Electric87FZ600

Thanks for the advice, it really seems like experience is what teaches you how to park it so it's stable, but sometimes these high wind gusts have me worried, especially if I go this lake I like to see, the wind pushes off of the lake fast and there is no curb to park against. At least my bike is old and not the prettiest anyways, so if it fell it wouldn't be too big of a loss. Zach

Yea I know these stands are not what I said I originally wanted it for, but I was wondering if anyone has seen something similar that is portable? thanks for your opinion though. Has anyone actually had their bike fall over while parked and why did it fall?

Okay, thanks so much for your reply. After searching for a while I found a pic of something I had in mind, but would rather it be something I could carry with me. I'll post the link to the pic. http://www.revsperformance.com/renntec/stands.htm While searching I also found this homemade stand, it's not portable at all, but I thought it was pretty cool if it's safe... http://texan.labiker.org/projects/stand/1leftbottom.html And I found this on ebay at a reasonable price, but don't know the quality (I better go read some reviews to get a better idea), http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/motorcycle-...1QQcmdZViewItem Thanks for your advice, I hope my little bit of info is beneficial to someone, somewhere, sometime. Zach

Welcome to the board, good luck on getting a reply, I've been trying for like two weeks. Ride safe.

Does anyone ever look at this message board? It could be very useful to a lot of people. Can anyone at least have some type of reply? Is it normal for there to be no center stand on a sport bike like my 87' FZ? Does anyone else have a center stand on a similar bike? peace

I hope my question doesn't bother the thread poster, but I have an 87' FZ600 and would like a center stand, do any of them have a center stand from the showroom? Or have one custom mounted or something? The side stand doesn't hold very well on a lot of surfaces and I have to park a certain way uphill so it's not tipsy. Or is there something else that I could like slide under the tire to hold it up? Thanks, Zach

So I need to do an oil change first...well I have a service manual and it looks like it came from the Yamaha dealership, maybe I can figure it out, but I'd need a hydraulic motorcycle floor jack wouldn't I? I don't think my bike has a center stand. Is shuffling the clutch plates a very involved process? Actually I think I like how it slips only on hard acceleration, it'll help me keep my head on straight. I was speaking of chain lash in the drive chain to the rear wheel, I've heard it was susceptible to building lack when off the throttle and when you roll back on it can cause the bike to jump in the middle of a turn or wherever, I was just mentioning it to get suggestions on that feel as I am a beginner rider, I need to know what to do in case of all these common situations arriving. thanks for the feedback, zach

I see this forum is not the busiest, anyways, I was reading on another motorcycle forum (www.totalmotorcycle.com), that this isn't the best first bike. Well I did have an 84' Honda Shadow 700, but that was a lot different, and I only drove it 300 miles. After reading the precautions on TMW I feel like it may be dangerous to ride this bike, I don't feel like i'm the exceptional driver (even though I have a little auto-cross experience, in a car though), I don't feel exceptional but I do feel like I can be civilized enough to survive driving this bike until I convert it to electric, i'll be using an electric motor with probably 2/3 of the original combustion engine, just because it's cheaper than the electric conversions that are faster than the original gas setup. I plan to wear full safety gear, I bought a helmet (DOT and Snell approved) and riding gloves, I still need a jacket and pants, but denim for now. Has anyone else started on a FZ600? Any beginner tips? I read once that the older FZ's like mine have a tendency to develop chain lash, could someone describe that and how to prevent it or what to do once something goes wrong? Thanks, Zach

sweet bike, I bet it's fun to ride. whatchuin school 4? i'm doing mechanical engineering myself.

Hello, I recently acquired a 1987 Yamaha FZ600, I'm still waiting on the title though, so I might wait to work on it anymore. Anyhow, it leaks oil from underneath, couldn't this be dangerous if it were to drip on the rear tire? Or is there something to prevent that from happening (splash shield?)? Anyways, the previous owner says the engine is from a 1991 Yamaha grand prix or something, it's supposed to be a race motor. It sounds like it's got an exhaust leak at the manifold, I may fix that or just drive it for now as I plan to convert it to 100% electric later. Also the clutch slips on harder acceleration, but I've read in the manual how to adjust it, it's probably just halfway burnt up though. I wanted to know where could this bike be leaking oil from? What are the name and description of the seals that could be leaking? And is there any common places for it to leak? Is there any way to lift the motorcycle without the hydraulic motorcycle floor jack? Also would anyone know if the fairing or plastic that surrounds the headlight is hard to find for my motorcycle? I've seen a few for sale, I'd like to wait to buy one, but if it's rare I better snatch one up while it's available. Thanks, for your help. Peace -Zach