Craigslist 6R streetfighter :eek:


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MichaelInVenice

Lot of Class, Mostly Low
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Spunky99 said:
Too bad it is so far away.

I'd go with the headlight idea and mount a couple of projectors in there in a flyscreen, cover those flat sheet metal areas in between the tank and fork with some black plastics and put on a Marthy exhaust, Dynojet, Racetech rear spring and valve and some good sticky treads.
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Less than 7,500 miles on it, so can't bring it in to California anyway, unless by some miracle that person up in Alaska got a "California" version.
 
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Chevyfazer

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madmike said:
Perhaps, but mating a R6 front end on a binned 6R may or may not even be a good idea. You can't just approach it as "R6 gooder and sportier, parts make 6R gooder and sportier too." Putting a different front end on changes the overall geometry of the bike. The frames and swingarms are not the same on the two bikes. Slapping a R6 set of forks and triple, etc on the 6R doesn't mean it will work well together.

This sort of bike is great for the guy building it if he loves to fiddle and tweak and fancies himself a closet motoGP mechanic, but to a potential buyer such Frankenstein projects should really be avoided entirely unless the builder really is a well known pro builder who knows exactly what he's doing and has tested the engineering principles involved in THAT build.

The honest truth is, fun or not this is still a salvaged parts bike, and really should be priced as such.
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Supposedly swapping to r6 forks or front end on the fz6 is one of the best mods you can do for handling. Don't know if that would transfer to the r or not but people rave about it on the fz6 side.

But I completely agree, it's a salvage bike that's been rebuilt, probably using the best deals he could find on eBay and should be priced as such. Like I said the term " money pit" comes to mind lol
 
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ksgoh88

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Marthy

World Most Bad A$$ 6R
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I'm not saying its a bad deal or good deal. Or even not question if the R6 front suspension really worth it on a 460 lbs / 70 HP bike. My point is $4K for a bike that I've been layed down and put back together... and doesn't even look like done is quite expensive.

As an example... I didn't even look hard. 1st gen FZ1 20K miles $3200.00 and it looks immaculate!

Yamaha : FZ Yamaha : FZ | eBay


I would buy something like that! Look bad ass too! (Sorry, I just saw the little digger on the tank, still a good deal)
 
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Nastybutler

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Marthy said:
I'm not saying its a bad deal or good deal. Or even not question if the R6 front suspension really worth it on a 460 lbs / 70 HP bike. My point is $4K for a bike that I've been layed down and put back together... and doesn't even look like done is quite expensive.

As an example... I didn't even look hard. 1st gen FZ1 20K miles $3200.00 and it looks immaculate!

Yamaha : FZ Yamaha : FZ | eBay


I would buy something like that! Look bad ass too! (Sorry, I just saw the little digger on the tank, still a good deal)
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The whole reason I started this thread was to point out that I found a 6R on CL that had been street fightered (Look, I'm making up stuff!), and was in my state, since I've seen very few 6Rs in the past year I've had one.

I wasn't saying it was a good deal, just that it had had a lot of work put into making it what it now is. If I see it on there a month for now at the same price, then we'll know that everyone else feels the same about his asking price. But if you don't ask for it, you'll never get it, so more power to him.

Vitrox, if you see this thread, GLWS.
 
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ksgoh88

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I'm glad my captain obvious came out today.
 
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FZ6R_Mike

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Its funny that this thread was brought up cause I just ordered the shifter side rearset off a R6S to see if it will fit. I see that someone revived vitorx old thread about the process of his build today too.
 

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bQQm

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I just sent him an email asking if he can send through the pictures. I'll post them here if I get them.
 
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