bensexcessbikes
Junior Member
Hi everyone,
I have been searching and searching around and ran into this board recently so figured I would join and go from there. Thank you for having a nice, clean, easy to navigate board; I am a member of several other boards and they can be hit or miss.
I recently picked up an absolutely cherry silver 2004 FZ6 with about 6K on the clock and a rod through the block on cyl #1. It’s quite funny actually. The previous owner said he was cruising at about 60 and heard a noise. Based on the overall condition of the bike, it just seems to be a very odd mechanical failure, and Yamaha didn’t warranty it (because the bike was out by time, despite the lowish mileage).
Looking at the bike, it doesn’t appear to have been stunted at all, beat up, abused or otherwise neglected. What caused the failure, have no idea, it’s unfortunate.
At any rate, I am at a crossroads with the bike @ this point. I have the engine out and am loathe to start tearing into the engine to see what caused the failure. I think I would spend more time and $$ repairing the engine than it would be to just slam a “new” one in there.
What I am hoping everyone on the board could help me with are three things:
1) Is this a common failure on those engines, or has anyone else heard of the same thing? Is there a simple fix? I.e. if this is a common failure, is say the journal on #1 known to be bad, and just replace the rod, mill the crank, clean out debris and have the block welded an answer?
2) Another related part of why I posted this message is that I can’t find a definitive answer to this question: What engines will swap in directly, with no modifications (i.e. R6, R1 or FZ1)? I’m not worried about rewiring a connector here or there, or adding a related ECM, just don’t want to start cutting, welding or making custom mounting plates. I literally searched, searched and searched for several hours online through various boards and have not found a definitive answer to this question or evidence that it is possible. I don’t want to swap cams, exhaust manifolds or any other parts for performance, I just want to find an engine and replace the one that was in there and sell the bike.
3) Would it be more advantageous to just part the thing out @ this point? As I mentioned, the rest of the bike is absolutely cherry, no a scratch or mark on it. It’s been ridden, so not showroom condition, but still what I would describe as VGC. I just haven’t seen much of a parts market for these bikes, so not sure how advantageous that would be.
Thanks very much! Ride safe!
I have been searching and searching around and ran into this board recently so figured I would join and go from there. Thank you for having a nice, clean, easy to navigate board; I am a member of several other boards and they can be hit or miss.
I recently picked up an absolutely cherry silver 2004 FZ6 with about 6K on the clock and a rod through the block on cyl #1. It’s quite funny actually. The previous owner said he was cruising at about 60 and heard a noise. Based on the overall condition of the bike, it just seems to be a very odd mechanical failure, and Yamaha didn’t warranty it (because the bike was out by time, despite the lowish mileage).
Looking at the bike, it doesn’t appear to have been stunted at all, beat up, abused or otherwise neglected. What caused the failure, have no idea, it’s unfortunate.
At any rate, I am at a crossroads with the bike @ this point. I have the engine out and am loathe to start tearing into the engine to see what caused the failure. I think I would spend more time and $$ repairing the engine than it would be to just slam a “new” one in there.
What I am hoping everyone on the board could help me with are three things:
1) Is this a common failure on those engines, or has anyone else heard of the same thing? Is there a simple fix? I.e. if this is a common failure, is say the journal on #1 known to be bad, and just replace the rod, mill the crank, clean out debris and have the block welded an answer?
2) Another related part of why I posted this message is that I can’t find a definitive answer to this question: What engines will swap in directly, with no modifications (i.e. R6, R1 or FZ1)? I’m not worried about rewiring a connector here or there, or adding a related ECM, just don’t want to start cutting, welding or making custom mounting plates. I literally searched, searched and searched for several hours online through various boards and have not found a definitive answer to this question or evidence that it is possible. I don’t want to swap cams, exhaust manifolds or any other parts for performance, I just want to find an engine and replace the one that was in there and sell the bike.
3) Would it be more advantageous to just part the thing out @ this point? As I mentioned, the rest of the bike is absolutely cherry, no a scratch or mark on it. It’s been ridden, so not showroom condition, but still what I would describe as VGC. I just haven’t seen much of a parts market for these bikes, so not sure how advantageous that would be.
Thanks very much! Ride safe!
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