What have you done to your FZS600 bike today

[Fazer99]

Fitted my new engine bars

I had the same bars fitted to my  :faz and eventhough my bike was written off those engine bars prevented any damage to the engine, well worth the money.

[vinnyb]

Thanks for the comments guys, absolutely right about the fitting F4aceless and I think they do look kinda cool. The only problem with fitting was on the left side bottom rail clamp which is only 25mm diameter, the right side is 30mm with a rubber lining which won't fit on the left side due to the closeness of the frame to the sump, because the 25mm clamp doesn't have a rubber lining, it's metal to metal contact on the frame which I wasn't happy with. However, I bought a piece of 1.5mm thick black rubber a couple of years ago to make some fairing washers for my VFR750, so I cut a strip to go inside the clamp but then needed a longer bolt cos I couldn't get the nut on the one they supplied :lol Still all good now, and at £83 well worth the money I reckon. It's good to hear that the engine bars do the job Fazer99 even though your baby was written off

[Disorderlypunk]

fitted renthal 789's
removed reflector and lifted numberplate (cut a wedge out of plate to lift even higher)
new clutch cable
noticed clutch lever pivot was oval so new lever ordered
- 200 miles later suddenly got a blowing exhaust gasket so had to order them now

[Fazer99]

Thanks for the comments guys, absolutely right about the fitting F4aceless and I think they do look kinda cool. The only problem with fitting was on the left side bottom rail clamp which is only 25mm diameter, the right side is 30mm with a rubber lining which won't fit on the left side due to the closeness of the frame to the sump, because the 25mm clamp doesn't have a rubber lining, it's metal to metal contact on the frame which I wasn't happy with. However, I bought a piece of 1.5mm thick black rubber a couple of years ago to make some fairing washers for my VFR750, so I cut a strip to go inside the clamp but then needed a longer bolt cos I couldn't get the nut on the one they supplied :lol Still all good now, and at £83 well worth the money I reckon. It's good to hear that the engine bars do the job Fazer99 even though your baby was written off

I found the biggest problem fitting them was the lack of length of the bolts for the clamps around the frame but luckly I had some longer bolts to rectify that problem.

[F4celess]

fitted renthal 789's
removed reflector and lifted numberplate (cut a wedge out of plate to lift even higher)
new clutch cable
noticed clutch lever pivot was oval so new lever ordered
- 200 miles later suddenly got a blowing exhaust gasket so had to order them now

What's the width of your 789's? Pic of them fitted?

One thing putting me off Renthal bars is losing the securing tabs which you must remove or file down, to fit the switch gear to the Renthals.
If you filed it down, what then keeps the switch gear + throttle secure on the bar? Wouldn't want anything on the Bars working loose (while riding at speed).

[Disorderlypunk]

30 inch on bars 32 at the levers (sounds odd but looks fine)

[size=1em]link to my youtube channel has a video about fitting them and chopping off the lugs[/size]
w[size=1em]ill be posting most of my modifications and build series on there[/size]
[size=1em]personally i think they are a bit wide for city riding but they are comfortable once your used to them[/size]
[size=1em](editing a review video that i made after 50 miles - after 200+ miles was completly used to it)[/size]

[vinnyb]

[quote author=vinnyb link=topic=17296.msg267853#msg267853 date=1505141986]
Thanks for the comments guys, absolutely right about the fitting F4aceless and I think they do look kinda cool. The only problem with fitting was on the left side bottom rail clamp which is only 25mm diameter, the right side is 30mm with a rubber lining which won't fit on the left side due to the closeness of the frame to the sump, because the 25mm clamp doesn't have a rubber lining, it's metal to metal contact on the frame which I wasn't happy with. However, I bought a piece of 1.5mm thick black rubber a couple of years ago to make some fairing washers for my VFR750, so I cut a strip to go inside the clamp but then needed a longer bolt cos I couldn't get the nut on the one they supplied :lol Still all good now, and at £83 well worth the money I reckon. It's good to hear that the engine bars do the job Fazer99 even though your baby was written off

I found the biggest problem fitting them was the lack of length of the bolts for the clamps around the frame but luckly I had some longer bolts to rectify that problem.
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  I went up from 25 to 30mm bolts on mine. Did you put anything between the left side clamp and the frame tube?

[F4celess]

30 inch on bars 32 at the levers (sounds odd but looks fine)

[size=1em]link to my youtube channel has a video about fitting them and chopping off the lugs[/size]
w[size=1em]ill be posting most of my modifications and build series on there[/size]
[size=1em]personally i think they are a bit wide for city riding but they are comfortable once your used to them[/size]
[size=1em](editing a review video that i made after 50 miles - after 200+ miles was completly used to it)[/size]

I recently measured the standard bars, which are 27.5" from tip to tip (straight across). Thinking about it that includes bar ends/weights. So actually you aren't that much wider.


Would be happy to find Renthals that match the width of the standard bars, as I don't want to reduce the ability to filter in traffic.


Will defo be watching your YouTube vids.. 

[Millietant]

Took her for MOT (2003 Foxeye) - passed, flying colours, no advisories. going to get across to Wales fir a ride out some twiatoes over the next day or two to take advantage of the nice weather (with Liz on her Fazer 1000)

[Triggergee]

Today I noticed my fork oil seals may be leaking a little bit despite the fact that I only changed them a week ago... ah well hopefully tomorrow I'll be riding home on a new (to me at least) fazer thou so at least I don't have to disassemble the forkson the 600 again just yet.

[Disorderlypunk]

waited for postman, drank beer, then tried to fit rear wheel bearings only to run out of blowtorch gas so couldn't sweat them all in so started on my brakes to realise there is 18 yrs of crap fouling everything up and forcing one pad into the disc all the time so decided to throw in the towel and drink more beer
(banana bread beer is as weird as it sounds but somewhat nice)
tomorrow it will be calipers in the oven so i can hopefully remove the joining bolts then give them a bloody good clean out and wait for the new piston seals
by mot time that will have the newest back end in the country lol


on a plus side i did get the sprocket carrier bearing in so its at least one step in the right direction

[Disorderlypunk]

i may have gone over the top cleaning this brake caliper
those joining bolts are a bugger to get out and covered in corrosion
split and sand blaster them clean will be painting black i think

[smg id=3134]

[matt7chunk]

Took her out to Great Bentley bike last night , what a cracking day !

[psyfi_1]

resprayed tank top to cover scratches.... put forks back on bike after cleaning.... put gear selector back and after spray and put new clutch cable on... put resprayed head mount bracket and some few more lol

[hopefiendboy]

Fitted my renthal ultralows on. Wow what a difference. Hugger and FZ1 rear shock next...

[Peter.forum]

Rode her to work. Hacked through 15 miles of London traffic... slipped through the narrowest of filter gaps... spanked the wide boy in the car who didnt want to let me pass... cruised by the coppers without waking them from their slumber. She's 20 yrs old, 10 yrs with me. Best bike I've ever owned.

[celticdog]

Rode her to work. Hacked through 15 miles of London traffic... slipped through the narrowest of filter gaps... spanked the wide boy in the car who didnt want to let me pass... cruised by the coppers without waking them from their slumber. She's 20 yrs old, 10 yrs with me. Best bike I've ever owned.

Welcome to the forum Peter!
Why not stick up a pic of your bike when you get a chance-

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/board,5.0.html

Good to have you on board with so much experience with the :faz

[psyfi_1]

Well even though everyone has asked me, why am i putting that much money in a bike that was a LEMON

i have been restoring her i am currently just finishing painting the fairings and putting full new wiring loom in

soon to do full carb strip and clean lol and camchain and valves clutch rear tyre and front brakes rear brakes and fork alignment  lol

[tommyardin]

Thought you might like this it will be handy when you do oil changes  :lol

[psyfi_1]

and the loom is in and working and fairings are back on boo yeh shames its only the rear fairings lol