04-02-18, 12:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-02-18, 12:04 AM by tommyardin.)
My understanding of the FZS600 was that it was a budget bike brought out because Honda and Suzuki had 600 4's, Yamaha had nothing really to compete sports touring wise, with that so the FZS 600 was born, again it's only what I have heard and read in a variety of places, Yamaha looked in the store room and found bits that they had an abundance of and used those parts, why else would a budget bike have the one of the best sets of front brakes on the market, the Multi Pot Blue Spots?
No decent mono shocks in stock, so manufacture an inferior cheap shock and nail that on, along with a not very satisfactory rear caliper, along with a few other dated looking components.
Painted down pipe and collector that rust again a bit on the cheap side, but, its a budget bike brought out in a hurry to compete with machines that were grabbing the mid range market.
I don't know, but, could the down-pipes also of be from old stock? I have heard that the Lump in the FZS 600 is a de-tuned R6 or ThunderCat mill. I often wondered if the welded threaded stubs on the down-pipes were ever designed to have a perhaps chrome shied to cover the black pipes just maybe they could be a fixing point for them.
I don't know and I am just speculating, it's a thought.
I bet when Yamaha launched the FZS600 back in 98 little did they know what a huge success that bike would be, or what a huge following it would have, the machine really is a legend in its life time.
Now I don't know if any of the stuff I have written here holds water or not, but it's ideas I have picked up from others and have read.
No decent mono shocks in stock, so manufacture an inferior cheap shock and nail that on, along with a not very satisfactory rear caliper, along with a few other dated looking components.
Painted down pipe and collector that rust again a bit on the cheap side, but, its a budget bike brought out in a hurry to compete with machines that were grabbing the mid range market.
I don't know, but, could the down-pipes also of be from old stock? I have heard that the Lump in the FZS 600 is a de-tuned R6 or ThunderCat mill. I often wondered if the welded threaded stubs on the down-pipes were ever designed to have a perhaps chrome shied to cover the black pipes just maybe they could be a fixing point for them.
I don't know and I am just speculating, it's a thought.
I bet when Yamaha launched the FZS600 back in 98 little did they know what a huge success that bike would be, or what a huge following it would have, the machine really is a legend in its life time.
Now I don't know if any of the stuff I have written here holds water or not, but it's ideas I have picked up from others and have read.