FZR400 / 600 Hybrid Purchased today!!

[Boy8and]

think the idea of taking the springs out is to improve air flow through the brakes if it's been on track.

Taggy, you've jogged my memory!

The guy i bought the bike from did mention something about cooling the brakes.

I will be mainly using the bike on the track but I think I'll replace the pads, they make a horrible racket!

[Boy8and]

looks nice .... it's a 3TJ model
I haven't heard of taking the anti rattle backing off pads and I'm not sure why it would be done, you'll probably need some new pads to be honest.

So are the calipers on a converter plate between the fork and the caliper ????

I've had a look at the calipers and it all seems pretty standard, I cant see any converter plates.
I'm assuming the forks are standard 400's. I don't know enough about FZRs to say otherwise.

Could they possibly be 600 Forks? Would the 750 calipers fit then?

[hunter]

Hi Guys,

I've just registered with the site as I'm now the proud owner of a FZR Hybrid!!

I have a couple of burning niggles that I was wondering if you could help me on?

The guy I purchased the bike off is an ex-racer and seemed pretty clued up. The brakes have
been upgraded to YZF750 6 pots but they make a hell of a rattle when moving. The guy said it is because there
aren't any shims fitted with the pads....all racers do this!! Well, I'm no expert but the sound of rattling pads worry me somewhat. Is this safe or should I get the shims fitted? If anything I just want to get rid of the noise!

Also, the bike still has the original clocks fitted. Now I know that 400's rev higher than 600's so I'm assuming that reving the engine up to the redline at 14k will be a fast route to using a pushbike again! I was wondering what is a safe redline for this engine? It's a 95 Foxeye model engine I am told.

Many thanks guys

The redline on the foxeye runs between 13 and 15K.

[Evilchicken0]

looks nice .... it's a 3TJ model
I haven't heard of taking the anti rattle backing off pads and I'm not sure why it would be done, you'll probably need some new pads to be honest.

So are the calipers on a converter plate between the fork and the caliper ????

I've had a look at the calipers and it all seems pretty standard, I cant see any converter plates.
I'm assuming the forks are standard 400's. I don't know enough about FZRs to say otherwise.

Could they possibly be 600 Forks? Would the 750 calipers fit then?

Standard 3TJ forks run brakes with 85mm bolt centers but the 750 calipers have 100mm bolt centers (or at least I think they are), so something must have been moded somewhere.

[Kayla850]

Does it look like there are three bolts holding the caliper on?

See, I told you we'd poke and prod...

[Evilchicken0]

maybe it's got one of those small plates that extend upwards ..... we need more pics