My FZS600, modding in Oz.

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So lots of stuff has arrived in the mail.
2007 Triumph Bonneville standard fork springs.
From memory the dimensions of them are:
35mm OD
4.7mm wire size
328mm free length
18.5 free coils


Straight rate too, got them for 1c on ebay .


Now i've calculated out the spring rate roughly and i get 0.95kg/mm.  Racetech says they are 0.75kg/mm.  I'll reconcile that somehow, work out the real rate and then shorten them to increase the rate if needed.  Instead of heating and grinding the cut end of the spring I'm thinking of cutting the spacer so it fits snugly on the cut shape of the spring (like how alot of car spring seats are).


Whatever the spring rate is i should get around a 0.06kg/mm spring rate increase roughly per coil i remove.  Each coil is 20mm long so i can afford to take a few out if need be.  If the rate i'm starting with is indeed 0.75kg/mm then one coil out should give me around 0.81kg/mm, two coils out about 0.87kg/mm.  Right in the ballpark of what i want (around 0.9kg/mm, i'm not very heavy)





Ordered a hugger and a belly pan, both from Poland of all places (but the cheapest place i can get them from even incl post)


My girlfriend likes the fairing on my bike more than the mocked up street triple headlight so I've decided to go with the fairing and clip ons.  I'll space the fairing out forward and down a little and use Danmoto adjustable clip ons.  I can set them at a middle ground height (don't want them heaps low) and make it all work together.  I know clip ons will clear the tank cos our track bike has them, i can cut the sides of the fairing down a little if i want to anyways and just respray them.  The fairing could do with a respray anyways (it's got a few cracks and scrapes on it).  Maybe a double bubble if the fairing ands up quite low so it still does something airflow wise.





I put some barend mirrors on too, they work wel,l do like, when the fairing is moved perhaps the fairing mirrors will work well but for now bar end mirrors are better than looking at my own shoulders on the bike .



Measured up the axle holes to make up my own axle sliders, got a fair bit of room, around 11mm hole through the front axle, more like 16mm rear, so M10 threaded rod will fit nicely.


I've done up a quick drawing off my shock mod parts as well, 124mm dog bones to jack the back end up a bit, spring collar to make up the 10mm or so shorter spring that i'm fitting to the R6 shock and collars to adapt the M12 R6 top shock mount to the M8 holes on the FZS600 frame.  Got some of the dimensions off here, some off my mate who fitted the R6 shock to our track FZS600 and some i measured up and decided on myself.  Use my dimensions at your own risk haha, i've not actually made the parts or fitted them myself yet!





And finally i'd love one of these....too expensive though .  Alot too expensive!