New toy

[MFD]

Per my thread in the introduction forum, I got myself a shiny new FZS600 the other day


This afternoon's job was taking the center stand off and starting to tidy up the frame around its mounting brackets:

1. Rusty
   
2. Less rusty
   
3. Primer
   

I'm after a rear hugger for it, but out of the several on eBay I'm not sure which to go for. From squinting at the photographs in the listings, I think this one made by P&P Motorcycle Bodywork has the most coverage of the wheel and chain, but is that what I should be looking for?


Thanks

[darrsi]

Hello mate.
You need to start by adjusting your profile so we can see at a glance which year of bike you have for future reference, as there’s 3 generations of these bikes with a few differences.


I see your bike is a 2003 model so as these huggers are brand new then i can’t imagine why you’d have a problem with it to be honest.

[MFD]

Hello


Fixed profile. I'm not worried about problems with the huggers, just unsure which is going to do the best job of keeping crap off the bike, since there are several designs for the same model. The middle one of those looks to have the most plastic, which in my mind means it'll catch more.

[darrsi]

There's not much to think about to be honest, they'll all do a similar job i reckon.
It's amazing how much crap still gets splattered about, in places like the rear shock for example, which you'd think would be pretty well covered.

[tommyardin]

[size=1em]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-FZS-600-FAZER-2003-A16-Rear-Hugger-Black-including-fitting-bracket/162641700798?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49896%26meid%3D6853adfa94bd46659188f10d51817fbc%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D322418091347&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851[/size]
[size=1em]
worth a look[/size]

[size=1em]2002-2003 FZS 600 Foxeye are the same hugger [/size]

[darrsi]

[size=1em]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-FZS-600-FAZER-2003-A16-Rear-Hugger-Black-including-fitting-bracket/162641700798?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49896%26meid%3D6853adfa94bd46659188f10d51817fbc%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D322418091347&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851[/size]
[size=1em]
worth a look[/size]

[size=1em]2002-2003 FZS 600 Foxeye are the same hugger [/size]

Can now see what he's saying, quite a different design to his one.
The one on my bike is more similar to his, does the job, but if you ride all year round the crap is unavoidable anyway.

[MFD]

Today I started work on my frustratingly necessary custom seat. After comparing the (modified) seat on my GS500 and the one on the Fazer, I came to the conclusion that in addition to more width, I needed to make the Fazer seat come forward around the tank a little more so more of my weight is supported by my legs... which is how this... construction came into existence.


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Still a few days of work left in it - I need to bevel and tweak the frame to be more comfortable, reinforce the base a little, add some extra pads near the front to support it from the bike frame, build up the new foam on top of it all, then once I'm happy with that, make a cover to fit it.


Oh, and probably fit lowering links so my feet can touch the floor properly by the time I'm done. Does anyone know what the distance between bolt centers on a standard set of links is so I can check if its already been lowered/raised?

[darrsi]

Standard dog bones measure 140mm centre hole to centre hole.

[MFD]

Slowly getting ready...


Earlier in the week I finished repainting the center stand. Today I finished touching up the bottom of the frame... then found flaky paint and rust on the crossmember behind the radiator, one more job.


Seat is progressing, as of this afternoon the shape of the "structural" foam is mostly complete:


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Oh god, I keep grinning thinking about being done with these jobs and switching to it as my daily soon

[MFD]

Fenda Extenda™ fitted.

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[Disorderlypunk]

i am normally a minimalist but i like that idea
where did that come from ?

[MFD]

i am normally a minimalist but i like that idea
where did that come from ?

Mainly my GS500 rusting away, also found a load of dirt and flaking paint on the radiator crossmember, which might not've been there if this were fitted sooner.


Speaking of which, just been poking around the radiator crossmember and I don't think I can tidy it up without taking the radiator off, so that's for another time


Also found more spots of surface rust around the upper frame behind the fairing, hopefully I'm not fighting a losing battle in trying to get it like-new-ish.

[Disorderlypunk]

ok im going to rephrase that
where did you get the fender extender from ?

[MFD]

ok im going to rephrase that
where did you get the fender extender from ?

Oh, right.


eBay: Pyramid Extenda Fenda For Yamaha 2003 FZS600 Fazer 05214