Hello everyone
Just to introduce myself as a new member to the forum.
Been considering a Fazer for some weeks now after selling my Thruxton at the beginning of the year.
Last weekend, saw a new listing on eBay for a 2001 model in the right colour and was drawn by the very clean condition.
Listed by a dealer that had sold the bike from new, then to its second owner after it was traded in the first time amd carried out most of the maintenance for both riders.
Rang up and did the deal and then my son drove me the 150 miles to Wales so that I could ride it home.
Very pleased with the bike so far. Love the practicality of the older Jap bikes after owning a Ninja 600 and an SV650 in recent years. Nice to have a bike that the owners manual and design encourages you to work on and maintain!
Forks were the worst part of the bike as they were suffering from lacquer corrosion so I set to and after rubbing them down with wire wool, rattle canned them with primer, silver wheel gloss and lacquer from Halfords. Really pleased with the result.
New tyres already on the bike and as the front brake pistons were a bit gummed up I've stripped and cleaned everything as a precaution.
Here she is:
