Where does the choke lever bolt to?

[XxKieranxX]

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

[willandrip]

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.

[XxKieranxX]

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

[willandrip]

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 ?

[XxKieranxX]

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

[Evilchicken0]

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)

[willandrip]

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. !