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    Front flasher light brackets (2007)

    If you still need these, I've got a pair collecting dust in the garage.
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    Front Master Cylinder

    Can't view pics - says the album is private. My master needs a rebuild and the brake lever that came with the bike is a knockoff and doesn't fit well. The FZ6 master seems to be the new non-radial Yamaha standard and I've got my old FZ6 brake lever so I figured I'd save some money and work...
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    Front Master Cylinder

    Just checking if anyone has a stock master cylinder laying around after an upgrade or something. I think the master is bad on my FZ1 and I liked the FZ6 master setup better. Thanks
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    Fz6 handlebars

    When I get home next weekend, I'll check - I'm pretty sure I have my stockers from when I switched to FZ1 bars. If so, they're yours for the cost of shipping.
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    Misc. Cosmetic Parts

    Disregard, please delete thread.
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    Exhaust valve clearance too tight

    I eventually got it on last night - just focused on keeping it parallel to the head while having the sprocket side a little further back than the other and it slips in. Noticed afterwards I'm missing one of the valve cover bolt washer/o-ring things and after looking all over I'm worried that it...
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    Exhaust valve clearance too tight

    My last bike was shim over bucket - the shims were much easier to work with due to the size (I was so paranoid that I'd drop and lose one of the little fz6 shims) but they required way more frequent checks. Looking forward to not doing this again for another 26k miles that's for sure. Well...
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    Exhaust valve clearance too tight

    Well I received the shims today and learned a few lessons tonight: 1) Don't move the crank without holding in the tensioner guard to take up the slack....I ended up skipping a tooth at the crank and had to redo it after putting the cam and tensioner back in....luckily you can wind in the...
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    Seat cowls

    I had the powerbronze one - paint quality on mine wasn't good and it scratched paint at all 4 tab points. They aren't visible but it's still indicative of a badly designed product, much like their belly pan from what I've read. To each their own but you can get an Axio tailbag that looks good...
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    Exhaust valve clearance too tight

    I've got around 31k miles on it. I've used Shell Rotella Synth exclusively since break-in, used the Shell dino stuff during. Been to track school but no track time other than that. All of our local roads are speed sweepers and I lead a lot of rides so it certainly doesn't get babied although...
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    Exhaust valve clearance too tight

    Thanks all - I did turn it only clockwise as that's the normal rotation and all of the walkthroughs and videos and earlier R6 stuff I found indicated that direction. Corrected my clearances above since I typed them in wrong earlier... I was able to work on it a bit more tonight and found...
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    Exhaust valve clearance too tight

    So I'm at ~30k miles and decided I shouldn't put off the valve check any longer and delved into it using n0other's awesome thread only to find that not one, not two but every one of my exhaust valves are tight: Cylinder 1: .18mm .18mm Cylinder 2: .20mm .20mm Cylinder 3: .23mm .23mm Cylinder...
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    Hardwiring GPS - switched power

    It's a Nuvi 360. Probably the worst GPS possible to use on a motorcycle but I got it for free and it's held up pretty well.
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    Hardwiring GPS - switched power

    It's got a mini USB on the side (the old standard before the really small one that's on most Android devices now). I believe there's a proprietary charge port on the back but I got it second hand with no cradle and a wall charger that goes into that side port. If I hook it to a generic USB...
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    Hardwiring GPS - switched power

    Thanks - that would be nice but I've got one of the old Garmin Nuvi's that only goes into PC mode when it's connected via USB.
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