Restoring an Fz-600

[kjelly]

Hello everyone !

i am new here, and i hope to learn as much as possible and with time i can help other people to :rockon:

i bought an fz-600 (1987) for a very cheap price, but the guy put an suzuki gs750 front fork in the fz-600? :s

a buddy of me has a front fork of a fzr400, but would it fit? i am doubtful because ok, the fz600 has a fzr400 frame, but does that goes for the frond fork as well?

friendly greetings, and thanks in advance !

kjelly

 

[degake]

Hello everyone !

i am new here, and i hope to learn as much as possible and with time i can help other people to :rockon:

i bought an fz-600 (1987) for a very cheap price, but the guy put an suzuki gs750 front fork in the fz-600? :s

a buddy of me has a front fork of a fzr400, but would it fit? i am doubtful because ok, the fz600 has a fzr400 frame, but does that goes for the frond fork as well?

friendly greetings, and thanks in advance !

kjelly

Any pics of the bike?
Why are you replacing the GS front fork? (as it will give you a smoother ride than the stock fzr fork?) You want the bike to become completely stock again?
What year fzr400 is the fork of your buddy from?

Grtz,


Degake

 

[kjelly]

thank you for the reaction !

o i didn't know that it would give me a smoother ride,

wel, the yokes wouldn't fit. when i turn my steer, i pushes against my tank,
or would it be better if i keep the forks and mount them in the yokes of the fzr400?

i want my clipons back, and that won't fit on the yokes of the gs, plus i don't know if i can fit the wheel of the fz600 in that front fork

kjelly


edit : the year from the fzr400 from my friend is 84

pictures will follow

 

[degake]

Do you perhaps know what year GSXR750 the current forks came off?

Grtz,


Degake

 

[kjelly]

Do you perhaps know what year GSXR750 the current forks came off?

Grtz,


Degake

i think you misunderstood me, its from a suzuki gs750
like this one :

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kjelly

 

[degake]

i think you misunderstood me, its from a suzuki gs750
like this one :

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kjelly

My mistake! :ban:

I thought it was of a GSXR750, as that is a common front fork swap on older FZR600 bikes.
As for the fork of a FZR400; everything should be the same, so you could just replace everything without a hassle!!
I found this info on this site (and it has a lot of other usefull info :thumbupFZRarchives

Grtz,


Degake

 

[kjelly]

thank you very much:d :thumbup:

so a fzr400 will fit my fz600? that would be nice, i spare a lot of money then !


kjelly:rockon:

 

[degake]

thank you very much:d :thumbup:

so a fzr400 will fit my fz600? that would be nice, i spare a lot of money then !


kjelly:rockon:

I maybe wrong again :spank:

I searched for compatibility between FZR600 and FZR400, not FZ600 and FZ400.
There isn't much to find on these bikes, so it will be a difficult search .

Maybe you could try to ask some information at the dealership? (I don't know where you're located in Belgium, but send an e-mail to Lammens in Wetteren and see if they can help you out.) Just ask for the part numbers of a FZ400 front fork and FZ600 front fork; if they're the same, they will be interchangeable. If they're not, well... ask the dealer for some advice)

Grtz,


Degake

 

[kjelly]

I maybe wrong again :spank:

I searched for compatibility between FZR600 and FZR400, not FZ600 and FZ400.
There isn't much to find on these bikes, so it will be a difficult search .

Maybe you could try to ask some information at the dealership? (I don't know where you're located in Belgium, but send an e-mail to Lammens in Wetteren and see if they can help you out.) Just ask for the part numbers of a FZ400 front fork and FZ600 front fork; if they're the same, they will be interchangeable. If they're not, well... ask the dealer for some advice)

Grtz,


Degake

aaah okay, i see now,

hmmm i will do that, thanks for the help !

kjelly