Hello

[b1k3rdude]

Have had the bike in pieces last summer getting it to run and this year hope to get it running perfectly so I can move on to other aspects. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I assume you have a garage or shed to be able to work on the bike? And as you have had the bike in peices, did you touch up the frame with black smooth-right to start with, as a bike of that age will have rust spots all over. You could also while the engine is out give it a re-spray.

There are plenty of FZS600 owners on here will no dought be able to answer most if not all of of your questions but from my experience owning a 2001 600 here are my 2 cents -

[size=1.45em]Upgrade Headlight:[/size]

The headlight (boxeye) on this model is horrendously bad, its so small and its worse than some scooter headlight units. And the l/h reflector get heat damage from the stock halogen bulb. So you have several upgrade options -

• Quick and dirty option is to wire in the r/h headlight so both bolbs are on - https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=181.0
  
• Do the above mode and also replace stock halogen bulbs with HID or LED - you will need to be able to plug into the stock bulbs for the MOT.
  
• Or do as did and do the Foxeye front fairing conversion (2003 FZS600), its pretty much a straight bolt on with only 2 little custom brackets needed. The upside of these is as well as a much better headlight, you get a better screen and better mirrors  - https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=5252.0
  

[size=1.45em]Replace stock headers:[/size]

The cheap steel used on the stock headers will rust before your eyes.

• What most owners do, is replace them with aftermarket - https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=1513...1#msg11161
  

I cant think of what other mods I did to my 600 right this minute, but he above 2 were the first major ones I did.