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Common FZS Issues
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19-07-16, 06:26 PM
I've just bought a FZS 600 2000. Seems in pretty good condition, 20k, serviced usually twice a year, full history.
What are the most common things to go wrong and look out for? Only thing I can see are cracks on the inlet rubbers which I will look into. 
19-07-16, 07:25 PM
The exhaust studs are m6 and can snap pretty easily when they're a bit rusty and you need to undo them.
Rust never sleeps !
19-07-16, 07:38 PM
Arf...
the mild sterl exhaust downpipes on fazers get rotted away and start to blow....stainless steel downpipes cst about 200 and ate easy to fit...provided u can get the nuts off without breaking the studs. If u do break them...use every possible precaution before using vicr grip to unscrew them (redden with heat...freeze...tap hard with hammer and soak with penetrating oil for a week) I just did mine...three studs broke but I managed to get them out. I noticed a drop in power with the nee pioes which seem to have a bigger bore...HELP..! 
19-07-16, 07:55 PM
(19-07-16, 07:38 PM)stephen hollinshead link Wrote: Arf... Rowntrees Randoms? :lol
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
19-07-16, 09:50 PM
Thats not much help. Is it a case of reduced exhaust back pressure causing a drop in power...?
19-07-16, 10:01 PM
Rear calipers are bab!!! ive got very good fzs600 calipers or fzs1000 blue spot and silver spot calipers with modified brackets for them....................... if you decide to go down this route PM me
20-07-16, 08:42 AM
front sprocket nut can come loose and destroy the output shaft.
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again
20-07-16, 09:39 AM
The FZS runs a very slack chain as standard, avoid bikes that have been run with a tight chain this will knacker the output shaft bearing and in turn will allow enough movement in the gearbox to knacker the selector forks. So unless you are after a project and are fairly spanner competent or know some one who is, then avoid a Fazer than jumps out of second gear.
Other than that, seized and corroded rear calipers, speedos not working, rotten down pipes, and making sure the front sprocket is held on with the revised nut. Cracked inlet rubbers are usually nothing to worry about.
Owner of Motorcycle Republic, Specialist in unfucking things that others have fucked up.
21-07-16, 09:33 AM
Speedo cable can easily become dislodged from its guides or misplaced when the wheel or brake caliper are removed and foul the brake disc; cable is built into sensor and replacements are something like £125 new (and second hand ones are rare as hens' teeth)
21-07-16, 12:11 PM
21-07-16, 03:07 PM
(21-07-16, 12:11 PM)rambothecat link Wrote: [quote author=Deefer666 link=topic=20622.msg237612#msg237612 date=1469003940] Was there a new revision of the nut? [/quote] http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,92.ms...#msg141080
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
21-07-16, 07:58 PM
Most of the common issues have already been covered, but I can add the centrestand to the list. It can weaken either through rust or (if used frequently enough) by stress fractures. It usually warns you before a catastrophic failure though... the bike gets more and more difficult to get onto the stand as the foot on the far side twists under load.
21-07-16, 08:10 PM
Don't forget the blue spots, good brakes but they can bring their woes if not properly looked after. Oh and the disc bolts are made of cheese and the cam chain tensioner sometimes fails to engage properly and the headlights are poor and . . . :z
Treat everything in life the way a dog would- if you can't eat it or foc it, forget it.
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