600 Diversion project

[R1stu]

SO I picked this up tonight. Its not pretty, but it only cost me £50 plus an old phone. its reasonable low mileage and had new plugs, bearings, filters and carbs cleaned balanced and new jets. I have found the following is needed.

new pegs
New levers
Mirrors
New fork seals
New Silencer
New ignition
New Indicator

I need to repair the top fairing and mudguard and fix side fairings Bloke said he had 130 from it , he also told me it weighs 400kilios!

Took 3 of us to get it in the car, I forgot how heavy 4 cylinder engines are.

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[Ja7]

Nice find, had one its altra reliable, cheap and easy to repair, 130 wouldn't think so.

[Alpha-9]

lol 400kg
should be like 190. not light
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[R1stu]

[Alpha-9]

[R1stu]

its a 94 plate. I got some downpipes given from an XJ 900, with a harly once piece welded to the collector!

Somehow I dont think I be using them.
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[Nexus Icon]

I think he meant about 400lbs.
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[KLR600]

I had one and ran it into the ground. I did put about 30k miles on it though and learnt a fair bit about bikes from it. Keep on top of maintaining the brakes, I went through a total of 5 calipers I think - 3 fronts and two rears. They're not hard to work on though and I rode through all weather and lived next to the sea so not exactly easy going on it!

The most I ever had out of mine was 118mph (on a private road) but it was absolutely screaming and was downhill with a tailwind! In the end the clutch thrust bearing ate itself and the bike was very tired by that point so I got the ZRX to replace it.
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[ChrisJ]

Wow that really was a bargain for £50! Looking forward to the updates...
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[garth]

For some bizarre reason I quite liked my old one. I've no idea why though, so it's probably rose tinted specs.

[sidewinder]

Same with mine i think it's because there so honest

Divvy tip: give all the breather pipes a good old clean out

[KLR600]

[garth]

I think I liked it because it was shit. I like shit bikes.

[R1stu]

[R1stu]

Ordered fork seals oil and clutch lever today. Going do some the weekend
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[Alpha-9]

Mines the best thing ever coming up from a 125
Nice to be able to get up to 70mph within a few seconds
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Fzr-600 1999

[R1stu]

Well after 2yrs I have finally getting around to removing the engine to fit the new one, after being advised the engine was screwed.

Looks interesting sans engine lol.

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[STONEY!]

y u think engine deaded? not common on these at all

[R1stu]

[sidewinder]

Still got mine and still running strong as ever

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[R1stu]

Well a lot has been done this weekend! I have managed to get the mechanics together, and go her fired up, here is a breif rundown.


Well Friday all my pices I needed to get up and running had arrived.

1m of 7mm hose
1m of 6mm hose
1m of 4mm vacum hose
Fuelcap
Cable oiler.

I wanted to get the fuel line in purple, like the vacumn hose, however they did not do fuel line version of it. So instead I have the cotton coated version of the fuel hose.

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I drilled and hammered the old lock from the fuel cap. Unfortunate the other half lost all my keys to all of my bikes so I have to replace them all.

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I removed all of the old fuel system the main pipes are ok, however I wanted to route them better and get the fuel filter somewhere more safe, and convienient.

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New fuel cap is all fitted and looking good!

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Started to put the carbs back on and plumb in the fuel system then noticed a small issue.

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This engine was off a newer bike, so it was missing the vacum pipe for the fuel pump, and also the oil pipe in the cover for the carb heaters.

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So off to the old engine to remove the number 2 inlet stub and swap over.


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Um nice and yukky, so a quick clean off later and all better.


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So I fit this to the engine and then spend the next 10minutes trying to get the carbs on. I give up. Turns out the stumps are slightly different shape, so the new number 2 was ever so slightly out of alignment with the rest of the carb outlets. Another 30mins later. I have all the old ones off from the engine, and swapped over. Carbs go straight back on!

Next hour was spent measuring the hoses and working the best routing, I then hose clamped some of them, and the other that fitted nice already I put a couple of red cable ties on there to give colour burst.
I sorted the breather hoses and bolted the airbox on and routed everything.


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[R1stu]

[sidewinder]

His burnt orange divvy looked stunning
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[R1stu]

More shiny new stuff turned up yesterday. So I drained the old oil out ant refilled her. Turned her over between showing half full to pump the oil around, damn bike kept starting! Not bad with no fuel in tank, just the fuel left in the bowels.

Was out last night so this was all I could do. Today hopefully will clean the studs and refit the exhaust, and then remove the back wheel and clean, lube and replace chain and sprocket.

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[Alpha-9]

Can't get my bastard to start, think the coils are burnt out

Starter turns over and it chugs but doesnt ignite and no spark at the plugs when pulled and put against some metal
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