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I have an old ('87) FZR100, so it's always nice to see that bike around! Thanks for inadvertently sharing ;)

So.... bad news on cylinders 2 and 3 on the Canada engine. Sigh... so looks like my decision is made for me. Foolishly deciding to run before walking, have '00 YZF600R cylinder block and pistons in hand - modest expense - and looking for machine shop to take ~0.18 from original conrod to fit...

Welcome! You will find a small but very friendly, and incredibly helpful, group here. The forum search function should also yield a chockful of resources as well. By all means, make sure you have appropriate protective gear, and maybe either find a parking lot to do some practice, or find a...

Off-topic, but - I feel seen

The unrealistic-me wants to turn this engine rebuild from a 600cc -> 660cc. There are a few ways to do that, as detailed on the fzronline.com archives (one way being getting the top-half of a yzf600 engine). Down-to-earth me remembers that you must learn to walk before you run. All that is...

As @TownsendsFJR1300 says... "any updates"? Yes, some updates - I clearly don't move as fast as @Gary in NJ (but who does). So..... long summary shorter, I found a guy on YouTube with an R6 who had the same noise as I seemed to have. A few videos later, he confirmed it was one of the...

I prefer faired over naked FZ6s, but - I have to say, that is very attractive with your setup (flyscreen? mini-flyscreen?). The only thing I would personally take issue with is the cans extending as far as they do, but to each their own. Is that a naked kit from Amazon via China? I just...

Lovely stuff there....

This is my question as well! :rolleyes:

Sigh... all is right with the world again

I'm confused. Is it April 1st already? Man, me too! Had me checking my calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st. Wow! it is certainly a beast...

I have a bike with a noisy-engine that would look good in NJ! Just sayin' ;) Missed the last part - "dream bike" - MV Agusta Superveloce. I just love love those lines, just gorgeous!

It is the all-rounder nature that keeps me engaged. But let's say I wrecked it - what would replace it? Like for like, I'd probably do a BMW F800ST or F800GT.... parallel-twin, belt drive, ST adds ABS and newer GT adds ESA and ASC, etc. But I am also intrigued by the mid+-2000's Speed Triples...

Yeah, I've wondered about that myself. But I also had a another pressure plate from another engine, and it's hard to tell if there are "cast lines" or pressure cracks visible - but it doesn't look good. So right now I'm kinda' on the fence on which is more likely, poorly installed or failed...

You would do well to listen to Gary and Trepetti, they know what they are talking about. You don't say what year FZ6 you have, but I've also used these guys for some parts (R/R as well as stators for older yamaha models) and they've done well -...

Nope, no difference at all, clutch in or out. I've been perusing the fzronline.com archives, and there has been some mention of that specific behavior - so far, nothing that exactly matches mine. I'm going to step away for a few days - have some parts on order (gaskets, woodruff key, bearing)...

- write-up was for father-in-law, so pitched appropriately, e.g. not every observation in there - for example, slightly unnerving to 1) smell weed from cars ahead of me in MA highways, and 2) see drivers pulled over in rest areas hitting the pipe. "Hey buddy, keep your distance from me if you...

Anyway, southern point of Barrington, around to Yarmouth, and then north to Digby on the western shore of NS (where the ferry leaves from). NOTE: Digby is apparently the Scallops Capital of the World... who knew. I made it in time to have scallops/seafood for dinner, before hurrying off to...

Write-up of a recent trip. It was pretty frenzied - I hadn't been on a road trip of decent length for 2 years (thanks Covid!) and just had to get outta' Dodge. No heavy site-seeing, barely even pulled over to take pictures. Put some miles on, that is what I was after - including the last day...

All good points/ideas Yup, very good point. Was actually thinking - what if a metal piece made it over into the gears cogs of the transmission. The argument against that is the regularity/consistency of the noise - EDIT - although that just argues against any remaining metal pieces being the...