Need Help 6-in wide wheels on FZ6 what wheel bearings to use?

[Dzperez]

I purchased an FZ6 a few days ago and while I was going through it doing the maintenance on it I realized that my rear wheel is a 6-in wide instead of five and a half which came stock on the FZ6. That being said I suspect that the rear wheel came off of FZ1 or an R1. For the most part they're very similar but when I looked up wheel bearings two different wheel bearings came up that appear to have the same dimensions I was wondering if anyone knew if there's a difference at all or if they can use interchangeably?

 

[Gary in NJ]

Welcome to the forum.

An alternative rear wheel isn't a common mod, so you are on your own. Not knowing if it's an R6, FZ1 or R1 complicates the issue. But with that said, I'd knock out the old bearing and note the series of numbers on the outer race. Simply look up that bearing at the allballs.com website and you should have a direct replacement.