and I want to do it myself........
that is alot of powdercoating......like...a bunch.
As for new guy from France, the extra heat could be the difference in engine tune assuming both have the stock exhaust with the 3 catalytic converters. A rich running engine will heat the exhaust allot more due to the CAT's burning the unburned petrol.
Yes, both bike are original but I assume that with the Fuel Injection system the engine tune should be the same...unles Yamaha made some minor tweaks to the mapping of the ECU. I fail to see how they would like to have an rich running engine...
I believe its simply due to the lower fairing and the fact that the frame is black...its soaking up all the heat.
As for the topic starter...upgrade your bike. You get a better instrument cluster, better looking brakes and much more. Also you will never recover the money you spend on it because at the end of the day, it stays a 2004 model which has been modified...
Me personally I dont like to much the black looks...but thats just my personal taste :thumbup:
Me and my wife we own 2 FZ6's...I have a 2005 model with top fairing and my wife has an 2007 model with the full (lower) fairing.
Mine has the silver frame/engine, the other one has the black frame/engine.
But from the beginning my wife complaines that her legs are getting really hot while driving the bike. At first I believed this had to do with hers having the full lower fairing...until I took place on her bike after a long tour in hot conditions. It felt like sitting on a hot potato...I could not touch the black frame while on my bike, I could keep my hand on the silver frame and this after both bikes had been driven the same distance.
I believe its simply due to the lower fairing and the fact that the frame is black...its soaking up all the heat.
Baking it on takes place at about 400F so good luck doing the engine. . . As in, it must come apart! Have we reached "show stopping" yet? Paint is your best option cost wise.
As for new guy from France, the extra heat could be the difference in engine tune assuming both have the stock exhaust with the 3 catalytic converters. A rich running engine will heat the exhaust allot more due to the CAT's burning the unburned petrol.
I think that the fairing likely has more to do with temperature than the color. My bike feels hotter with the fairing than before I had it, but it's not very dramatic. I would think that the hotter bike either has a thermostat that is off, making the coolant flow only when the motor gets REALLY hot, or is running lean or rich. Lean if if the heat is from the motor or rich if the heat comes from the exhaust. I think.
BTW, a lean running engine will run HOTTER than a rich running engine. A super lean engine will surge, especially at lower RPM's which my FJR with the stock CO settings did in certain conditions..