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    Is this a Yamaha color ?

    swingarm is from S1 here is list of S1 models https://imgur.com/a/g52q6Ld for me it does not look factory made
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    Installing short throttle grip on FZ6

    To finish the topic: I installed the tube, it works very good! Driving in city is much easier with it. The installation is pretty straightforward, the only important thing is that if you decide to clean the contacts on start engine button, be really careful because there is a VERY SMALL metal...
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    Installing short throttle grip on FZ6

    Some update. I bought a tube from totalled R6 2007 year, it cost me 15$ and 3$ for delivery. I cant install it by myself because I cant get off the grip end, so I'll do it in motorcycle workshop and post results here. I included pictures with tube dimensions, I think it's not nessesary to look...
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    Installing short throttle grip on FZ6

    Sorry for my english, I was talking about throttle tube. The google search works better if I type "short throttle grip". Now, some results: 1. Motion pro tube is too small, the diameter is 36.6 mm which is equal to FZ6 stock one (as the guy who installed R6 tube said). 2. G2 short tube like...
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    Installing short throttle grip on FZ6

    Hello everybody from frozen Russia! And pardon my english skills, they are getting worse each time I write here. I want to install short grip on throttle, so I can twist my hand on lower angle and get full throttle (attachment 2). One guy in our community recently made such mod with a grip...
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    fz6 2004 DARK GRAYISH BLUE METALLIC E (DNBME) - trouble to find original cowling

    Hello everybody from Russia again! On our russian fz6 related group one guy asked interesting question; he did not receive much help and I hope here we could find an answer. He has FZ6 2004 year made with color DARK GRAYISH BLUE METALLIC E. Here is his pic: He says that it has some...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    >I agree.. Do the TPS test. It sounds like it's leaning out the mixture because of a few different possibilities. Is TPS a Throttle Position Sensor? I tested it by diagnostic menu and got results: 18 in closed throttle state, 101 in full open. >Run fuel injector cleaner. Might do it. >Test...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    >Engines that have been flooded behave that way. Looks like it! >It's why I stated dry the plugs with propane torch, heat them until they smoke, and after adding tsp of fuel hold the throttle open to 50% or more.... we dont have propane :) just usual gas in the kitchen >That's not to say...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    The fuel was about 2 week old. Also started it today and it started very well, without throttle and after about 1/2 second of cranking.
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    good news everyone! we got it started! bad news - we still have no clue what was wrong. so yesterday I brought a cold start liquid, we connected battery charger to battery inside the bike to have enough charge and started experimenting. by trial and error method we found out that the bike...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    ok guys some update my friend with THE SAME PROBLEM got his bike started 1. I uploaded a misaligned photos of cams here. 2. You said that I must fix that, I did. My friend said that he had such misalign. But because it did not help in my case, I advised him not to fix them. 3. Yesterday he out...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    >How did you do this with the fuel tank on? If you put in a little bit of fuel, put everything back together, it evaporated... exactly like that. airbox isnt assembled during the video. I can only try to spit more fuel there.
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    Ok guys some update, here is the video https://youtu.be/M0bMMuMW2WU I added about a teaspoon of fuel into each air "thing" in the airbox. Also checked fuel pump pressure, it's 2.4 bar. So I'll try to measure the compression and ask you to think a little forward what we will do when the...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    Guys I see that all of you are thinking about the compression. I think its ok. When I was dissasembling engine for the first time to measure valve clearences and order new parts I was turning crank by hand. It was really hard to turn at some points (close to TDC) so I asked why is that. Brother...
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    cant start engine after winter & timing change changin

    ok guys some update. here is the video of starting - everything is the same https://youtu.be/KSJbgI77j6c we have done 1. checked valve clearences on reinstalled cams - ok 2. checked marks on cams/crank after rotating crank several times to find spots for clearence check - ok 3. got out all...
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