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Hey again. My bike had a lot of parts taken off it when it came to me. Have most of them on again and ready to go. I can't seem to spot where the choke lever goes through. I have the cable there ready to be put on the lever. Can anyone help me out? Thanks

Now then; you seem to be be making progress.
The plastic choke lever assy. fits to a bracket that also doubles up as a fix for the upper side fairing panel.
A 6mm fastener goes through the bracket and into a rivnut in the ally frame,
The bracket is located in the correct position by having a pressed out section that fits into a hole in the frame top rail.
This is all on the l/h side; directly above the engine generator casing.

You do need the fairing/ choke bracket to fit the choke lever correctly.

Here is a pic BUT it was taken to show how a PO had bodged a broken lever with me fitting a new one alongside.
It shows location and the correct bracket.
Totally ignore the broken lever assy and blue ended plastic spacer spacer; that was just put on to show the two parts alongside with a longer bolt


You may not have 3 holes in the top frame rail; that pic is of a different model 400 but uses the same choke assy/bracketry.

See the plastic bit between the frame and choke bracketry at the top of the pic.;that is one of the plastic air scoops that deflect air through the side fairing vent into the engine area.
They usually get lost or missed off on a rebuild.
They do help to space the bracket off the frame at the correct angle.
It should look something like this; they are not critical.!
Parts 37 and 39 on this fiche;
http://www.cmsnl.com/yamaha-fzr400u-198 ... ml#results

Here is a pic.

Thanks very much I'm slowly making progress seems I don't have the bracket for the lever but by looking at the picture I'd have something to make one. I'd be lost without this site and its members. I say I'll be popping up with more questions soon and following posts and advice. Thanks again, time to do the lever while its still light

If your gonna get fairings off a bike being broken; get the bracket also.

It will be more bother than its worth (£10ish used max) trying to make a bracket that flops about and needs a captive nut in the correct place to secure the fairing.

When you gonna try starting it ?

Yeah I will do actually after going out and looking at the positioning of it . Uhm tomorrow with any luck. The battery that's in it was completely dead to the point it wouldn't charge with my method, not even a bright dash light would come on so I hooked it up to car battery for an hour, not running the car of course, and got the battery voltage back to 12 volts, so now I have it charging on a PC power supply for the next 6 hours or so then I'll try and get her going tomorrow if all goes to plan

If you have one of these bikes you might want to get a battery charge, it doesn't need to be an optimate or the posh type, I got a cheap car one, (just don't use the rapid charge)

I doubt the original battery will be fit for owt but the bin .
Use the jump leads from the auxilliary battery to the one in the bike but budget for a replacement if you get it running.
A battery that has had the voltage run down low enough to refuse an initial charge will be fubar.

Evil, as always , has a valid point on having a good charger for these motors.
They need a battery in at least 90% health to be anywhere near reliable starters.

I hope to fook ;you have overhauled and cleaned the carbs before dragging more rubbish into them from the bowls. !