FJ600 Streetfighter project

Hi, I thought I might start my own subject on my FJ600 street fighter project .
Im hoping the pictures will transfer over ok , I will try to give as much info on the progress as it goes .
So far the bike has been totally striped down , frame painted , engine painted and back in the frame ( for a 600 its not exactly a light engine ) a few stainless bolts here and there . The old top yoke now has been replaced with the YX600 Radian one so I can fit better bars ( fits straight on,everthing lines up etc) .Lower fork legs polished , Front wheel metalic black , polished rims etc . Swing arm and links refurbished ( bushes replaced etc) now back in the frame with the rear shock .
Picture below is as I bought it .

 

engine and frame before clean up . We had it running before we started to strip the bike down , sounds quite nice, so no need to take the engine appart, a good external clean and paint up.
The frame was similar, just aged dirt and surface rust, cleaned up nicely ,followed by a nice paint job.

 

Front wheel , before and after . The wheels were painted red , badly , so it had to be striped . Note ... Making good use of the paddock stand as a wheel stand (this came in very handy when painting the wheel).

 

yokes fitted , engine in etc

 

front wheel and forks in.

 

good start to your fighter. The wheels came up really well.
Gonna be a nice clean example, will be interesting what your gonna do body work wise.

Is it renthal bars then for fighter??

Pity the wheels on these fj/xj s arent that bit wider.

keep up the good work and keep the pictures coming.

 

thats looking very good buddy.how do you get your pictures on here that size? mine come up as thumbnails and you have to click on them to make them bigger by goin to photobucket.its a pain in the butt when peeps wana look and have to keep goin backwards n forwards to get a decent view.

 

Great job.

 

cheers mate, yeh picture wise I put them in my paint box and go into image then shrink them .

 

Renthal bars , um no, nice thought, but im gona use a spare pair of XJR 1300 ones I have got in my shed doing nothing , they should look quite nice with the Bandit clocks im fitting ( nice n chrome ) as for wheels, yeh I quite agree, there like moped wheels arn't they , a bit narrow , but im sticking with them as they look soo nice now
Not sure yet on the bodywork , not a priority at the moment .

 

now the rear shock and swing arm are in place

 

The rear wheel with new tyre , painted , then uncovering the polished bits, no masking tape required as the rims and spokes were polished first, then washing up liquid smeared carefully on the bits I wanted to keep shiny. When the paint had dried its just a simple job of just scraping off the unwanted painted area's . ( not profesional I know, but it does the job quite nicely ). Which just leaves the lacquer to put on .

 

looking really good, progressing well. Its going to be a very tidy bike.

just quick question on swingarm how did you go about preping it and what paint did you use.

 

Hi, nothing too special just normal cellulose grey primer , followed by Audi aluminium base cote , followed by clear top coat laquer .

 

Yippee , the rear wheel is in and new chain and sprockets fitted .

 

Off the jack and on its own 2 wheels , it's a nice feeling when you get this far .

 

Lookin' good! :wink:

 

looking fantastic dude.its cuming up like new in pics.hope its as nice in the flesh.and at the speed its going together,i dont think it will be long till we see the finished article.have you thought of a colour scheme for when its sorted?

 

Well I think I have , maybe black and white( or silver ) with a little bit of red a bit like the FZ750 or just a single metalic colour , mmm , cant make me mind up still on that one, plenty more to do yet though .
The tail piece though, looks to dull to me , maybe try to adapt something to give it a more upswept look . :idea:

 

Can I get some pics and info on the Radian top tree in order to run different bars? Tell me exactly what you did, what year Radian, etc. Thanks!

 

Looks great, don't they clean up nicely?

 

I had an idea that the Radian top yoke would fit, fork legs are same dia, distance between legs are the same etc, ( only found this out from seller on ebay by asking about the measurements before I bought it ) well luck was on my side as they fitted perfectly , no adjustments required , my only regret was not getting one WITH the bar risers still fitted, so I had to do a bit of searching and waiting for them, but the waiting paid off when I took the gamble on some risers off a monkey bike , which fit nicely, anything with a 10mm x 55mm or longer bolt through the yoke bushes should fit , also make sure you get the top yoke chrome bolt too .
hope thats some help .
Cheers, Neil.

 

Sweet! It looks like the holes for the gauge mounts are the same, too. Can you measure the holes on both yokes? Would we still be able to use the FJ600 gauges on the Radian top tree?

 

Hi, yeh held up the speedo /gauges bracket up to the top yoke and its a perfect fit, ( mine is a 1985 fj600 and I dont know what age the radian was , but it fits mine fine, if later models are different I would'nt know. Im not fitting the original clocks /gauges ( they would look a bit oversized without the fairing etc ) im fitting bandit ones , which I will have to do some alterations on the brackets , thats the easy'ish bit , hey .
I still yet have to sort out which wires go where from the FJ harness to the bandit clocks , now that will be fun . ( I managed to get a copy of the wiring diagram for the bandit which should help ). :?

 

Great project...

Any chance you know if a wider tires would have worked front and back (even if it meant different rims that fit), say 130 in the back and 110 in the front?

 

You've still got the work stand on there, you can't have a street fighter with a work stand, here's one I did earlier.

 

The FJ600 (and Radian) are pretty much the same physical dimensions as the 550s; the Radian uses the 550 Maxim frame.

A 110 in the front would likely rub; you can run a 100 rather than a 90 with no issue. A 130 rear will work on a 16" wheel (like the Maxim) if you're using an 18" rear wheel, I don't think you can stuff anything wider than a 120 in there without it rubbing. (A 120 will fit though; so will a 4.00-18.)

 

Hi, im back, had to start account again as i could'nt get passwords to work.
So, the 600 streetfighter is nearly finished, mot'd now , just a few little tidy ups and adjustments to do .

 

nearly finnished