custom fzr ?

ebay for the tail peice, new shorter dogbones will raise the rear. You just have to find out what length will raise it the distance you want.

I don't have the calculations, but I may be able to get the info for you. I just have to search my board for it. Oh and the search function that I have sucks, so bear with me....

 

you may just want to hire a person to engineer it for you.

It will cost you a little more, but at least you can rest assured that the seat won't snap under you with a pinion on the back.

I mean, don't know how good your cutting / welding skills are, but with a job like this you pretty much work it out yourself. Plan it, design it, buy the pieces, cut, drill and weld them yourself, then stick it on the bike... Or get someone to engineer it for you.

 

that'll probably work, but remember that the seat will now be on an angle. This will invariably result in you sliding forward in your seat and crushing your testicles against the fuel tank.

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It may be a good idea to check where the fairings clip / screw on to the sub-frame and see if your changes affect this.

You may also find that the width of the FZR frame is different to that of the R6. If this is the case you will have to adjust the sub frame where you will be attaching it to FZR frame.

On a side note, you could have difficulty selling the bike after you do this, especially without a certificate of engineering saying that it's been stress tested.
Buggered if I'd buy a bike that's been chopped up without a certificate to say that it's safe again.

 

or you could just put an extension on the bottom strut instead of cutting stuff........

 

or you could just leave it as it is (an FZR250) and buy an R6.........

 

Is there a need to raise the tail end at all? Will an r6 tailpiece fit without doing this? Some of those photos seem like they haven't been adjusted...

I don't think adding an r6 end is a bad idea - but i do agree with others that this will need to be done by a professional welder as you don't want it snapping mid ride (if you go cutting)

E-bay or wreckers for the tail piece - usually in crashes these stay in decent condition so you should be able to find one.

My suggestion would be get the tail end first, then work out exactly what you need to do (if anything), then do it properly.

p.s. topic is moved to custom mods section of the site...

 

Whats wrong with the tail that fits properly and was installed by Yamaha? If your intent on playing with the ride height have another look at how the subframe bolts on and rethink your approach. There is no need to start cutting and welding. Simple 2" extensions for the bottom strut do exactly the same thing and enable you to return it to stock when you figure it looks crap.

 

I'm interested in this. It looks like a cool little gimmick. Have you tried a wreckers for a R6 tail piece? Is it absolutely needed to cut and weld to fit it? The seat of an r6 on a fzr250 looks so much more comfortable lol. I'll do some research and try and get in on it.

 

hrmm but a 250 and a 600 are different. He is fitting an R6 tail on a 600 not a 250. but that R1 kit looks ace, probably way too big for a 250.

 

Hey cool for $749.95, you get cool fittings AND a semi-naked chick. Does she just hang around the bike and yell at possible theives or what?

Also, why not just pimp out your ride with neons. Cheap, easy, and if they dont pulse they're currently legal.

 

Got any actual evidence to support this.
I got quite involved in the legality of this on cars a few years back (~1999-2000... pre-ricer-era), and at that point in time there were a few little hitches when fitting 'additional lighting' to the outside of a vehicle.

 

As a matter of fact I have the pdf for victorian automobile lighting laws.

Technically you can't have additional illumination. Not while your vehicle is running. I guess the only way you MIGHT be able to get away with it is by saying that your blue neons are your 'high beam telltales' (you know that blue light that tells your your high beam is on? that.)
Of course you need to be able to see them, and you need to only have em on while your high beams are on. Also, you can have an optional green light on when your lo-beams are on. Same thing applies here.
Theres no rules that I can see for the tell-tale lights, you just gotta be able to see em, and they have to be blue or green, depending.. But you'll have to spew legal jargon to the rwc guy (and why not, I've used legal loopholes before - in fact the internet service provider I'm with now gives me unlimited internet, at limited prices, because of a flaw in their terms.)

However these options are obviously limiting. The best thing to do is to fit the lights, but dont use em while you ride. It's completely legal to have neons equipped, its illegal to have them turned on while riding. Still okay to have them on after you've parked. I GUESS that you could have them on while you ride, illegally, not that I endorse that at all. I mean, I'd never break the law. .. cough.

But thats it. They guys at vicroads covered their asses pretty well.

 

Well when i last looked into it (a fair few years ago i might add), the deal was that no colour other than white could be emitted from the front 180º arc of the vehicle, and no colour other than red could be emitted from the rear 180º arc of the vehicle.

Now the important word amongst that lot is emitted - this is where the technicality of undercarraige lighting comes in; as long as the tubes (light sources) are not exposed for direct viewing in any direction on a horizontal plane, the light cast on the road is legal. The ADR rules then make mention to 'dazzling' light sources, which again is covered as long as they aren't directly exposed.

In the case of the linked image above, because of the high gloss finish on the frame directly reflecting the light source - you would be defected no questions asked. The headlights, again... as they are a non 'white' (2700k-4500k colour temperature defined by the ADR actually implies yellow-white not blue-white) would be instantly defected. The EL wire you might just get away with, but given it's so blatantly obvious... i'd be a little coy about using it and atleast try and tuck it into a gap in the fairings.

Oh, and yes you can legally have 'additional illumination' as long as it complies to the ADR and state laws.

Out of interest, is the PDF from the ADR or from VicRoads?

 

'additional illumination' ONLY pertains to illumination that replaces the job of another type of illumionate.
the PDF be from vicroads.
ADR would probably be a better source tho. Didnt think of that.

The 180 degree white/red light arc seems odd. Didn't hear of that rule.. Makes indicators illegal tho

I've got a black bike, so I'd just but a few red bulbs under the fairinbgs, which would project backwards. Seriously, that would look freaking sweet. If you rigged them to go a bit brighter when the brakes are pressed, then its additional lighting.. Coool. It'd be a sweet lookin red outline from behind.

Dodging legal bullets is hard without a knowledgeable lawyer.

Oh, and blue lights I see every day, are they legal? Cos if so then bikes could have the mild blue type.