FZR400RR advice please

[T0MMY]

I'm considering buying an FZR400RR 3TJ and was just wondering if anyone with experience of them can let me know if there's anything I need to look out for?

It has a rattle from the EXUP valve at tickover apparently, not sure if it's only from cold or not but I understand that isn't uncommon with these.
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ZX6R + CBR600RR

[Blau Zedong]

Crap build quality and appetite for rods and big ends if abused. It had best be in good nick and have a whisper quiet engine. On another note - good chassis, world's most boring engine.
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18:54:48 Rob Fzs: jews don't give away stuff for free

18:54:59 Rob Fzs: unless its their clothes/ hair/ golden teeth

[T0MMY]

Has it just got a very flat power delivery then? I seem to recall having a shot on a mate's one about 12 years ago but annoyingly I can't remember what it was like, maybe that's why
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ZX6R + CBR600RR

[Blau Zedong]

The power delivery is indeed more akin to an electric motor than an internal combustion engine When I rode one I kept twatting into the limiter as the engine had no sense of coming on cam or the power dropping off. It did handle rather well though.
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18:54:48 Rob Fzs: jews don't give away stuff for free

18:54:59 Rob Fzs: unless its their clothes/ hair/ golden teeth

[T0MMY]

I wonder if that's to do with the EXUP smoothing out the torque curve? I'll see if I can get it quite cheap, I won't buy it if it gets to CBR/VFR 400 money.
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ZX6R + CBR600RR

[Blau Zedong]

Yamaha's engines were quite refined anyway, the EXUP just dilutes what character was left.
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18:54:48 Rob Fzs: jews don't give away stuff for free

18:54:59 Rob Fzs: unless its their clothes/ hair/ golden teeth

[damz]

if only u were nearer to me, im planning to sell my rvf soon, i'd go for either a zxr or a honda 400, they'l be in slightly better condition, not as rare and more sporty/fun.
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Current Bikes RVF400 - 94
Cars: RX7 FD, Eunos Roadster
Former Bikes: FZR 250R 89, ZX7R 98

[T0MMY]

More expensive though. I'm looking for something well under a grand and the FZRs just aren't as popular.
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ZX6R + CBR600RR

[Al]

I have one, the suspension is very soft as standard and even worse when knackered. It will ruin what is a pretty good handling bike unless you sort it really.
I fitted a rebuilt shock from an RRSP and it actually made the rear about 3" higher as the old shock was sagging so much and this was on a 16,000 mile bike.

The engine is a little characterless and it sounds a bit whiny at high revs, But its very predictable, you can pretty much just crack the throttle open coming out of a corner and it will just pick up and go, none of this carefully feeding the power on that you have to do on bikes with peaky power deliveries
Although saying that the guy who had mine before me managed to highside it so it can't be that foolproof.

They are apparently a bit of a time bomb if you rev them too much.

I've had mine for 3.5yrs now done touring, trackdays, commuting and the only thing other then servicing and consumables I've had to get was a reg/rec at 21k.

As a guide I paid £1600 for mine in 2006, if had a few scuffs and no history, plus a string of teenage owners but was generally in ok condition.

Have you had a look in the FZR section of 400gb.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/big_al/Norfolk%20Lincolnshire%20Ride/PB040016-1.jpg
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Yamaha FZR400RR 3tj
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[T0MMY]

I really like the look of them, same with all the 400s of that era for some reason.

I'll have a look on 400gb, I already put a wanted ad up on there.
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ZX6R + CBR600RR