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FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:53 pm
by JohnE
Are there gas caps available to fit FZR400 that don't have keys in them, to replace the stock keyed units? My bike just has a toggle switch for the ignition switch and I'd sure like to throw the keys away totally!

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:47 am
by yamaha_george
95FZR600 wrote:Pretty sure you can find one on ebay.
+5 BUT be sure you state it is for the 400 as the 600 does NOT fit

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:09 am
by JohnE
Not sure I understand - I'm looking for a gas cap that is a style that does not have a key and I think that all FZR400 gas caps were keyed?

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:04 pm
by yamaha_george
JohnE wrote:Not sure I understand - I'm looking for a gas cap that is a style that does not have a key and I think that all FZR400 gas caps were keyed?
j,
the aftermarket versions are not keyed and they have there own twist lock style funnel bit that bolts to the fuel cell & the tank shroud.
The problem is most people do not know that the gap between the fuel cell & the tank shroud is different between 400 & 600 models so they can be fooled by non-technical sales people in to buying junk.

Hence my warning ...............

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:58 pm
by JohnE
Thanks. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes :no

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:27 am
by ragedigital
I bet Pro-Tek makes one. They make them for the FZR600 and 1ks...

http://www.protekk.com/

EDIT: I didn't see any on their application chart. You might want to call them.

Application Chart: http://www.protekk.com/media/documents/ ... _chart.pdf

darrin

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:23 am
by yamaha_george
JohnE wrote:Thanks. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes :no
J,
wait till you get to my age .....................

Sorry as one of the new guys you would not know I am the eldest FZR guy here for sure ! :headbang:

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:45 am
by JohnE
Cool. I used to think I was young when I was forty but I'm not so sure anymore. :whistle

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:20 pm
by yamaha_george
JohnE wrote:Cool. I used to think I was young when I was forty but I'm not so sure anymore. :whistle
Nuh not even close, still damp behind the ears, I have been riding longer than that :whistle

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:58 am
by yamaha_george
95FZR600 wrote:
yamaha_george wrote:
JohnE wrote:Thanks. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes :no
J,
wait till you get to my age .....................

Sorry as one of the new guys you would not know I am the eldest FZR guy here for sure ! :headbang:

And the one with the most knowledge! :thumbsup:
If that were TRUE you lot would really be in deep Kimschee.......


Be honest to yourself every one brings something to the board but sooner or later that some thing will be needed

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:40 am
by Fartblood
Even Santa addresses George as "Pops"! :yikes: :yutugh2:

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:55 am
by yamaha_george
Fartblood wrote:Even Santa addresses George as "Pops"! :yikes: :yutugh2:

FB,
Pops was my nickname in the army I was the eldest in my mob at 22 the rest were under 20 and I had nearly 9 months "in country" on all but 1 and he had only 6 months "in country".
Of that whole lot only 14 of us have made it back to the world, under my command I lost only two, one on a bouncing betsy & the other in a Brothel when a female agent took him out. When I was on R & R I lost 23 comrades at "hamburger hill". the rest were lost in other theatres.

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 8:31 am
by Yamster
THIS FORUM IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!
George"Pops" :udaman !
My youngest has just been impressed with me,cause i have built her dolls house(loads a pieces).My turn to be impressed now. 8-)

Re: FZR400 Gas Cap

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:10 pm
by yamaha_george
Like I said every one has talent it is just a case of knowing what yours is, and feeding it with as much knowledge as you can cram in.

My nephew(15) flew in from the West Indies this morning and brought with him some Wide band & narrow band Oxygen sensors for a project I have been thinking long and hard about. He asked me why I was in need of them so I told him in very brief/ broad terms about it.
The kid then gives me a very technical monologue of the benefits of each type and what each is best at what aspect of control systems. Well I think he probably saved me 3 months of head scratching. Amazing