R6 to FZ6R/XJ6
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Chevyfazer
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Anything is possible with time, money, and skill but don't expect the job to be easy. Haven't looked at a 6r frame close up but still imagine there would have to be some serious fab work to make it happen.
Brock Kickass
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The best way to get a heap more power out of a 6R is to buy an FZ1. 
Australia has power restrictions for new riders, I believe.
Then by that, he would still be "illegal" in riding the FZ with an R6 motor... no?
Ride the FZ then get a bigger bike if you want when you are legal to.
No idea how the registration would work, but I'm guessing if the put the R6 motor in the FZ6R, he would be circumventing that since they would see it as a FZ6r. I'm simply unsure what the rules are in Aus, just know that there is a beginner restriction of some sort.
Chevyfazer
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Everything that I've read and mechanics I've talked to have said that all 3 engines (r6, fz6, fz6r) have the same bottom end, so I wonder how much work it would take to swap heads, maybe injectors, throttle bodies, ecu and anything else to actually build a Franken6? Kind of like some of the Honda guys putting h22 heads on a h23.
Hey mate,
The learner approved fz6rs are restricted in aus so if u were to buy it u could unrestrict it and unlock its full potential as a quick and easy option to boost power, illegally though as ur not allowed to ride it then, it's your choice to run the risk.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.600cc.org/forum/f24/derestrict-lams-bike-question-20129/
http://www.600cc.org/forum/f24/throttle-restriction-removal-24309/
My advice would be to buy a small 250 to get u through to ur full license then go nuts or buy fz6r or other bikes to unrestrict and ride at ur own risk. Both more cost effective than engine swap, unrestricted fz6r is plenty if power for what u need on the street as is many other bikes out there. Take ur time do ur license and reap the rewards of a years worth of learning how to ride and control a smaller bike so u can appreciate the power later on.
Just my .02....
That's back in my days. The hot set up was the Accord 2.0L engine with the Prelude 1.8L head and double side draft carbs. The compression ratio was going way up... that was a cheap way to make some ponies... with a nice cam in there, that was the $hit for the days. Don't let me start with the Civic's...
Search my airbox, cams and exhaust mods thread. That should give you enough ponies to put you in jail! LOL If you're going to brake the laws... do it in style!
Someone here got the 'Marthy Special Edition" package all ordered last Friday. That's much easier and cheaper than an engine swap... and the vin number still make it legal! And I bet you could still keep the throttle restriction and still be quick.
Ive been riding for ages, but my license expired while i was in hospital for ages. I rode the r6 for ages before i got hurt, so i don't want to go back to a slow ass bike. The r6 is slow enough as it is. And the comments of circumventing the rules by having a "lams" looking bike, but the power of a proper one.
Thats the plan.
No. Definitely not.
Its the licensing laws. They bloody suck.
furiousgeorge
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You would get in less trouble riding the r6 as is. If you change the engine you have modified a LAMS bike to increase power. Illegal. You are then riding a bike outside the LAMS power to weight. Illegal. And since you have modified the bike without telling anyone to keep it registered as LAMS you are therefore riding an unregistered bike. Seriously dude just ride the r6 or take the restrictor off the fz and wait for your full license
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I think all the discussions about swapping an R6 motor into the FZ6R have resulted with the frame maybe not being able to take the extra stress.... but at that point, get an R6 and put on some clipons with risers to make it more like the FZ6R. Hell, I could have gotten a used R6 for HALF or what used FZ6Rs go for around my area... but I didn't want a race replica.
Gotta try to find a way around that law to get the bike you really want man.
Gotta try to find a way around that law to get the bike you really want man.
furiousgeorge
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There's no way around the law. The options are ride the r6 illegally or just wait. Personally I'd be riding the r6...