Need advice on a track bike...

[dallas]

would like some opinions from the more experienced track'ers out there...

I have the opportunity to purchase a fairly clean, running 1989 FZR600 at a VERY cheap price (read: hundreds! :doggy: ) and am considering it as a muckaround trackbike... owner brought it for a trackie a while ago, but has let that idea slip...

Its not the quickest thing out of the box, but should still be a fun play thing to punt around... and sure beats throwing a nice shiney toy down the road...

it's nothing flash by today's standards, but my mates ridden it, and it still pulls pretty hard for an old girl... it has a later model 750 front end (with upgraged calipers), mild engine work (high comp. pistons, porting, etc), but has an electrical issue (reg/rect i think), and needs new forkseals (chance to swap springs?)... prob whack some new rubber on it also, (although considering thier odd shaped rims, should hopefully get a 110 on the front, 160 on the rear).... all repairs i should be able to do myself to keep the cost down..... out of rego for 6 months, but its still road compliant if i wanted to register it! (even though rego would cost more than the bike!)

should i pull the pin and snap it up? just not too sure about availability of parts etc....


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[Kat00]

GRL13 has got a 400 and she rides that at the track and raves about it.
You will be sorry you asked the question when she sees this thread:D

I reckon what you said about being a fun thing and beats throwing something shiny down the track hits the nail on the head.

If I had the cash and the opportunity came up, I wouldn't hesitate.

[swabio]

yeah... just get it!

[dungbeetle]

mate even if ya cant get it goin, pull it apart and sell it in bits on ebay...

[fatcat]

Buy it. It's old enough and quick enough to be a good PCRA racebike, and racing is a shitload of fun :)

[IBOO57]

I used to own an FZR 600 (in 94-96) Dallas and i did a few track days on it and had a blast.
If is that cheap its not like you have anything to lose.

[GRL13]

GRL13 has got a 400 and she rides that at the track and raves about it.

Hell yeah, my lil 400 is a fuckin ripsnorta. I equaled my lap time of my VFR800 of 2.09, slow compared to you lot, but fuckin excellent for me. gunna better it this time out.
Dallas, BUY THE FUCKIN THING. ya have them things poppin around the red line.3rd gear all around the back. flog it's arse down the streight. for me thats 175/180klm's. so easy to through around, and get ya knee down.

did i say i love that lil thing

[revinR1]

If you dont buy it let me know I have a friend who would be interested in it,especially if its so cheap

[dallas]

thanks for the advice guys... after more research on the little fizzers (and finding most of the parts i'll need!), i've pulled the pin and grabbed it.... :thumbsup:

I guess that means i better find more room in the garage after next weekend then....


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[Zippa]

Looks like we are going to have some fun togetehr (on the track of course). You might need those extra couple of hundred cc's.......

[dallas]

i told ya mate... we're now even... (i need that 200cc advantage)...

yep, it's GAME ON now zip zip...


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GottaGetSomeTransportOrganisedForItNow

[dallas]

picked up the new toy on tues night... flat battery, so onto the charger and back again last night..

got it started (after close to a year idle).. after a few mins, it was sitting quite happy and sounding pretty good... a few additional things i found wrong such as revs / temp guages don't seem to work, sticky throttle cables, and the reg/rectifier is shot, but nothing else that i could find... :confused1:

so what do you do when you've got a new bike, a dead street and daylight? quick squirt up and down the road!!

must say, it gave me a nice shock... damn this 600 is in a hurry!... i've ridden my mates '05 CBR600rr, and this would leave him for dead!.. and with only tshirt and shorts, and 2 blown fork seals, wasn't in a hurry to test the cornering of it, so back into the garage she went.. :eek:

bring on the 14th!


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