oil cooler

[scoobydoo]

apologies in advance for my ignorance but on my bike there is a small radiator below the main radiator for cooling the oil but i have noticed from pics that it isnt on all fzr600, did yamaha change this at some stage ,if so has anyone any ideas when they did so

[yamaha_george]

apologies in advance for my ignorance but on my bike there is a small radiator below the main radiator for cooling the oil but i have noticed from pics that it isnt on all fzr600, did yamaha change this at some stage ,if so has anyone any ideas when they did so

S,
yes there was a design change probably 89 (not absolutely sure ) my 92 does not have it. What you will have to watch with this is the oil filter setup is different too. the 92 is like a car oil filter in its own can
see:-





where as yours is inside part (removable)of the engine casting.

[scoobydoo]

thanks for that , at least i now know that it isnt a hybrid and will make sourcing parts easier. the oil cooler connections are badly corroded so just waiting on a pm from yamster who hopefully has one, this is one of the things i like about this site , genuine used parts from genuine owners as well as information and advice. i hope that after slowly making my way through this bike i can return the information gathered to newbies like myself

[yamaha_george]

It's like we say " for the FZR community by the FZR community"

[scoobydoo]

as usual each time i take on a project something crops up, this time it is impending house move , so stripping the bike is on hold until i move....its easier moving a complete bike than boxes of bits. on the plus side where i am going has a garage !thanks to yamster for sorting out the oil cooler for this and kindly posting it to northern ireland. i am still waiting for the local locksmith to get the blank key to cut for the ignition, so in a few weeks my partner(who is 30 weeks pregnant) will become a workshop widow and i will have my escape route from dirty nappies and crying, just kidding, wouldnt miss all that for anything, not even a fizzer

[yamaha_george]

as usual each time i take on a project something crops up, this time it is impending house move , so stripping the bike is on hold until i move....its easier moving a complete bike than boxes of bits. on the plus side where i am going has a garage !thanks to yamster for sorting out the oil cooler for this and kindly posting it to northern ireland. i am still waiting for the local locksmith to get the blank key to cut for the ignition, so in a few weeks my partner(who is 30 weeks pregnant) will become a workshop widow and i will have my escape route from dirty nappies and crying, just kidding, wouldnt miss all that for anything, not even a fizzer

S,
congrats on the RugRat I can tell you from experience start hiding money NOW for the project, Kids eat money like it is going out of style .

[DonTZ125]

For awhile there, I thought it might have been cheaper to wipe her backside with dollar bills...

[Target30]

i started my build a month before i found out i was going to have my daughter. poor bike hung from the rafters of my garage for over a year before i managed any real time to work on it.

[scoobydoo]

look on the bright side , kids love getting mucky and what better way than getting stuck in with dad in the "inner sanctum" or in other words the garage , thanks for all the good wishes, i will of course let you all know how it goes

[yamaha_george]

look on the bright side , kids love getting mucky and what better way than getting stuck in with dad in the "inner sanctum" or in other words the garage , thanks for all the good wishes, i will of course let you all know how it goes

The "apprentice" will not be allowed into the man cave till it is at least 4 on pain of castration by the mother in most cases. It is good way to teach kids to count from 6(as in 6mm spanner) through to 22 (22mm spanner).

You will also have to bite your tongue when grazing knuckles etc as kids like the sound of "bad words" and learn them quicker than you will ever believe possible.

Better yet learn a 2nd language and learn to swear in that whilst waiting to escape back to the cave

[scoobydoo]

i knew my french would come in handy one day!

[yamaha_george]

i knew my french would come in handy one day!

S,
Well you certainly picked a very good language to swear in it is very precise & descriptive for sure <BG>

[DonTZ125]

This thread has gotten SERIOUSLY off topic...

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and bring the topic back around. We just had a variant of this discussion over on the Archives; unless the UK '90 FZR600 was substantially different from the US model, Scoobydoo does in fact have a hybrid - the cooler is off an FZ600, but it's a bolt-on mod. The same parts were also used on the FJ600 and the XJ650.

[yamaha_george]

This thread has gotten SERIOUSLY off topic...

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and bring the topic back around. We just had a variant of this discussion over on the Archives; unless the UK '90 FZR600 was substantially different from the US model, Scoobydoo does in fact have a hybrid - the cooler is off an FZ600, but it's a bolt-on mod. The same parts were also used on the FJ600 and the XJ650.

Don,
Nice to Know, do you want to put that in the swap of parts list in the WIKI ?

[DonTZ125]

Sure - how? I just spent 5 minutes rummaging through the Wiki, and really couldn't figure out WTF I was doing. I decided to stop before I formatted the server or something equally stupid...