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I seem to remember that lockhart phillips makes plastic for that....including some lowers.....

I have an FZ600...its a great bike to start on....its docile (you can tune the hell out of it though and take it to the track)....its light.....its UNBELIEVABLY manueverable.....I will never get rid of mine...... let me know if you have questions about it

thats barely broken in.....ride it....its the best beginner bike with balls and handling out there alot of ppl would say.... get some lowers...wider rear tire....if there is some kind of rear fender eliminator kit for it, do that.....then it would be modern enough... what colour?

I believe lockhart phillps makes lower plastic...you might be able to get some Napoleon barend mirrors.....I dont know about the wheels...prolly can go 1 size wider at least, but you need to find some folks who know about these are see if they can help....

Wont FZ700 carbs work with the 600 motors??

I have an FZ600...the XJ's engine is the same...you will have to use the FZ's carbs though... where are you located?...

any sites for this kind of info?.... what would be the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times for my 88 FZ600

you can try www.ronayers.com

it looked like a tapeworks kit....similar to the one in my 1st post there at the top....I wrote to them...I havent heard from them...hopefully they can do something... I will keep you all posted.... cheers

God bless you all!!....there it was....hiding under grease and dirt....and there was oil in the crankcase....which is a relief You fellows sure are a great help...thanks again cheers

Ok...I am quite flustered here...I have a manual...but I dont know for sure where to find the oil drain plug on this 88 FZ600... I have found a plug on either side of the engine...it takes an allen-type wrench....some oil came out....but....maybe just a cup....there must be more in there....I can see some of it grinning at me thru that window....I am also worried that the crazy canuck who owned it before may have run it with low oil..... any help...pics...descriptions would be great thanks fellows Ciao

Beezneez!!....OMG...that is just lovely...I think I will see if I can give that a go...do know if those black squares are a decal?..or some kind of graphics kit?....thats just lovely...I think I like to do something like that.....if anyone has any ideas on how to get those black squares in some sort of decal form...I would be grateful... Thanks all....and I'll let you know how she goes Cheers

I need some thoughts on what colour to paint my 88 FZ600. I would prolly add some decals or wings or flames or something For those of you who arent familar with it, here is a generic picture http://www.motorbikes.be/motorbike/1640/full.jpg thanks for any advice I was thinking yellow or black...but yellow might appear trashy

Yeah...I am sure I'll need something else carb related before the bike is retired.... I am actually in the USA...near boston...havent seen any of these in the local breakers....ebay seems to be my only source....

Thanks man!! Actually I am just getting a spare set of carbs from ebay..cant hurt to have an extra set on hand.... thanks for helping a brother out though... cheers

I have done it this time...grrrrr...I was attempting to jet my 88 yamaha fz600....one of the steps was to drill the slide hole a little bit large with a provided drill bit.....well...I didnt see that there was more than one bit in the package....you guessed it....I used the bigger size.... How will this affect my carbs?...I am assuming that I will need to replace the vacuum slide (slide diaphram)..with a stock one...and drill the slide hole with the proper bit.... Thing is...I cant seem to find any of this parts or carbs on ebay....are there any other bikes out there that use this carb?...do you think I should be able to snag the vacuum slide off of it? Thanks guys

Keep the updates coming...this is really cool....is this our answer to american custom chopper projects? ...

you might want to try ebay for those fairings...if not, air-tech makes some aftermarket ones...I believe it was about 500 USD for all the fairings new when I called they gave me these prices: Upper cowl = 131 Mid left and right = 62 each Lower left and right = 103 each Rear Cowl (this goes over the rear seat with velcro) = 48 all of this is in USD you might be able to try other sources as well...but they are all about the same price if you are running the pod filters, I might suggest that you pick up a K&N jet kit...on ebay K&N is flogging the stage1&3 kits for about 35 USD (which is a remarkable deal)...this should take the guess work out of finding the right jet (seeing K&N makes those filters).... I also picked up a Jardine aftermarket pipe...they have them on ebay as well granted...I have just gotten these things and I havent installed them yet (its winter where I live)...when I do I will post my experiences, but I believe that it should make the bike run sweet!! are you in the states?

just ordered one for my bike.....wanted to know if you guys had any luck with them and if they make an improvement... thanks

nice to see you here to... I am daslooneyboy from the FZ600 forum

what year is your bike?....I just got a K&N stage 1 and 3 jet kit from ebay for 35 USD ....it is a really good deal there is also a Jardine Slip on exhaust for 85 USD mine is 1988.... those thingfs should improve BHP 5-10% for stage 1... maybe 15% for stage 3 ... you will need those pod airfilters though

thanks guys...I am in the USA...so parts are harder to come by... it does seem like a fun bike to work on...I have to do the front fork seals...I got some Progressive Sunspension front springs... going to put in a jet kit and a jardine muffler on it too.... I live near Boston...so this is something that I will do in the winter when I am not riding... I am getting near fairings for it...and I intend to paint it.... I might need some suggestions on colours ... ...now's your chance guys ...

I just bought a FZ600 and I intend to get it up and running...I have never owned a sportbike before Does anyone have any knowledge about this bike?...I cant seem to find much data online about it Does anyone else own (owned) this bike? -thanks