My interpretation of a FZR - *FINISHED*

[thatkid]

Well, I picked up one more new to me part. I was getting sick of the Atlanta summer heat and humitity with the traffic I would sometimes get stuck in. The bike would get up near the red mark if I got stuck at one of the longer traffic lights on my way to/from work. If I hit the light a second time, all bets where off. So I upgraded to a YZF600 radiator. But when I got it, it didn't look that much bigger. So a little more searching brought me to a ZX7R radiator. I put it next to the FZR rad just for compairison. It's massive.

I don't think it will fit. I have one and there is no way to make it fit with the R1 forks. It's just too damn big. The ZX6r are supposed to fit fine, but the 7r with a fan won't work. Maybe without the fan it would, but it will be cm if not mm close.

Sorry I've been slow on email too. I'm still trying to get ahold of the guy about the file types. And I would happily mill down your carrier for free but I don't have a working mill right now. If I can get ahold of this guy soon I'll ask him what it would take to have it done at his shop.

[tommyj27]

IMHO...that exhaust is goofy as hell. Its like what rice is to a car.

I like the undertail aspect, but three tips? One, duals, or quads make more sense to me.

[diztroy]

Honestly I'm jealous of you....you've actually ridden your bike!

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, but it looks like you'll be back on the road in no time.

Good luck with the re-rebuild!

[haunter]

Well, I picked up one more new to me part. I was getting sick of the Atlanta summer heat and humitity with the traffic I would sometimes get stuck in. The bike would get up near the red mark if I got stuck at one of the longer traffic lights on my way to/from work. If I hit the light a second time, all bets where off. So I upgraded to a YZF600 radiator. But when I got it, it didn't look that much bigger. So a little more searching brought me to a ZX7R radiator. I put it next to the FZR rad just for compairison. It's massive.

you should take another pic with the YZF rad in the middle!

[cad600]

Thanks guys.

Thought about an MV Agusta exhaust but I didn't want to swap the hole thing. Plus Kawi parts are cheaper to find. And it's different which is part of this hole build. The other pic's the company has looks better than that one too. I kind of like the three tips. The four tip model they have for the R1 looks strange as it hangs off the side a little and the two tips model for the 1000RR is way too big for my taste.

Haunter - when I remove the YZF from the bike to start messing with the ZX7, I'll be sure to take a pic of all of them. If someone wants to send me a F2 rad, I'll take a pic with all of them. These seem to be the most common swap for radiators.

Nate - thanks a bunch. Please let me know when you are able to figure it out. As soon as this is shaved, I'll be back on the road.

[cad600]

Well, finally got a little progress made. I was more than a little paraniod with things and wanted to double check some stuff. Plus some parts took forever to come in. Anyway, first off was double checking the wheel placement in the bike. I took the tail off and found center at the steering stem, back of the tank, and the upper shock mount. Then I put a laser chalk line on it to make sure the tire was dead center.



You can see how far the shock is offest as well in this picture. The tire is as close to center as I could ever get it. Now all that left is to get the sprocket carrier shaved so the chain is straight and I'm back on the road.

Next is just some new parts. I've been thinking about switching to a Ducati style wheel ever sence I started this swap. Only thing is that the VFR uses 4 lug nots to hold the wheel on that you could swap with any Honda Civic or Accord and the Ducati uses a single racing style nut. After some searching and some luck I came across some usefull info. Triumph uses a single nut and the same style as the Duck and the same cush drive as the VFR, so....



The left one is a Ducati spindle, the middle one is a Triumph spindle, and the right one is a VFR spindle. The Triumph and VFR are close enough to work and with some small spacers, I'll be able to put a Ducati wheel on it. This mod will wait till winter to complete, but I couldn't resist picking up the spindle.

[sweekster]

So....your wife know you have to buy yet another wheel for the bike??

[cad600]

So....your wife know you have to buy yet another wheel for the bike??

I did show her the type wheel on a different bike not to long ago and mentioned I wanted to use that wheel. I got the standard "are you ever going to be done with that" reply from her. Sad part is that the wheel will cost about half as much as the 8 spoke Honda one I have now. But I'm going to keep both for now. Only thing is that I want the 5 spoke wheel. The 3 spoke wheel is a lot cheaper, but I've never liked the way they look. Plus this opens up the option of using aftermarket rims if I ever want to drop 2 grand on the bike one day.

[megaloxana]

So you think you'll have the new wheel on by spring?

[cad600]

Mega - I'll have the Duc wheel on there by spring. One way or another. There are some people on the VFR boards that are looking to do the same thing but different ways. One person had a spindle made, another is looking to by a wheel set up from the one aftermarket manufacturer that still makes them for a VFR (way too expensive), and one more person is barking up the wrong tree with switching out ducati parts that will no way fit. This seams the least costly as well as the least demanding for machine work.

Mark - I'm sending the sprocket carrier out to modking tomorrow. As soon as he gets it back to me, I'll bolt it on and be ready to go down the road for a test ride - again.

[cad600]

Well, I got the sprocket carrier back from Modking. Just what I needed and well done as always - thanks Modking. I took my time putting everything together. I spent most of one afternoon going back and re torquing every bolt that holds something to the frame, forks, or swingarm. My stator/pick up coil was going out so I swaped it out for one I got a while back for an engine build that I haven't done yet. Unfortunatly, the bike wouldn't fire up. I even tried push starting it for a while (about 50 minutes) and could not get it to trun over. I've purchased a new stator from Electrosport as I'm fairly certain this is the cause of my starting issues. We'll see what happens when it comes in this week.

[cad600]

A small update. My engine is shot. Cylinder #3 is only measuring 30 psi when I do a compression test no matter what trick I do and I'm noticing excessive blow by on the intake and crank breather. The cost alone is more than I'm willing to put into this motor right now. So the original build idea will get going now. I've had most of the parts to do it for a while so I'm going to build a YZF based 660 motor. Dru86 is cutting me a base gasket as soon as he gets the material and I found crank oil seal that is suppose to work curtacy of someone on the YZF600r board and diztroy. Here is a pic of the engine in pieces. I'll keep this going with lots of pictures as it comes along. I'm going now to order a few replacement seals and other items for the assembly process.

[shredex]

you should drill a speed sensor hole while your engine is apart...
then you can use a digital gauge

[sweekster]

That's more than a "small" update Rob and honestly I think it's great news. I'm looking forward to seeing this build go to the next level.

[cad600]

I guess "small" is a relative term. This is going to end up being a 2 year build (March '06 till it runs) and with all that I've done to it and the amount of time it will take to put the engine together it's a small part of the total project. At least it is still moving forward. The cool part is that I was always planning on building this engine. The down side is that I wanted to ride while I was building the engine. I've done so much and not ridden for so long that it is like riding for the first time again. I wanted to to that on a 80hp engine not a 105hp engine. Although, I'll rebuild the FZR engine and stick it in a 400 frame late next year. Then all I need is a 1k like yours.