curve_hugger Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hi, just thought I'd post up an intro. My name is Cat and I have been riding for two years now and love it, about 8000 miles under my belt, ridden a Honda Rebel 250, Shadow 750, and Ninja 500. My brother just gave me his old '84 FJ600. It will be my project for next year (putting together a custom Honda hatchback this fall/winter). It has about 22K miles and ran well when he parked it several years ago. I guess a rather large friend of his stretched the chain and my brother parked it. It will need: chain, tank (beyond repair), fork seals, pedals, re-sealing the top end, and either new fairing or stuff to make it a streetfighter. The most work I've done on a bike is tighten the chain on my Shadow, although I have worked on cars. This should be an interesting project. So as I go I'm sure I will be picking you vintage Yamaha guru's brains, and if anyone has any good sites (besides craigslist and ebay) to go to for parts and advice I'd appreciate some links! And for you leghumpers, yes I'm single but I'm NOT HOT! (I've been on enough forums to know that the first questions for a newb female are are you hot and post a pic! ) Well, here's pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEAN 1 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 welcome mate .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted August 2, 2008 Moderator Share Posted August 2, 2008 Hi, just thought I'd post up an intro. My name is Cat and I have been riding for two years now and love it, about 8000 miles under my belt, ridden a Honda Rebel 250, Shadow 750, and Ninja 500. My brother just gave me his old '84 FJ600. It will be my project for next year (putting together a custom Honda hatchback this fall/winter). It has about 22K miles and ran well when he parked it several years ago. I guess a rather large friend of his stretched the chain and my brother parked it. It will need: chain, tank (beyond repair), fork seals, pedals, re-sealing the top end, and either new fairing or stuff to make it a streetfighter. The most work I've done on a bike is tighten the chain on my Shadow, although I have worked on cars. This should be an interesting project. So as I go I'm sure I will be picking you vintage Yamaha guru's brains, and if anyone has any good sites (besides craigslist and ebay) to go to for parts and advice I'd appreciate some links! Hi and welcome Cat, good luck with your project You might find this place useful Clicky Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curve_hugger Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 Hi and welcome Cat, good luck with your project You might find this place useful Clicky Link Thank you. Yep, got that one on my favorites already. Been doing a lot of research the last couple of days, and sometimes it's intimidating but mostly I can't wait to get tearing it down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junker Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Hey, You and me are in the same boat; I got an older 1988 FZ600 and am working on restoring it. Its been a really fun project so far, costly and labor intensive, but fun. If you need Fairings, OEM ones will run you probably more than your bike's worth; try www.airtech-streamlining.com -They make fiberglass bodywork for way less and for any bike, also fiberglass is better in some ways than ABS plastics... Bikebandit is an ok place to look for parts and diagrams, but prices for older bikes are astronomical! One thing i like about my Yamaha, that i recently learned and has been a big help to me; Is that many Yamaha bikes of the same year range (1986-1989) but different models with same cc's seem to share engines. for instance my bike shares an engine with not just other Fz600's but aslo FJ600's, XJ600's and also YX600 Radians. SOmetimes an ebay search for one bike dosent lead to as many results as searching relatives. Good Luck, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curve_hugger Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Hey, You and me are in the same boat; I got an older 1988 FZ600 and am working on restoring it. Its been a really fun project so far, costly and labor intensive, but fun. If you need Fairings, OEM ones will run you probably more than your bike's worth; try www.airtech-streamlining.com -They make fiberglass bodywork for way less and for any bike, also fiberglass is better in some ways than ABS plastics... Bikebandit is an ok place to look for parts and diagrams, but prices for older bikes are astronomical! One thing i like about my Yamaha, that i recently learned and has been a big help to me; Is that many Yamaha bikes of the same year range (1986-1989) but different models with same cc's seem to share engines. for instance my bike shares an engine with not just other Fz600's but aslo FJ600's, XJ600's and also YX600 Radians. SOmetimes an ebay search for one bike dosent lead to as many results as searching relatives. Good Luck, by the way. Thanks! I know about fairings being ridiculous. I'll check out that site. Right now we are going to patch up my fairing to make it useable since I priced parts to make a streetfighter and it was almost as much as a new fairing, new parts anyway like headlight and speedo/tach. There was a fairing on ebay, went for $340 with shipping. Something I can look for after the bike is roadable. I'm more concerned about getting the bike running and rideable, but looking around it can get discouraging! Just happen to get a rare bike, which will be cool in some ways and frustrating in others. About the engine, that's what I was thinking. The '84-5 XJ looks exactly the same as my bike. But they guys on XJbikes are saying the engine is not the same. Huh? I'm hoping you and I are right and not them! I'm getting a service manual as soon as I can and going to keep researching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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