Madison Motorsport

Wha mileage has the bike done? Have any clutch components been replaced? It sounds like the friction plates could be slightly warped.

In what way doesn't it fit?

Thundercat or pre-2000 R6 forks will fit.

I've had to do this many times for customers. What I do is this: I have a selection of very small HSS drill bits and I drill a 1mm hole down through the key blade. I then syringe a tiny amount of Araldite type glue into the hole and push in a piece of electrical wire into it. I leave it to set for about ten minutes and then pull. Hey Presto! The key comes out no problems.

Can you get the frame and engine numbers? There will be a country designation code within one or the other of them.

Anyone from here going to the Isle of Man this year? We're going over on the 31st from Heysham and we'll be stopping at Glen Lough Campsite It's also going to be our honeymoon Although, I am a TT Marshall so I doubt I will get to spend much time doing the nuptuals

Can you not just calculate the mpg from the tank size in litres against your trip on the odo?

I can highly recommend the Pirelli Diablo on the R6. My 05 came from the showroom with Dunlops and they were changed after less than 600 miles. I fitted the Pirellis and they lasted me 8k rear and 15k front. Grip was awesome wet or dry.

It could be the solenoid. However, as said above, the starter switches have a tendancy to stop making a good connection, especially if water has gotten inside and corroded the terminals.

What mileage is on the bike? Selector forks shouldn't need replacing really until you've hit at least 40k (and that's a conservative estimate) unless the bike has been ridden by a redline happy loon.

It shouldn't make a difference as long as the hoses aren't kinked.

I doubt it will be the alternator if the bike is running for such a short length of time before failing. It will either be a stuffed battery or a drain somewhere. Although, I've not come across anything that will drain a battery completely within a few minutes I must admit.

If you look at the diagram you will see a total of 8 wires connected to the IGN box. The part number you want is 3FH-82305-00-00

Edit: Here's a cut and paste from the official Yamaha wiring diagram:

I think the poor guy is confused enough without us bombarding him with the ins and outs of Yamaha's lump sharing scheme

I have, sitting in my workshop, 2 1986 2HW FZ600s, frame numbers 2HW-000103 and 2HW-000116. Both water cooled. I also have a 1986 air cooled FZ400. Also, 2 1988 2HW FZ600s, frame numbers 2HW-002552 and 2HW-002336, again both water cooled. I have never said that air cooled FZ600s do not exist, purely that the 2HW prefix is that of a water cooled, not air cooled, engine - if you wish, I can get Yamaha to confrim this by e-mail. Also, the fact that the OPs bike is a 1988 FZ600 leads me to believe that the 3KM engine is not original as there was no 3KM engine used in the 1988 FZ600. The only possible way to explain the presence of this engine would be that either a) the engine has been previously transplanted, or b ) the bike was actually built prior to August 1986 and had been sat around unregistered for at least 18 months, in which case it is not a 1988 bike at all. Finally, to confirm, I was not Yamaha franchisee myself in the 1980s, I worked for Yamaha - from 1982 until 1993. I started as an apprentice and worked my way up to senior technician in 1987. I now run my own motorsport company in Kent and I have a race team build in progress for Supersport in 2011.

You'd be surprised how many there are about. I rarely see many for sale though as people tend to keep them until they die.

The water cooled 2HW was introduced in 1985 The only air cooled FZs I have seen have been 400s and I've had a lot of them pass through my hands over the years.

If you have a Datatool alarm, that'll be your problem. Evil pieces of devil spawn that seriously bagel up batteries.

I know I'm a little late on this thread, but the 2HW is the FZ600 engine. The 3KM is not an FZ600 engine but an XJ600 engine. The most obvious difference is that the 2HW is water cooled, the 3KM is air cooled. It sounds as though your bike had already suffered from the wrong engine in a transplant.

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Bit off topic, but congrats on passing DAS today hun :D

If 10w is not stiffening them up enough, it sounds like it may be time for new springs and a re-build.

Pics of both would help

I personally would not want to entrust my life, and that of my family, to a fucking computer!