Project FZR

So last time I was lurching from stall to stall in the rebuild process, but I neglected to mention one additional thing which had happened during this time – I found a potential track bike, once again in Victoria (the same place I sourced the engine from for the rebuild). Having another FZR600 as a … Read more

There is an old adage that war is long periods of boredom, punctuated by moments of sheer terror, and in that sense, this rebuild has become a war. In my last post, several weeks ago, I mentioned that I was filling time while waiting for the one final part I needed to arrive so I … Read more

This is a short post, as it represents a time where I was largely just twiddling my thumbs waiting for the one final (I hoped) oil seal to arrive before I could start the motor rebuild. Given that I had sorted, as much as I was going to, the parts that would be visible to … Read more

The big day had arrived. All gaskets, seals and other minor parts had arrived. All the necessary gasket glue and goo substances were ready. The Haynes manual was ready to go. A plethora of zip-lock bags quivered in anticipation of their imminent opening. And finally, at the heart of it all, the one incorrect part, … Read more

In my last post I had reached a bit of an impasse with the motor rebuild, waiting on parts that had to come from Japan and which would take at least a couple of weeks before arriving. This led to a question about what to do to fill the time in between. First up was … Read more