Hi,


Does anyone know if there are any swing arms that "bolt on" to an FZS600 (1999).


Answers ideally from anyone who has actually done it.


Searching the forum maybe an Kwak ER6 (2010)? or R6 (Year?).


Thanks,


James

completed full overhaul to both front calipers and replaced the pads.... back to great front brakes...

started on the rear... Not done for some time. Still got some meat on the pads, one caliper pad pin came out with some persuasion.
But the 2nd was a pig.

lots of Plus gas and then a good alen key and pop the key stripped the hex.

Any ideas how to get it out.
I have been looking at bolt removers and even watched video on Delboy's Garage

https  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSxhvYu-x4g

But i don't have a welder... I do have JB Weld Original anyone tried this...

Does anyone have a good FZ1 for sale please? Looking at a gen2.  Budget it £3-4K but preferably the lower end.
Cash waiting!

Hello Foccers!


It's been a while!


So after years of putting it off due to varying degrees of information about how complicated/successful it might be, I finally changed the bars on my FZ1-N for something a bit higher and a bit wider.


As part of my desperate attempts to help the world at large, I made a video of the whole drawn out, knuckle scraping, head scratching, bike dismantling process!


https://youtu.be/0tL64UX4ti0


It's a bit of a long one, but then the job was far more of a monster than expected! Maybe get yourself a coffee before you start!  :lol


I also changed the brake lines before I started for some braided lines that are about 5cm longer than stock.


The video for that endeavour is here:

https://youtu.be/QFQLR1QlF8w

Looking forward to hearing about what I did wrong/right and what you folks think of it.


Ultimately I'm really happy and the bike is now FAR more comfortable for my wrists, shoulders and spine! It's easier than ever to smash it into the tight twisties with a bit of countersteer.


Also the cockpit area now looks far neater, with all the cables and wires now nestling nicely together.


Cheers!


Andy.

I've. Found a problem today. On my 2001 I can't pull the clutch in fully it goes hard before fully pulled I can engage and disengage gears just feels wrong ..I'm not sure if it's the worm mechanism not working correctly

hey lads removed my rear wheel today to do some cleaning lubricating etc... but with such excitement to be in the shed    I pulled out my chain adjusters from the swingarm not noting what way they came out. I know my left and right. I put them back in as the attached pic shows. hoping someone can tell me if I’m correct or not cheers

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OK, so I've ordered new caps to go on the swingarm but the pivot outer was really scored and pitted on one end - it was gonna chew up the new oil seal in minutes. So I smoothed it with some sand screen (like emery cloth) but it's still not good - see photo. Is there a product I could use to fill this? I was thinking of just using body filler but I don't know if that will work well with the grease and the oil seal rubbing across it. The swingarm is aluminium so it needs to be approximately as soft as aluminium. But it's only a surface for the oil (grease) seal to seal against so it's not super-critical. I just want to get a good seal, basically. Any ideas?


Cheers


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hows things lads/ladies been away from bikes for a few years but recently picked up an 03 blue 600 fazer. Great do it all bike needs some tidying so I’ll be looking for some advise from yourselfs ???

Hi, can anyone help me with the wiring for the coils please? My bike has been in bits for a while and I am struggling to find which wires go to which coil. There are two red/black wires, a grey, and an orange, but I cant see in the Haynes or the Yamaha manual any information on which of the grey or Orange go to the 1-4 and 2-3 coils.

I thought I'd have the rear end out for a once-over while I was fitting a new chain and sprockets - I was expecting to find that it might need a bit of a re-grease. What I found was the swingarm spacer seized solid with corrosion (2001 bike). So solid that was actually difficult to knock the spacer out. The photo shows the worst affected end which I'm guessing was the left-hand side - I'm guessing that it was sitting in water when the bike was leant over on the side-stand.


The bearings were a nightmare to get out - I put a chisel on them but the chisel was wrecked and the bearing was entirely unmarked. But I found that the spacer itself made the best drift to knock them out with.


So if your bike's got wet much you might wanna have a little look see. New spacer, bearings and cover caps about £170 from Fowlers.


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