crowdaoc
Junior Member
Hey all, new to owning a street bike. Decided on getting an FZ6, something about the design caught my eye. Was able to pick up a 2006 for 3600$ so thought it would be a worthwhile purchase. Anyways I had a few questions:
1) When bike has been sitting/is cool. The oil lvl is about 1/8th of an inch up from the minimum on the dipstick... is that normal or should i add more? and what kind of oil do I need to get for my bike?
2) The rear brake fluid also is near the low indicator, but the front brake fluid indicator is just darkened looking and I can't really see a lvl at all. Any advice?
3) The blue fluid, behind the engine, think its engine coolant? Maybe? It is right on the low lvl while cold, but I noticed it gets to about halfway between the low and high lvls when bike is running. Do I need to add anything to that/if so what?
4) Chain tension seems a lil slack, about 3" of play from the top to the bottom. Can I go ahead and tighten this a bit keeping it carefully in alignment? My friend said I may need a torque wrench for tightening it down to specs... how necessary is it to ensure the 85 ft-lbs or whatever the axle needs is reached?
5) There is some front fairing damage from the previous owner who had it fall over in his garage
. Was thinking about replacing some of the parts (though I think thats a lot of money). Can't really find a good place to look up those parts listings and costs. Any help here? I was also debating getting a different front altogether. Maybe make the bike look even more naked... but how does that work out with remounting of the sped/tac, wiring headlights, turn signals, etc and how much would all of that cost? I guess this 5th point is what I'm thinking bout the most as 1-4 I may just have the yamaha shop here locally fix those up for me. So any advice on replacing or putting a different front end/fairing on a bike and how much time/$ is involved and what options I might have would be outstanding!!
Thank you all very much. Look forward to joining the Fz6 community here. Loven my bike so far!
1) When bike has been sitting/is cool. The oil lvl is about 1/8th of an inch up from the minimum on the dipstick... is that normal or should i add more? and what kind of oil do I need to get for my bike?
2) The rear brake fluid also is near the low indicator, but the front brake fluid indicator is just darkened looking and I can't really see a lvl at all. Any advice?
3) The blue fluid, behind the engine, think its engine coolant? Maybe? It is right on the low lvl while cold, but I noticed it gets to about halfway between the low and high lvls when bike is running. Do I need to add anything to that/if so what?
4) Chain tension seems a lil slack, about 3" of play from the top to the bottom. Can I go ahead and tighten this a bit keeping it carefully in alignment? My friend said I may need a torque wrench for tightening it down to specs... how necessary is it to ensure the 85 ft-lbs or whatever the axle needs is reached?
5) There is some front fairing damage from the previous owner who had it fall over in his garage
. Was thinking about replacing some of the parts (though I think thats a lot of money). Can't really find a good place to look up those parts listings and costs. Any help here? I was also debating getting a different front altogether. Maybe make the bike look even more naked... but how does that work out with remounting of the sped/tac, wiring headlights, turn signals, etc and how much would all of that cost? I guess this 5th point is what I'm thinking bout the most as 1-4 I may just have the yamaha shop here locally fix those up for me. So any advice on replacing or putting a different front end/fairing on a bike and how much time/$ is involved and what options I might have would be outstanding!!Thank you all very much. Look forward to joining the Fz6 community here. Loven my bike so far!
