Sorry for taking so long to reply, I was away for a week there. I actually managed to sell them to a man locally over the weekend there. 

About 4 years ago I put up this post http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,13217.0.html documenting how I went about fitting a pannier rack for the newer FZ6s to my FZS600 as it was no longer possible to buy one. Well now unfortunately circumstances have changed and the time has come to sell the bike, but before doing so I thought I would see if anyone would be interested in buying the top box/pannier racks off the bike for their FZS600. I know there was a fair bit of interest in this post at the time, and I can't imagine Givi racks for FZS600s have gotten any easier to find in the last few years. I'd prefer to sell the racks with the panniers and top box included, but I will also consider selling them separately. I'm based in Northern Ireland, but I will get them posted anywhere in the UK/Ireland as required.

Also if anyone is interested in buying the bike complete with the racks and boxes included that would be even better. It's 2003, 21,000 miles, full years MOT.

Joe,


You can kind of make it out in the 5th photo, but I'll take a close up photo for you over the weekend. I basically bolted the rack above the footpeg rather than below it, and still used the 10mm(ish) spacer supplied with the kit in between them. The spacer means that the pegs can still be folded up when not in use.


Kevin

To try and answer a few of questions/comments some of you had made:


I cut the two brackets for under the grab rail from an off cut of 100mm x 50mm (x 3mm thick) box iron which I had lying around, this already had a 90 degree bend in it, which by placing in the vice and with a few quick slaps with the hammer I reduced to 70 - 80 degrees. (found the exact required angle from the template I made from the thinnner steel, but I can have a go at measuring the exact angle if any of you are interested). The issue where I think most people would struggle in the fabrication is drilling the 25mm holes, I'm lucky in that I have a pillar drill to do this, if you dont have a mate with at pillar drill I'm sure your nearest steel fabrication place would happily do this for you.


As far as cost, the rack cost me £87.65


http://www.motocard.com/en/fitment_kits/fitment_kit-givi-pl351.aspx?currency=gbp&utm_campaign=comparadores&utm_source=google&utm_medium=comparadores_en&utm_term=fitment_kits_givi_pl351&gclid=CjgKEAjwzIucBRDzjIz9qMOB3TASJABBIwL1JdWFszIWRgAgSVdQ9L01c6f8YMLm07-YmRDV1xNaYfD_BwE


I got the indicators, and the little blanking off plates which are required for mounting aftermarket indicators to an FZ6 for approx £15. Another option would be to buy a set of indicators to fit an FZ6 as the Givi brackets are designed to simply relocate these.


and finally getting the brackets I made powder coated cost £10, so all together around £110. As far a time it took me 2 - 3 hours. Admitedly if you are unable to fabricate it yourself then it would cost more to get a steel fabricators to make it for you, but I would still think this will come in for less than the £200 suggested. It is only the 2 L-shaped brackets shown in the first pictures which I made, the givi kit is un-modified, with the exception of making the bar linking the 2 sides 15mm longer.


As far as the relocated position of the indicators, these brackets are part of the Givi kit, but are not essential to it, it could be put together without them and the indicators positioned as krnchippy has shown in his photographs, but this would mean the bar linking the 2 sides having to be lengthened by 20 to 25mm not the 15mm mentioned above, to compensate for the loss of the thickness of these indicator brackets.

Any other questions/comments, I'll happily answer as best I can.

I'll take a few pics of the bike without the panniers on when I get home and post them up.


For mounting them further back you would need to cut and lengthen the part of the bracket that connects down into the footpeg. Depending on how far back you moved it this would then mean that the bar linking the two pannier racks to each other would no longer pass through the openings left by removing the indicators, so this bar would then be out in front of the number plate, and the shape of the brackets I made for under the grab rail would be different as the hole that the pannier rack bolts to would be further back also. But nothing is impossible, and you could probably move it 25mm ish without any problems. It is possible to get your foot on the foot peg as it is though.


As far as the space for a pillion is concerned I'm able to sit back there fine, and I'm not exactly the narrowest person, it definitely hasn't been made any worse by adding the panniers, and certainly no worse than the other pannier options (wingrack, home made etc.).

These brackets bolt under the rear grab rail, and are simply clamped in place by it. The position on the pannier bracket which bolts to the top box rack on an fz6 bolts to these instead.

The other mount on the givi brackets is where it connects to the footpeg mount, it is designed to mount under the footpeg on an fz6 but this is not possible on the fzs600 due to the position of the exhaust,  so I bolted it above the footpeg instead, and by using the spacers that come with the kit the footpegs still fold back up out of the way.

Other than that the only change required is to lengthen the bar which connects the two sides by approx 15mm, I just cut it in the centre and welded a small piece in to make it longer.

I've just fitted an FZ6 pannier rack (Givi PL351) to my  2003 FZS600 over the weekend, it was really simple. The parts I made are being powder coated at the minute but I will post pictures when I get them back towards the end of the week.


Essentially I just made a mount which bolts under the grab handle at the back of the bike for the top of the pannier rack. The point where the rack bolts into the footpeg is unchanged, I just bolted it in above the footpeg rather than below as this conflicted with the exhaust mount. And finally the bar which links the panniers on both sides to each other I cut in the centre and made approximately 20mm longer.


It was really easy, only took me a few hours, and you dont have to resort to having one of those awful wingracks on your bike.

This has most likely been asked before but if it has I cant find it. I want to fit panniers to my FZS600, but as the kits dont exist any more I'm struggling.


My bike already has a Givi 340FZ Monorack Top Box Rack fitted so I dont want to remove this to fit one of the Wingrack kits, so I was wondering if a pannier rack designed to fit an FZ6 (Givi PL351) could be gently persuaded (or man handled) to fit an FZS600. Does anyone have any experience of this?


This is the pannier rack I'm referring to:


[size=78%]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GIVI-PL351-MONOKEY-PANNIER-LUGGAGE-RACK-FOR-YAMAHA-FZ600-FAZER-FZ6-2004-2006-/380730050194?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item58a5478692[/size]


Thanks for your help.

I'll have to take better pictures of it at the weekend, but essentially its the same as this one.

Its not as bad as it generally is this time of year, but its still pretty miserable.

Hi all,


Just wanted to introduce myself. I bought a blue 2003 FZS600 in April, and passed my test on it 2 months later. Its a very clean bike, 19k, 2 owners from new. Bit of a late comer to motorbikes (25 years old) but a few of my friends always had bikes so I thought I'd give it a try and loved it. I decided on a Fazer because I wasn't into the racebikes (CBRs, Gixxers etc.) that my friends have, and wanted something a bit more comfortable that I could not only have fun on, but that I could also do a bit of long distance touring on, and so far I am delighted with my choice.


I have a few questions, and ideas that I'll be looking for advice and opinions on, but I'll post them in good time. In the mean time I just wanted to say hello.