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Hi All,
I bought a used 2008 FZ6 with 300 miles on it but the header pipes seemed to be rusted\eroded looked pretty bad but not horrible see picture below.
Anyway it seems the bike was bought new from the dealer in 2013. When I went to check out the bike, it head a dead battery. The owner told me he had recently bought a new battery and since he had no time to ride he would let it idle a lot..
I read online that it kills the battery so that made sense that the battery was dead. We went together to buy another new battery the day I went over to see the bike and it started right up.
I got the bike for a really good price so no complaints but after the first ride the bike started to misfire and it got progressively worse, after a month dealing with it and 1k miles, i decided to replace the plugs and it went away.
I changed the oil immediately to a non synthetic oil for breaking in and after 1500 miles I've put in the Motul full syntetic oil.
Now the bike runs great and it has 2300 mils, however do I need to do anything about the header pipes? Are they fine like that or could cause issues for me down the road?
Is there anyway to restore them? I do not think that is possible but I figure I would ask.
Thank you
I bought a used 2008 FZ6 with 300 miles on it but the header pipes seemed to be rusted\eroded looked pretty bad but not horrible see picture below.
Anyway it seems the bike was bought new from the dealer in 2013. When I went to check out the bike, it head a dead battery. The owner told me he had recently bought a new battery and since he had no time to ride he would let it idle a lot..
I read online that it kills the battery so that made sense that the battery was dead. We went together to buy another new battery the day I went over to see the bike and it started right up.
I got the bike for a really good price so no complaints but after the first ride the bike started to misfire and it got progressively worse, after a month dealing with it and 1k miles, i decided to replace the plugs and it went away.
I changed the oil immediately to a non synthetic oil for breaking in and after 1500 miles I've put in the Motul full syntetic oil.
Now the bike runs great and it has 2300 mils, however do I need to do anything about the header pipes? Are they fine like that or could cause issues for me down the road?
Is there anyway to restore them? I do not think that is possible but I figure I would ask.
Thank you