FZR600 fighter build

[yamaha_george]

One thing for sure you will be always able to find it on a darkened parking lot, unlike a certain GSXR rider here in Trinidad got on the wrong one of 4 (yes 4 identical GSXR's ) the daft thing was the "owner" came out yelling at him only to find he was wrong as well it actually belonged to girl LoL
Very entertaining whilst sitting at an open air bar sipping the local beer & swapping biking stories with my buddy Brian who was entertaining 2 young women with old "racer" stories.

[JRK5892]

well i am also going to do one of our orange LED kits on it, i know a lot of ya are not into LED kits but we do them in the shop and i love how they can be used to accent a bike if done right... she will def stand out!
did not get much done but i did prep the tubes... they are ready to be reassembled now, wet sanded with 900m,1200, 1500, and 2000. then turned on the buffing wheel with polish. this makes sure that the coating is perfectly smooooooth and the fork seals will not leak at all, and they fit right into the trees. here are some pics of that
also tore apart the new brakes and cleaned them and put them back together the seals looked brand new! got the braided lines all shined up as well
the rest of the bike is flat black so i did not got crazy on the shine on the polish on the tubes, just enough to get them smooth as glass and keep the dulled down look on the black (only powder you can use for this is a gloss)

before being wiped down but finished


brakes cleaned and reassembled, started wet sanding the down tubes (water and 2 drops of dish soap)


start polishing


still polishing


because everyone is asking about the gold wing, we are still rocking away on it

[JRK5892]

Block sanding primer... always a good time

[JRK5892]

Frame is blasted.... we are so busy in the shop i am not sure when we are going to get to lay some powder on this sucker but we will see... may be another week or so ... ooh ya to take care of the undertail issue i welded in a plate between the frame rails that goes all the way up, once the whole thing is coated it should look great!

[91fzr600r]

what brand of powder do you use.... my suplyer doesn't offer a candy looking powder with flake.. many candy and anodized looking powers, but no flake.

[thatkid]

Pretty sure he got it from powderbuythepound.com

[JRK5892]

both the base and top coat are powder by the pound powder.... rocks we go though over 100lbs of their powder every two weeks, great company to work with!

[JRK5892]

thanks man! hope to have the frame done in the next day or so... then re assembly!

[JRK5892]

got the valves set oN THE MOTOR!!!! SHE IS READY TO GO! , got a new stator cover, blasted.... EVERYTHING! 10 hours strait of blasting we are so busy it is not even funny just awesome!!! got the frame shot, my brother stuff shot for his goldwing and tons of customer stuff. I am sorry about the crap pics my brother has some good pics wiht a real camera all i had was the cell
thanks to Nate for all his help on my valves! great guy and super cool cat to meet can not wait to ride this spring
sean thanks again for all the help, lots of great work out of our shop again! I LOVE WHAT WE DO!!!!!

too tired here are som e pics
Base coat cure


laying the top coat


all done


tons of parts in the shop

[JRK5892]

well all the powder is done.... well 98% of it at least. I still have the motor cases to do, and a strap to hold my overflow bottle but that can all wait. i am going to start putting her back together! just waiting on a stearing stem bearing and i should be good to go!

last of the smaller black parts and linkage


Radiator got a fresh coat of powder


and the pride and joy, check out the frame!

[JRK5892]

now i got to remember where all this crap goes!!!! going to start getting her back together tonight, hope to get the arm on, and the motor back in at least

[Genesis]

it is looking really good, after I get done welding on mine I would like to PC the frame, do a tear down like you did.

[JRK5892]

hey guys i am in need of some gaskets! i need the engine cases gaskets and the vavle cover gasket... any ideas where i can score them at some decent prices? all the kits i am finding are for the whole set up and i do not need that i just need the basic cosmetic 5 gasket kit:
stator cover, cam drive, valve cover, clutch cover and socket cover
(am i missing anything?)
any tips or places you would sugest? anyone ever use permatex the right stuff gasket maker on these bikes? i have used it on vintage bikes but never a newer that 90's bike. thanks!

[kilika2]

I don't know how much the 5 are that you need but I have a dealer locally that I think has some pretty good prices. I got a clutch gasket and stator gasket for 18.50. I know they have the whole gasket set-up for 115. So if you get some prices and you don't like them let me know and I'll give them a call.

Chris.

[kilika2]

Went and looked up on bike bandit. Here is the gaskets I would get, then maybe valve too.

http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmotorc ... rg/o/m7232
click on crankcase cover 1 after you get to the link. Number 6-12-21

The dealer here was cheaper than bb by a lot after shipping.

Chris.