf like proportions, at just a mere 14 stone with all my riding gear on and riding only a baby Fazer FZS 600.
I to would recommend the Linear Springs for the front, I went for Linear 8.5 N/mm Ohlins, and also converted the forks from Damper Rod suspension to Cartridge Emulator suspension, for the back end I went for the Nitron R1 mono-shock, again set up for my weight and riding style (Spring weight, Damping and Rebound) by Nitron when they built it for me.
I did all the work on the bike myself, it is not difficult but you need to work systematically and cleanly when doing it, and, don't cut corners its a chance to overhaul the whole of the suspension setup.
I removed all the back suspension linkage and swing arm and washed out all the needle bearings and re-packed them with red Rubber waterproof grease 


After some fine tuning with the viscosity of the fork oil I am now really pleased with the suspension setup not just the handling but the comfort of the ride to, the bike seems to go into corners better with no corrections half way round. The old Yamaha springs were not absolutely awful but they used to somehow dive/drop-in on uneven road surfaces while cornering, demanding a correction of your line.


I have noticed that my chicken strips are no longer 5/8th of an inch, but diminishing on every ride.
The Nitron I realise is not the cheapest way to go, there is a member on FOC-U that supplies R1 shocks to fit the 1K Fazer along with the doggies as well if required, I've heard some great stuff about him and his conversion work.


This might sound silly but what brings a smile to my face is when I now roll the bike off the centre stand and it settles down onto its wheel with a sooth, plush, gentle hush and quietly settles into it's Static Sag position with out the couple of bounces that it used to do, rebound damping spot on.

With a pineapple

Definitely, I love the feeling of blasting along and for my age I'm doing too bad. OK I don't scratch like I used to, many years ago used to grind the ends of the pegs off on the road, sparks flying everywhere, only problem was the pegs on the old BSA Super Rocket did not fold up on a hinge and if you drove them hard into the road the back wheel would run light or worse lift off the road then you were in deep doo doos, ended up in Guildford hospital a few times because of that.   Certainly grinds the bark off the wrists, knees, hips and ankles getting dragged up the road trapped under an old Beezer. 

just saying hi before the onslaught of questions from another newbie, and here's a pic of my ride

A moment of madness today, probably caused by the first bone dry road in ages, I gunned the 600 away from the lights on a very rare clear road and after 87000 miles it still pulls clean and smooth right to the red line in every gear except 6th.  Well I ran out of road at 11500 in 6th
Why would I ever want to change it 

Good man Unfazed


Have been know to do the same myself, and your absolutely right about the power and performance of the FZS 600.
It's a great engine that loves to make its owner smile.


I was accelerating down a slip road the other day (A3M Northbound) and as I got to the motorway a lorry was in the slow lane so I backed off for him but he appeared to do the same so we were still in the same position just with both of us going a bit slower about 55 mph, I popped the old girl down 2 cogs and gunned it red lined it in forth and 5th and within a very short distance I was at 122 mph in 5th see attached a grab shot from my GoPro video.
If any police men  look at this I have doctored the picture in Paintshop Pro as I am actually doing 30 mph.   

I went with 2 lines- fewer joints, fewer opportunities to leak.
Rob

I'm with Rob I went the two front pipe route, as stated less joints to leak, joint at the master cylinder single joint on each calliper = 3 joints. Master cylinder joint is a single piggy back joint.
As opposed to joint at master cylinder, joint at feed into the yoke manifold two joints out of manifold one joint on each calliper = six joints

   Doh! 

So anyway --- where does all this sediment come from

You tell me Sharpie that's the reason we have to change fuel filters once in a while.
Water in the carbs or filter at this time of the year is a real problem as it freezes, and, if that happens the old Fazer is going nowhere.


One assumes that the storage tanks at the garage are clean, as we do in the refinery's , not to mention the fuel tanker that cross the seas and the trucks that deliver it to our local service stations.
I have removed fuel tanks from bikes and cars before and found rust shale and grit in the bottom.


Fingers crossed

Heyall

Just got me a Black 99 600 on a cat D, after a stolen/recovered.

Replaced locks, sorting a few bent bits after they threw it in a ditch.  No great timescale to fix, as have a Viagra to ride!  Posted a wanted for headlamp frame. Was considering streetfighter, but have found HID's installed, so keeping the lot. I have the original fairing, replaced screen and will do some plastic crack fixing in due course.

Has nice stainless downpipes, but yet to try and start as waiting for replacement clocks to arrive.

James

Welcome James
tommy