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Success!!! The bike was back together in time for the track day and the new rear suspension performed amazingly! It made a huge difference to my confidence whilst riding. In less positive news I did come off the track twice and whilst I was able to ride it home at the end of the day the fairings are...

Great answer - I was considering "manipulating" it. I am trying to learn better habits in motorcycle maintenance and therefore have refrained from reaching immediately for the lump hammer (see previous 9 pages of posts). A large adjustable spanner seems more appropriate, perhaps with an improvised l...

Hi chaps, Quick update on rebuilding the bike. I have hit an issue with the R6 shock fouling the chainguard mount on the swingarm. Has anyone come across this before and can anyone offer any advice? Thanks! https://s10.postimg.org/7n2b9z185/WP_20160902_17_59_28_Pro.jpg https://s10.postimg.org/hyeo2m...

willandrip wrote:

venari wrote:Does having the fuel tank full make any difference? If so it could be your fuel pump not priming the carbs properly.

Harrumph

Sorry Will.....

Does having the fuel tank full make any difference? If so it could be your fuel pump not priming the carbs properly. Like Don says - it could easily be just blocked jets. You can get get carbs ultrasonically cleaned pretty cheaply and it's very effective! Although you can do nearly as good a job if ...

Due to time constraints I won't be checking the valve clearances at this stage. However, I have found a superb guide on how to do it with photos here: (specific to FZR400!) http://www.instructables.com/id/Valve-Clearance-Adjustment-How-To-inline-4-motorc/ I'm expecting this to be a winter job now as...

Got the parts back from the powder coaters! Finished grinding down the shock mount and got it all offered up to the frame. Next items on my list are: Rebuild rear end Check valve clearances (whilst I can get to the engine!) Oil & filter change Fit exhaust Rebuild front end Track day on 10th Septembe...

I farted around for an hour or so with the dremel but eventually got out the grinder.

Just popped into the powder coaters to see how they're getting on, really excited to get the parts back.

Everything is going satin black.

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Words fail to express just how much I despise these things right now: http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2HwAAOSwLnBXVrk8/s-l1600.jpg After much patience and all the persuasive power of every profanity I know it looks like I'm going to have to grind off the last four bolts from my rear subframe before it...

Important Update
Just realised the wife is working this weekend and it's my favourite local road races this weekend!

Plan is to get the bike back together and running before the weekend so I can ride it to the races and park it next to all the cool race bikes!!!

I did a load of research to get my bearings sorted and as it might be useful to someone one day I've uploaded a screenshot of an excel sheet I was working on.

Search for the R6 06 owners manual on line...I am pretty sure that is where I got the initial settings from and then adjusted to compensate for the different mass and slightly different geometry. Somewhere in the upper 2/3rds of all settings was very near for me..13st rider..fast road. Familiarise ...

Finally arrived!



Now I just need to get those pesky bearings sorted so I can fit and begin putting the bike back together.

Check the screws on the top of the carbs are properly tightened. I had a similar issue, turned out I had been too cautious tightening the brass screws (because I didn't have the correct driver) and they were slightly loose which caused the vacuum to fail. Whip the airbox off, start up the bike and p...