I have thought about clear lacquer on the wheels but I don't think there is anything that will stick to the polished aluminium.
[/size]And If I could get something I would be afraid of chipping it.
[/size]So I guess its just hard work to keep them shiny.
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The polished wheels can be a pain to keep clean in the winter.
I use a polishing kit on them regularly.
I rode the bike about 600 mile in one trip in February this year in the snow.
Didn't much feel like cleaning the wheels then.
Although I did.


The belly pan is made of Aluminium.
I created a cardboard template of the design and bolted the cardboard to the bike before creating it out of aluminium.
Again this can course problems in winter unless its kept clean and painted it will rot.

Any one know if there is an oil seal behind the front sprocket on a 1998 FZS 600?
The reason for asking is. I have been getting some noise from this area. (Checked the lock washer and nut, no movement.)
It sounds nothing like the tappet noise.
So I investigated and could not find any thing wrong under the sprocket engine casing.
However I did find what looked like 1/2 and oil seal about the same size as a crank shaft seal,
Along with loads of small stones and thick grease from the chain.
I have no idea where the oil seal bit came from.
I have checked the manual and the "AS Sutton" web site which gives you the diagrams and part to the FZS 600.
The noise is still there.
The only way I can explain the noise is like a metronome noise it happens mainly when I am cornering left or right.
But has also made a noise when moving through the gears at low revs, as I'm increasing the load to the engine.
The noise stays at the same tempo though no matter what speed the engine is going at.
I would have suspected the big ends but for the fact that the tempo never changes.
And its still there when I corner without any load to the engine.
The engine has just done 26k