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Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - Chris - 18-11-13
Looks like a lovely day!
windy and raining here... :'(
Chris
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - beach700 - 18-11-13
Ahh man... best wishes for nice weather for you guys!
Hey, side question:
My clutch today started "going out".
I realized it wasn't depressing fully because it was hard to shift gears... and when coming to a complete stop, the bike "pushed" forward.
So I went home... dis-assembled the engine-side clutch piston... and all was good.
I then started pumping the clutch lever to "bleed out" all the brake fluid... and nothing was coming out!
So I think the o-rings are busted.
Can I use regular rubber o-rings to fix it?
Thanks!
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - ChristoT - 18-11-13
(18-11-13, 03:25 AM)beach700 link Wrote: Ahh man... best wishes for nice weather for you guys!
Hey, side question:
My clutch today started "going out".
I realized it wasn't depressing fully because it was hard to shift gears... and when coming to a complete stop, the bike "pushed" forward.
So I went home... dis-assembled the engine-side clutch piston... and all was good.
I then started pumping the clutch lever to "bleed out" all the brake fluid... and nothing was coming out!
So I think the o-rings are busted.
Can I use regular rubber o-rings to fix it?
Thanks!
You have a hydraulic clutch?
I'm no expert, but common sense would suggest you should be able to use brake hose o rings without trouble.
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - jasonall - 14-03-15
nice bike. I have one myself. The hydraulic clutch should just use the regular brake hose o-rings, as was mentioned. There seems to be quite a bit of variation in how these run, but the one I have is very fast for a 28 year old bike. It will easily hit 150mph, and has almost 100 hp with minimal tuning. A couple of things that are weird about it though… On mine, I have a Kerker pipe, which means I have to remove the header to change the oil. Also, one of the spark plugs is a huge pain to change. So, I would recommend putting plugs in that will last a long time. The other three aren't bad, but the second plug in from the right side of the bike is a nightmare, iirc. As long as you take care of it, that bike should easily last 100,000 miles.
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - chaz - 14-03-15
A friend of mine had one, think hers was a 750cc it was imported from France, the odd thing about it was it didn't have an engine number just the code letters and nothing had been stamped after that, it was unmarked so hadn't been ground off or anything? I wondered if it had a new engine fitted but even then you would have thought it would be stamped.
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - Deefer666 - 15-03-15
I had a UK FZX750 98bhp (they were official in the UK for one year before being dropped due to poor sales).... Evil handling little bastards, never really knew what was going on underneath me and I sold it to my uncle and it spat him off....Twice! :rollin :rollin :rollin
If the clutch is fading then like all late 80s/early 90s yams the clutch slave cylinder will need either rebuilding or replacing plus it'll be leaking brake fluid onto your chain which wont do it much good at all..... Really really common fault and the part is the same as the FJ1200/1100 & FZ700/750. Unless you are really unlucky you should be able to get away with just fitting a seal kit to the slave.
Due to falling sales in the late 80's nd the failed merger & bail out program, Harley Davidson a forced the US government to impose an excessively heavy import duty on all Japanese motorcycles 750cc and above, The Japanese responded by reducing the bore on it popular models for the US market to 700cc. When Harley realised what the Japanese were doing they got the Government to amend the bill to also limit the power output of imported Japanese bikes. Hence we got the 98BHP FZX750 and the US got the 60ish BHP Fazer 700, We got the VFR750 and the US got the 700 Interceptor.... etc etc
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - Gnasher - 29-03-15
It was based on http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/fz-750.jpg
These were a sensation when released very radical and technical at the time. Steep inclined cylinders giving a straight through downdraught (fore runner to ram air) induction effect, 5 valves per cylinder to reduce reciprocating mass of the valve gear for higher revving, spin off was 27,000 mile valves clearance checks, box section frame, nose firing, a genuine 150mph and vented discs all very trick. It was the bike to have and beat in 85, it got trounced by the GSX-R750 in 86!
Yam came back with the FZR750 Genesis later in 86 and they swapped back and forth until 89 when most manufactures dropped 750s. Yam upped the cc to 989 and introduced the FZR1000 Genesis in 87 in answer to GSX-R1100 of 86 which blow away every open class prody racer and big sports bike in 86. The thou was a a real tool, but couldn't match the GSX-R for grunt so they introduced the EXUP in 89 with increase to 1002cc and an EXUP valve, making the bike on more par with the GSX-R in grunt. Suzuki moved on to GSX-R1100K basically a sling shot 1100 a real brute. The engine was unbelievable at the time but unlike the 750 the handling was very iffy just too much power and overwhelmed the chassis and more importantly the tyres. It killed Phil Mellor at the 89 TT and a few owners.
Sorry gone off on one a little :rolleyes
The 5 valvers or Genesis engines as they became known where excellent engines. The Yanks back in 85 weren't all that keen on race reps so they gave birth to the street rep i.e. the "Fazer" and as Deffer says the reduced the cc to get around the law, the rest is history!
Re: 1986 700 First Bike! =) - downey - 30-03-15
GREAT THREAD GUYS and welcome beach 700 to this great forum which gives such informative help as you can tell by the answers so far ,ive not long sold my fzx 750 it was my first fazer before moving onto the thou ,but my on had a few mods not done by me but even in its standard for they sure are a real head turner not many of them here in Ireland and i never saw anything like 150 mph on it jeez :eek like said above tyres and handling wouldnt match that ,its a cruiser ,enjoy it mate https://youtu.be/Mi7bgjI2WfIpower,.............................