FZS600 as a winter snow bike

[His Dudeness]

Fair play that's serious commitment! The Fazer is a really solid bike and it looks like you got a good one so it shouldn't let you down. One thing to check on them is the front sprocket nut. The original sprocket nut hasn't got enough threads and has come lose on a lot of Fazers and damaged the output shaft so Yamaha have made a larger nut with more threads. If you've got the original smaller nut you should replace it with the bigger one. You'll get it at any Yamaha dealer. Another thing to do is clean the rear brake caliper regularly probably once every month or two as brake dust builds up in them and they stick on. You should probably think about getting a larger front screen too as the standard one tends to direct the wind into your face and if you're in really low temperatures that could cause you problems.

I wonder if he could get a 130 wheel to fit on the bike? Lining up the chain could be a problem and I imagine it would make the handling quite twitchy but if might be better to have a 130 wheel for the 130 ice tyre rather than a 160 wheel with a 130 tyre on it