Noticed something curious this evening. A bit of an obscure thing but thought I'd ask as I can't figure it out.
I was taking apart a spare lhs footpeg hanger with all the gear linkage bits still attached so I could clean it up and replace the tatty set currently on my bike. The bushings are a bit worn and the lever action is sloppy so I thought I'd replace the lever and the part that it fits onto that holds the footpeg.
Anyway, after seperating all the parts, I looked at the gear lever and something just didn't look right. Checked it against the one on my bike and indeed they are different.
It has an extra bend or two in it as you can see in the photo. The one on my bike is straighter and looks like this one in the link and, as a matter of fact, many others on ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-FZS600-5DM-FAZER-GEAR-CHANGE-LEVER-LINKAGE-/330917435727?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item4d0c37594fIt's definitely not damaged and bent out of shape, and it came off a Fazer 600 and is the same in every other respect. I checked with AJ Sutton and the part numbers for the gear lever for 98' and 03' models are different... but I was never aware that they differed between model years?
So what the foc have I got here and what have you got on your Fazer?