Fazer 600 possibly buy

[Poundshop Dave]

Selling the GPZ, thinking of getting a friends fazer as he gets too many aches and pains to ride anymore.

2001, low mileage at 23k, nice to ride but has no 4th gear. 1-2-3 etc all ok but no 4th. It's like it goes into neutral. Not overly bothered in the riding aspect as I can change through it. More worried about there being a broken bit of metal rattling about inside the box that will jam the gearbox solid when I'm doing 70 on the M6.

Might be a selector bent or a shagged cog. Anyone have any experience with Fazer gearboxes? bike is desirable as it is cheap £650 cheap. So cheap and a bargain, factor in a new or recon box and I may just not bother and keep the GPZ, better the devil you know and all that.

Help appreciated.
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[Matt B]

Not everything that's cheap is actually a bargain
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[Poundshop Dave]

Yes I realise that, my mate got conned buying it. He went to get it in a van and rode it around the car park by where the bloke lived and never got it out of 2nd. Upon getting it home and insuring and taxing it, on his first ride out he was aware of the issue. He's not done a lot of mileage on it as he had a back injury many years ago and it acts up when riding.

Just hoping someone knew a thing or 2 about Fazer 600 boxes.
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[pompousporcup...]

youtube 'YZF600 Engine disassembly 2nd Gear Rebuild'

that is pretty much the same engine and details whats involved should you want to repair it or at least find out why its missing 4th/

If its that much of a bargain, buy it and then buy a complete engine off ebay and swap that out.

[c_dug]

I'm really very happy with my Fazer, but was also really happy with my GPZ.

They're very different bikes but fill a similar piece of the market, despite the 40 odd bhp difference they accelerate reasonably similarly (the GPZ is deceptively fast for a small twin cylinder bike), both handle amply for road riding for most riders, the GPZ will be more economical, the Fazer more reliable in my experience.

In reality I see little reason to swap a good GPZ for a bad Fazer.
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[Poundshop Dave]

Thanks all. Decided to keep the GPZ, not worth the aggro of engine out to look at gearbox.
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