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That pretty much sums it up. Got my forks all back together the other night, felt great. Rode in to work today, no issues. Accelerate to get on the freeway coming home, accidentally hit third momentarily (my third was screwed since i bought it) continued to 4th, 5th and 6th, and then i notice some noise coming from the tranny so i got off the freeway before killing myself and limped the rest of the way home. So I am pretty sure 2nd and 3rd and completely f'd now. I came to a stop and was downshifting to see what gears i actually have and it locked up when i put it in second. So that was my last ride for quite a while. So if anyone's got a "good" tranny lying around that you need to get rid of, I might be interested. I saw one on ebay a couple weeks ago for about $70, so I'll be checking there too. I'll still be around posting on the board, but my riding days are over till I get some time to tear into the tranny.

Sorry to hear about the tranny issues. Good luck with finding a better one and a rebuild. One good thing comes of this though. Now you ahve an excuse to freshen up the engine a little bit.

Indeed. Only thing that sucks about working on bikes (or cars for that matter) during this time of year, is its too damn hot. Currently it is 105 degrees at 6:20pm it still seems too early to be this hot. Can't wait for July, 120+ here we come.

demon_knight69 wrote:Indeed. Only thing that sucks about working on bikes (or cars for that matter) during this time of year, is its too damn hot. Currently it is 105 degrees at 6:20pm it still seems too early to be this hot. Can't wait for July, 120+ here we come.

Damn thats hot. I bitch at 85 degrees LOL2 I dunno bout over there but i get hellish humidity. Anyway, glad you didn't get hurt in the process. Im sure something will turn up on ebay or someone be parting a motor out on the forums.

Whatch you know bout humidity? I had to install an air/water seperator. Good news is I got 5 more HP! OK, Mississippi is the armpit of the nation. Literally. It stinks.

fropleyquark wrote:Whatch you know bout humidity? I had to install an air/water seperator. Good news is I got 5 more HP! OK, Mississippi is the armpit of the nation. Literally. It stinks.

FQ,
You and DK are lucky( DK doubly so for walking away from a seized tranny ) try riding at 80+ wind chill factor and the ambient is only 13 degrees and it is MAY for Fs sake.

My bro on his H-D 1400 was cussing riding to the BMF as he had taken out his liners from his riding gear " cause it's summer dude" I could hear his teeth chattering over his HD's exhaust Hee Hee

He took a couple of pics of a long time buddy & I at the BMF not bad shots considering he was shakin with cold LOL2

http://www.saltmine.org.uk/fzr/fzr.html

The mandatory hog warning is in effect

Can I join in the cussing? Got my bike pulled out this morning, went to start it...no luck. The starter was turning but it wasn't catching. It's really disappointing because I rode it Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday without so much as a peep.

tommyj27 wrote:Can I join in the cussing? Got my bike pulled out this morning, went to start it...no luck. The starter was turning but it wasn't catching. It's really disappointing because I rode it Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday without so much as a peep.

T,
sounds like one of the FZR "safety features " is playing up.
Pull a plug and see if you get spark my guess is not ?

yamaha_george wrote:
FQ,
You and DK are lucky( DK doubly so for walking away from a seized tranny ) try riding at 80+ wind chill factor and the ambient is only 13 degrees and it is MAY for Fs sake.

My bro on his H-D 1400 was cussing riding to the BMF as he had taken out his liners from his riding gear " cause it's summer dude" I could hear his teeth chattering over his HD's exhaust Hee Hee

He took a couple of pics of a long time buddy & I at the BMF not bad shots considering he was shakin with cold LOL2

http://www.saltmine.org.uk/fzr/fzr.html

The mandatory hog warning is in effect

I looked at your site, man, that is one clean FZR. Looks good!

Yeah, sometimes Im not sure whats worse, the hot or cold. I refuse to ride without my jacket and pants so I'm drenched by the time I get home in the afternoon. It sucks having sweat drip in your eyes in a helmet... yuck.

yamaha_george wrote:

tommyj27 wrote:Can I join in the cussing? Got my bike pulled out this morning, went to start it...no luck. The starter was turning but it wasn't catching. It's really disappointing because I rode it Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday without so much as a peep.

T,
sounds like one of the FZR "safety features " is playing up.
Pull a plug and see if you get spark my guess is not ?

I'll take a look at that when I get home. Excuse my ignorance, I've never pulled a plug except to replace them. Should I just pull it out of the block, connect the plug wire back up and press start? Is it that simple?

thats the one good thing about where i live, no humidity, but the altitude makes anything slower up here

So I get home, pull the bike out, and it fires up right away; like there was nothing wrong.

I hate magically disappearing problems.

Sorry to hear about another FZR tranny going South as some say ... Yeah my tranny has a louder 2nd and 6th gear whine .... I mess around on it at times , but i don't beat the hair off of it's head .... .... My son has a CRB 1000 and a suzuki SV 1000 ... We try to beat them up ....

CRB 1000 ? ... .. My bad ... i meant a CBR 1000 ... ANYWAY .. it's getting really hot here in Texas and i'm going to run 20w-50w oil ....

tommyj27 wrote:

yamaha_george wrote:

tommyj27 wrote:Can I join in the cussing? Got my bike pulled out this morning, went to start it...no luck. The starter was turning but it wasn't catching. It's really disappointing because I rode it Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday without so much as a peep.

T,
sounds like one of the FZR "safety features " is playing up.
Pull a plug and see if you get spark my guess is not ?

I'll take a look at that when I get home. Excuse my ignorance, I've never pulled a plug except to replace them. Should I just pull it out of the block, connect the plug wire back up and press start? Is it that simple?

Yeah Its that simple, only you have to ground the hex part of the spark plug, if you dont ground it youll see no spark... has anyone tried the NGK cr9eH's its the smae but two spark prongs..

Ive got two parts engines sitting out back, Id like to keep the tranny out of one for a spare, but if you can walk me through takin this thing out, it doesnt mean a whole lot to me so i can let u have it pretty cheap..PM me.

smoktt2020 wrote:Sorry to hear about another FZR tranny going South as some say ... Yeah my tranny has a louder 2nd and 6th gear whine .... I mess around on it at times , but i don't beat the hair off of it's head .... .... My son has a CRB 1000 and a suzuki SV 1000 ... We try to beat them up ....

Thats because you cant beat up an cbr, you can bust the plastics off and tumble it hualin a$$, but 9 times outta 10 itta start back up and run the same if not better , my cousin has a CBR600F3, he races it Fri/saturdays, stunts it monday, wednesday, and friday and rides the piss out of it the rest of the time notta problem on(Im gettin me one next)