26-04-20, 11:35 PM
So this is how far I've got.
Windscreen, fairings, headlights all off, to give better access to brake hose fittings, but also because I need to do a permanent fix on the LCD display that started flickering and fading some time back. I bodged a repair that worked for a while (see another thread somewhere), but it's going duff again, so I need to sort it properly.
Also I'm going to get rid of the old fork springs and replace them some Wirth ones instead, plus, of course, new fork oil and maybe seals too. At the same time I'm going to repaint the forks because they're a bit battered.
Rear brake off and rear wheel out. I'm going to service the calipers properly, clean them up, new seals etc whilst I do the brake lines.
Swing arm dropped a) because I'm going to put a YSS rear shock to replace the knackered (and crap!) OEM one and b) because there's a stupid cover plate in the middle of the bike (buried under a whole load of other stuff!) that needs to come out so I can get access to the ABS Modulator and the hoses that come off that, but the only way to do it is to remove the rear shock and exhaust mid-pipe! (Another wonderfully stupid bit of design by Yamaha... :rolleyes )
Still, I needed to take the exhaust off anyway, because I'm going to regrease the swingarm bearings and the underseat pipes on the FZ6 go up *through* the swingarm and you can't get access to them without doing that.
I just have to hope I can remember which order I need to put it all back together again... :eek
Windscreen, fairings, headlights all off, to give better access to brake hose fittings, but also because I need to do a permanent fix on the LCD display that started flickering and fading some time back. I bodged a repair that worked for a while (see another thread somewhere), but it's going duff again, so I need to sort it properly.
Also I'm going to get rid of the old fork springs and replace them some Wirth ones instead, plus, of course, new fork oil and maybe seals too. At the same time I'm going to repaint the forks because they're a bit battered.
Rear brake off and rear wheel out. I'm going to service the calipers properly, clean them up, new seals etc whilst I do the brake lines.
Swing arm dropped a) because I'm going to put a YSS rear shock to replace the knackered (and crap!) OEM one and b) because there's a stupid cover plate in the middle of the bike (buried under a whole load of other stuff!) that needs to come out so I can get access to the ABS Modulator and the hoses that come off that, but the only way to do it is to remove the rear shock and exhaust mid-pipe! (Another wonderfully stupid bit of design by Yamaha... :rolleyes )
Still, I needed to take the exhaust off anyway, because I'm going to regrease the swingarm bearings and the underseat pipes on the FZ6 go up *through* the swingarm and you can't get access to them without doing that.
I just have to hope I can remember which order I need to put it all back together again... :eek