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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: Cagey_Thoughts on 20 August 2020, 08:48:37 pm
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2003 Yamaha FZS600 Fazer Rebuild
The original purpose for the work was to protect the ali during winter commute duties….. But that was 8 years ago…. !!!!! I’m semi-retired now… the furthest I commute now is from the bedroom to the kitchen for breakfast….. 😊 So, although the bike isn’t a ‘show’ bike by any stretch of the imagination, it has a different purpose in life now…..
New/refurbished items:
- £700 worth of Seals, bearings and shims!!!!!!
- Forks rebuilt with Hagon Progressive springs
- New Delkevik Radiator
- Beowulf Guard
- New SS downpipes (quite why I didn’t just strip the originals I don’t know!!!!)
- Lextek carbon can
- Leovince hi-level link pipe reworked to fit can
- Calipers refurbished with new pistons, seals and nipples etc (Brakemasters Chesterfield)
- Carbs stripped and refurbished (Matt Harper near Nantwich)
- New Inlet rubbers (engine side)
- Wheels painted
- Valve clearances whilst engine out of frame
- Hagon rear Shox
- ‘Fazer’ polished Torque arm
- Chain and Sprockets
- Clutch cable
- R&G Bar ends
- New fluids and grease all around
- MX Hand guards
Powdercoating:
- Forks
- Swingarm
- Cam covers and end caps
- Hangers and pegs
Exhaust hanger:
Rear Brake caliper hanger:
- Gear lever
- Sidestand
- Main stand
- Cut down Leovince Can (Didn’t use in the end)
- Various other bits and pieces (I’ll try and post some pictures)
£150 for all the bits at Rugby Powdercoating… But that was 8 years ago…… lol
The seat cover was already on the bike, but I attached an old tank bag to it… al la endure style… originally just to hold a few things on the commute….. Deefer did most of the extra curriculum ‘red’ paintwork before the ‘rebuild’…. I did the mirrors and fairing inners….
Pictures: - Mark 1... Standard... save for a Givi Wing Rack....
- Mark 2... Seat cover and high level can
- Mark 3... Start of the redness.....
- Mark 4... todays iteration
[cleaned up the broken formatting, the post as unreadable - bkd.]
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Not sure why the fonts are small and Large... sorry ?!?!?!?!
[I fixed it for you - bkd]
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Pics of the powder coated items.....
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Calipers and Carbs
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Calipers and Carbs
What and how did you paint the calipers? and how durable has it been? as in will it take a medium spanner hit without chipping and how is it standing upto winter/s..?
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The bog standard looks way better to my eyes but each to their own!
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Calipers and Carbs
What and how did you paint the calipers? and how durable has it been? as in will it take a medium spanner hit without chipping and how is it standing upto winter/s..?
In my experience, no matter how much careful prep or spray paint I use, it just never lasts and that is dry riding only.
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I don't know what it is, but the most durable paint finish I've ever seen is the one Ford puts onto the load-bed surface of the Transit tipper trucks. That stuff's incredible. It last ages before it starts coming off and that's with all sorts being chucked on and tipped off.
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Hi B1k... the calipers were painted by the company that did all the refurbishment on them.... Brakemasters over in Chesterfield.... to quote their literature... "We use a tough heat-resistant, colour-fast solvent based coating which we oven harden before assembly"...... The bike hasn't done many miles since I finished.. so can't really say how well they will cope with use etc...
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Hi B1k... the calipers were painted by the company that did all the refurbishment on them.... Brakemasters over in Chesterfield.... to quote their literature... "We use a tough heat-resistant, colour-fast solvent based coating which we oven harden before assembly"...... The bike hasn't done many miles since I finished.. so can't really say how well they will cope with use etc...
Sounds good. And is the way I would of gone, I have looked into a place that does that also for my rear one but mine is still in a good condition. Would be good if you could report at a later time how the coating is fairing up.