2000 Yamaha YZF600R

At Gale's creek overlook. #6

Shortly after I bought it…

At Gale's creek overlook. #1 At Gale's creek overlook. #2
At Gale's creek overlook. #3 At Gale's creek overlook. #5


Mods @ time of purchase:

  • Vance & Hines SST Tail pipe
  • Various flame decals

Intial Mods:

Remove:

  • Removed various flame decals

Add:

  • Frame sliders
  • Cargo net
  • Marsee zip-on tank bag.

Cumulative Modifications

  • Zero Gravity Double Bubble Windscreen – Black
  • Goodridge steel braided brake lines: 2 front, 1 rear
  • Brake pads: Fronts – HH; Rears – F
  • Metzeler Z6 tires. (Nail in my rear Z4.)
  • Shifter boot.
  • Black 2-wire rear turn signals. (I hate faux carbon.)
  • Black 2-wire front turn signals.
  • Lots of Castol synthetic motor oil. Typically the R4 race grade. Ocassionally the synth-blend, usually when hte shop is out of what I like.
  • Dropped the front end height about 20mm to improve feel when dropping into a corner.
  • Inserted spacers to raise the bar height 30mm
  • Bridgestone Battlax 012 tires. (Slash to my rear Z6 forced this change.)
  • Using angle brackets between the triple clamp and the climp-ons, I added a 4″ peice of conduit as a bar for holding accessories.
  • Garmin Vista C GPS unit mounted to accessory bar.
  • Back-off tail lights
  • License plate holder
  • Personalized plates
  • 2 more cargo nets. (Broke the first one trying to strap a 17″ LCD monitor on to the back. Oops)
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