henryz Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Hey everyone, I'm new here and I have my first Yamaha. I bought an FZR on the cheap in bits. It had almost everything with it I wanted on a custom bike. I can tell you now I am having some annoying but maybe not serious problems. First of all I had to re bleed the front brakes, that is sorted. The wiring loom wasnt earthed properly, horn didn't work, speedo wasnt wired up (electronic), headlight was still in the box, swingarm hadn't been fitted, radiator needed fitting and needed MOT. If you look at the pics you will see it is all going fairly well. The swingarms on, the lights are on, rad and all that jazz. I have a question though, are the 88 Genesis models supposed to have a fan with the radiator? Because I didn't get one. I can't find my thermostat switch either. MOT is done. I was balancing the carbs today, this was taking a while on a really hot day and I noticed something hot on my leg, water was flying out of the overflow, I'm guessing this is because it is too hot and also maybe it is because I don't have a fan? So far the bike has been driving me crazy! Piccys:
vic-fzr600 Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 Welcome! Nice bike. Liking the single sided swing arm - whats it off originally? Was it hard to fit?
henryz Posted July 29, 2009 Author Posted July 29, 2009 Welcome! Nice bike. Liking the single sided swing arm - whats it off originally? Was it hard to fit? Hey thanks, it is from a Triumph 1050 I believe with the 190 back tyre and the seat unit and subframe is from a 916. Most of the prep work was done when I bought it, but it was a bit of a fiddle getting alignment right.
craigdf Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Hey everyone, I'm new here and I have my first Yamaha. I bought an FZR on the cheap in bits. It had almost everything with it I wanted on a custom bike. I can tell you now I am having some annoying but maybe not serious problems. First of all I had to re bleed the front brakes, that is sorted. The wiring loom wasnt earthed properly, horn didn't work, speedo wasnt wired up (electronic), headlight was still in the box, swingarm hadn't been fitted, radiator needed fitting and needed MOT. If you look at the pics you will see it is all going fairly well. The swingarms on, the lights are on, rad and all that jazz. I have a question though, are the 88 Genesis models supposed to have a fan with the radiator? Because I didn't get one. I can't find my thermostat switch either. MOT is done. I was balancing the carbs today, this was taking a while on a really hot day and I noticed something hot on my leg, water was flying out of the overflow, I'm guessing this is because it is too hot and also maybe it is because I don't have a fan? So far the bike has been driving me crazy! Piccys: Hi there i have just got my fzr 1000 exup do you know if i can fit fzr 1000 ru exup forks to my 1990 fzr 1000 exup
craigdf Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Hi there i have just got my fzr 1000 exup do you know if i can fit fzr 1000 ru exup forks to my 1990 fzr 1000 exup
henryz Posted August 4, 2009 Author Posted August 4, 2009 Hi there i have just got my fzr 1000 exup do you know if i can fit fzr 1000 ru exup forks to my 1990 fzr 1000 exup I haven't ever seen an exup before so i'm not sure. I am trying to find out if the exup engine will fit the genesis with little or no mods.
wayno Posted August 10, 2009 Posted August 10, 2009 Hey everyone, I'm new here and I have my first Yamaha. I bought an FZR on the cheap in bits. It had almost everything with it I wanted on a custom bike. I can tell you now I am having some annoying but maybe not serious problems. First of all I had to re bleed the front brakes, that is sorted. The wiring loom wasnt earthed properly, horn didn't work, speedo wasnt wired up (electronic), headlight was still in the box, swingarm hadn't been fitted, radiator needed fitting and needed MOT. If you look at the pics you will see it is all going fairly well. The swingarms on, the lights are on, rad and all that jazz. I have a question though, are the 88 Genesis models supposed to have a fan with the radiator? Because I didn't get one. I can't find my thermostat switch either. MOT is done. I was balancing the carbs today, this was taking a while on a really hot day and I noticed something hot on my leg, water was flying out of the overflow, I'm guessing this is because it is too hot and also maybe it is because I don't have a fan? So far the bike has been driving me crazy! Piccys: That looks fantastic!!!
henryz Posted August 19, 2009 Author Posted August 19, 2009 That looks fantastic!!! Hey thanks very much. I just put it in the shop today for a carb rebuild and possibly new jets, a couple of runs on the dyno and some new tyres.
vic-fzr600 Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 Any chance of some bigger pics please? Still really impressed by that swingarm transplant!
henryz Posted August 19, 2009 Author Posted August 19, 2009 Any chance of some bigger pics please? Still really impressed by that swingarm transplant! I can take some for you when it comes back from the garage. The mechanics seem to have messed something up. It has a custom wiring loom the previous owner made. To be honest, it's a bit of a mess and it does need re wiring or just tidying with new connectors. However, they managed to pull something out and now they cant get any power. They spent ages trying to fix that instead of cleaning my carbs and getting it to run richer. Hoping they won't charge me for the wiring problems as it worked when I left it there.
adam 1990 Posted August 29, 2009 Posted August 29, 2009 I haven't ever seen an exup before so i'm not sure. I am trying to find out if the exup engine will fit the genesis with little or no mods. hi just wandering if you found out weather the exup engine will fit the genesis frame.
hainesz Posted October 1, 2009 Posted October 1, 2009 nice bike buddy... well done, looks like you got a bargin there
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