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Hey i want to thank everybody who helped me and gave me tips and tricks on my 400. I have sold off my project and came to my senses , i was just dumping wadds of money into my 400 project, and kept hitting roadblocks and major mod problems, so i basically have had enough. So im thinking why in the heck do i want to dump $4000 into a 400 r6 hybrid, when i can have the real thing for the same price and avoid all the headaches, i guess bike modding is not for me.

I see people saying that all that money your dumping into a 400 project bike you could have bought a R6, Cbr, Ninja, well thats exactly what im going to do is buy a R6. Take care all you Fzr guys.

Fzrmike,

Good luck. Glad you sold your project. I am in full agreement - why spend a lot of money to make the bike into something it will never be? Just go buy the one you want.

Fzrmike33 wrote:Hey i want to thank everybody who helped me and gave me tips and tricks on my 400. I have sold off my project and came to my senses , i was just dumping wadds of money into my 400 project, and kept hitting roadblocks and major mod problems, so i basically have had enough. So im thinking why in the heck do i want to dump $4000 into a 400 r6 hybrid, when i can have the real thing for the same price and avoid all the headaches, i guess bike modding is not for me.

I see people saying that all that money your dumping into a 400 project bike you could have bought a R6, Cbr, Ninja, well thats exactly what im going to do is buy a R6. Take care all you Fzr guys.

Mike,
sorry to see you go to another model, you do know we have asection for other models here on the Forum so do not be a stranger,

As you say mod'ing is not for us all, me I do it because I want my bike to be "personal" not just another jap bike.

I also believe that I have yet to find a bike that is "just right" for me straight from the factory, so I make it fit me (to a greater or lesser extent)
as you say some are just one hassle after another like dominoes touch one bit and it all starts to move

One bike like that is Yellow Peril which is an RD400 1980 bike I decided why not see what modern suspension & rubber can do lower the C of G .
7 years and probably 2G's and still working although the costs are done but then I used it as a mental exercise to get me thro some very dark days before I joined here

Take care ride safe and best of luck to you

There is a guy selling an r6 anniversary bike on the forum here. Just saying. An easy way to stick around.

Chris.

all good things must come to an end. I understand the money part of it. it really doesnt make sense in a lot of ways to dumpa a lot of money into making one thing something else, if the cost of doing it exceeds the actual purchase.

I'm with YG that i wanted to make my bike more personal , and also that i managed to even out my build with buying a donor bike, using what i wanted, and selling the rest of and almost broke even, disregarding the insane amount of time i have spent. That being said, i have probably spent more than a newer R6 would cost in total, but that was over the course of almost 10 years(my god has it been that long). There is also some question as to whether i like working on it more than i do riding it...

Dont be a stranger, when you get your new bike, haha. maybe we can figure out a way to put fzr plastics on it! good luck man.

I went through the same exact thing - sold it all off and bought a 2005 GSXR600 (R6's were too much money for similar features/performance). I had a lot of money in my FZRs and still needed a lot more to get them just half-way to today's technology. It just made no sense.

I do miss the tinkering, but I actually get to ride. My wife teased me about how often I had the carbs off of the FZR.

Don't say goodbye to the FZR community. You quickly find that the other sites are generally filled with fools who know nothing about bikes, nor do they care. As long as they have dice valve stem covers and chromed swingarms, then life is grand. The GSXR is a stellar performance machine in every aspect, but I can't stand the GSXR community - too many phonies and jerks.

If possible, get involved with a local Track Day club. Now you can really focus on improving your skills.

HOWEVER; I would still recommend an FZR to someone starting out or someone who is interested in vintage racing. The FZR is really easy to work on and the abundance of information is fantastic!!

darrin