09-08-19, 07:13 PM
Nice report.
Interesting how it compares to my FZS600 2003 I had from Sept 2012 - Jan 2019, came with 13k, left me with 65k ish, averaging 8k odd a year. Many of which was low speed commuting into London, year round, whatever weather, but also several trips to Wales and few track days.
Speedo drive - mine fell to bits when changing front tyre once ~20k odd.
Sprocket carrier bearing - likewise, mine collapsed at ~30-40k odd. Front wheel bearing needing replacing ~55k.
No probs with plugs, just changed every 2-3 years with standard NGK ones.
One cap did crumble in 2017, replaced lot with NGK caps.
No probs with choke.
Got through few clutch cables, and had to swap all clutch plates at about 50k odd, due to slipping (but faffed about with EBC springs/plates which were totally off on spec and caused tonnes of sticking - avoid, go genuine).
Downpipes rusted through tonnes of holes in 4-into-1 at about 20k - went for a Motad stainless replacement.
Did refresh coolant couple of times. Had to replace water cap, as it failed to retain pressure, and I had an o-ring leak on thermostat.
Replaced battery once, after some starting troubles one winter.
Stock rear caliper seized up earlier on around 20k, replaced with FZS1000 blue spot one (and Hel lines all round). They were fine otherwise
Rear disc wore down and got lipped around 50-55k. Replaced with Brembo, but original would not come of rear wheel - ended up buying a second hand wheel!
Fork seals failed once around 35k ish, oil that came out was nasty...
My engine used almost no oil, barely one top up between services, always performed great.
TBH, everything else I had to fix on mine was repairs following numerous mishaps (several fairings, brackets, infills, one light cluster, one replacement clocks, one less bashed fuel tank, countless crash bars and mirrors... ;-)
Interesting how it compares to my FZS600 2003 I had from Sept 2012 - Jan 2019, came with 13k, left me with 65k ish, averaging 8k odd a year. Many of which was low speed commuting into London, year round, whatever weather, but also several trips to Wales and few track days.
Speedo drive - mine fell to bits when changing front tyre once ~20k odd.
Sprocket carrier bearing - likewise, mine collapsed at ~30-40k odd. Front wheel bearing needing replacing ~55k.
No probs with plugs, just changed every 2-3 years with standard NGK ones.
One cap did crumble in 2017, replaced lot with NGK caps.
No probs with choke.
Got through few clutch cables, and had to swap all clutch plates at about 50k odd, due to slipping (but faffed about with EBC springs/plates which were totally off on spec and caused tonnes of sticking - avoid, go genuine).
Downpipes rusted through tonnes of holes in 4-into-1 at about 20k - went for a Motad stainless replacement.
Did refresh coolant couple of times. Had to replace water cap, as it failed to retain pressure, and I had an o-ring leak on thermostat.
Replaced battery once, after some starting troubles one winter.
Stock rear caliper seized up earlier on around 20k, replaced with FZS1000 blue spot one (and Hel lines all round). They were fine otherwise
Rear disc wore down and got lipped around 50-55k. Replaced with Brembo, but original would not come of rear wheel - ended up buying a second hand wheel!
Fork seals failed once around 35k ish, oil that came out was nasty...
My engine used almost no oil, barely one top up between services, always performed great.
TBH, everything else I had to fix on mine was repairs following numerous mishaps (several fairings, brackets, infills, one light cluster, one replacement clocks, one less bashed fuel tank, countless crash bars and mirrors... ;-)