Atourdeforce
New Member
Hi everyone,
I'm brand new to this forum and just picked up a 2007 fz6 a couple of weeks back. She's a bit rough around the edges hence the cheap price (900$). It's a project bike to do some touring this summer around Ireland.
Anyway, the first issue I had with it was the rectifier. The diodes must of blown because it wasn't charging the battery at all. I replaced it with a cheap one (35$) I got on eBay from China and seems fine now. Have any of you used the cheap rectifiers? Do they last?
While I had the bike apart I also installed a USB charger with a voltmeter so that should tell me if there's charging problems while riding.
I did a video for YouTube on the install but don't wanna get banned from here for posting links.
Any advice on this particular model is much appreciated and if you know of any other common problems on this model of bike please let me know.
I'm brand new to this forum and just picked up a 2007 fz6 a couple of weeks back. She's a bit rough around the edges hence the cheap price (900$). It's a project bike to do some touring this summer around Ireland.
Anyway, the first issue I had with it was the rectifier. The diodes must of blown because it wasn't charging the battery at all. I replaced it with a cheap one (35$) I got on eBay from China and seems fine now. Have any of you used the cheap rectifiers? Do they last?
While I had the bike apart I also installed a USB charger with a voltmeter so that should tell me if there's charging problems while riding.
I did a video for YouTube on the install but don't wanna get banned from here for posting links.
Any advice on this particular model is much appreciated and if you know of any other common problems on this model of bike please let me know.