DeepBarney
Active Member
Just picked up an '07 FZ6 with 104,092 on the odometer and figured I'd pop in and say 'hi' since this seems to be the forum for them. It's not in too bad of shape, but the 104,091 miles of commuter duty (the other 1mi was put on by me in the test ride) shows in places. Picked it up because after a cross country journey on my Bonneville (without so much as a tachometer to deflect wind and serious rain/sleet) and having grown tired of waiting for Yamaha to bring the FJ-07/Tracer 700 to North America, I decided it would make for a better/more comfortable (and hopefully low cost) mid size touring rig.
Thankfully it's all stock far as I can tell, save for the Puig screen and an aftermarket tag mount/tail tidy that will be replaced soon as I find a decent used OEM piece to put back on. PO kept up with having the engine serviced (synthetic oil changes every 5k and supposedly a new timing chain and stator recently). Motor runs pretty well, but the idle is super low after warm up and adjusting the idle adjustment screw will bring it up but then within a minute or so it drops right back down to where it was at (~700rpm). Coolant is a nasty orange brown, I'll be thoroughly flushing that and hoping it stays green. The chain is thrashed and will be replaced asap. The suspension front and rear is equally toast, and will need to be rebuilt (or replaced in case of the rear shock since I suspect rebuilding isn't an option or at least not economically viable). Then it'll be all the basic crap like inspecting/replacing bearings, going through the brakes, etc.
Thankfully it's not too bad aesthetically. RHS headlight surround (molle?) is scuffed but I could easily repaint that. The RHS plastic body piece that's below the seat has a crack in it so I might be replacing that too. And the plastic muffler surround is cracked on the left side and will get replaced if I decide to fix up the non-essentials.
Well here it is.
Thankfully it's all stock far as I can tell, save for the Puig screen and an aftermarket tag mount/tail tidy that will be replaced soon as I find a decent used OEM piece to put back on. PO kept up with having the engine serviced (synthetic oil changes every 5k and supposedly a new timing chain and stator recently). Motor runs pretty well, but the idle is super low after warm up and adjusting the idle adjustment screw will bring it up but then within a minute or so it drops right back down to where it was at (~700rpm). Coolant is a nasty orange brown, I'll be thoroughly flushing that and hoping it stays green. The chain is thrashed and will be replaced asap. The suspension front and rear is equally toast, and will need to be rebuilt (or replaced in case of the rear shock since I suspect rebuilding isn't an option or at least not economically viable). Then it'll be all the basic crap like inspecting/replacing bearings, going through the brakes, etc.
Thankfully it's not too bad aesthetically. RHS headlight surround (molle?) is scuffed but I could easily repaint that. The RHS plastic body piece that's below the seat has a crack in it so I might be replacing that too. And the plastic muffler surround is cracked on the left side and will get replaced if I decide to fix up the non-essentials.
Well here it is.