what did you do with your fazer today ?

[Anquetil]

Fitted new front footrest rubbers on the 'winter' 600. I had to drill one of the screws out, but all done now. Ordered a new exhaust hanger.

[red98]

Another year , another pass       think thats 15 years of straight passes without advisories   




   letting the side down here , only 1530 miles since last MOT    ......


i did sort my spare wheel and tyre out which has excellent tread and a better tyre , in a rush this morning i soon had the rear wheel out  ,new one has a good wavy disc on it so swapped the sprocket and cush drive rubbers over and offered the wheel up ,  thats when I noticed the lack of wheel bearings  ........****   old one back in measure tread , got about 1.5 mm but looks a lot less.....just a mile to my local station that ive been using for many years , mentioned the tyre before the test and he was fine with it.....


the down side of not using It much over the last year , it ran a bit lumpy on the way home , running on 3.5 cylinders below 4000 rpm , suspect blocked pilot jet on one of the carbs , with the thou on sorn ,2 of my other bikes wanting MOT, s and another in bits thats put me off the road untill i have time to fiddle , will give it a service at the same time   

update......day off today so had a look at the 600 , start with the easy things , plugs out and check for spark , all sparking but a little weak , sorted out a spare set , fitted and started well with a nice even tick over    .........took it for a nice long test ride and once more its riding / running well     




Good day for a ride , probs done 60 ish miles  , all the gear on inc zip in thermals and no problem with cold , sun even came out for a while.......got to take advantage of the odd good day at this time of year   

[tommyardin]

Ordered new R-Clips from eGay for the replacement rear Blue Spot caliper that will be going on in the next 2 or 4 weeks. Size 1 mm X 20 mm.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R-Clip-Stainless-Steel-Brake-Pad-Retaining-Pin-1mm-1-2mm-1-5mm-and-2mm/122328631055?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=422815570291&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

[robbo]

Are the R clips blue.

[Freck]

Are the R clips blue.

Must be, that’s why they’re taking so long to arrive 

[tommyardin]

Thought you would like to see the new bleed screw dust covers 

[tommyardin]

Blue does seem quite a prevalent colour in my life   
But some things are just meant to be Silver 


Check the bleed screw dust caps out on the Fazer

[tommyardin]

Nothing in life should be BROWN

[tommyardin]

A bit of advice though guys, do you need the Fazer Gen1 1000 hanger and stay bar to fit the Blue spot caliper to the FZS 600?
I have both the hanger and the stay bar

[unfazed]

No

[tommyardin]

Do you need time to think about that or perhaps phone a friend (Oh! You can't can you)   maybe 50 50?
I'm wondering if you are much of a conversationalist in real life, you do go on a bit.

[unfazed]

Final answer, No 

[tommyardin]

That'll be a no then

[unfazed]

Yes

[tommyardin]

Now I'm confused and it does not take much. My Mrs said if you can guess how many £10 notes are in my purse you can have both of them, and I said four. 

[unfazed]

Ok Tommy, what part of yes and no did you not understand? 

[tommyardin]

Are the R clips blue.

 Not a blue R-Clip in sight 

[unfazed]

They come in silver primer like your bike

[tommyardin]

 

[kitcrazy]

washed and put back in the garage was gonna have a ride to maidstone  but too cold. feeling the cold in my old age

[tommyardin]

washed and put back in the garage was gonna have a ride to maidstone  but too cold. feeling the cold in my old age

11-59 am  still in my dressing gown but about to get motivated get dressed and remove my rear caliper in readiness for the blue spot to go on.

[agricola]

15 mile run on the fazer this afternoon, lovely bright breezy day here (southern derbyshire), up around Dale Abbey. Wrapped up real tight, long sleeved tee shirt, three jumpers, sheepskin coat, balacalava. Didnt feel the cold at all. Need to give some thought to Scorpion exhaust and ecu remap before spring

[tommyardin]

washed and put back in the garage was gonna have a ride to maidstone  but too cold. feeling the cold in my old age

11-59 am  still in my dressing gown but about to get motivated get dressed and remove my rear caliper in readiness for the blue spot to go on.

How bloody cold out on my patio? (No room to move in the shed)

Anyway got the new (To me) Blue Spot caliper on the FZS 600, was easy enough, but as I was informed by a very helpful foccer there is a small amount of work to do to make it fit.
The Blue Spot needs a 2mm thick washer between the back of the caliper mounting, where the bolts pass through and the caliper hanger, this is to line up the caliper so it sits central over the disk, also a small amount of material needs to be removed from the front of the caliper hanger to allow it to lift up high enough to line up the front mounting bolt. (Dremel 4000 with diamond engraver did this in 15 seconds) see picture with pen pointing to that area.
The rest as they say was obvious, all done bleed and back into hibernation. That's me and the bike.

If anyone is interested I have a caliper hanger and torque/anchor rod for a FZS 1000 Gen 1 all in very good condition, also a set of pads for the same with lots of meat left on them, if your interested send me a PM (or is it IM in here?) see pics

[tommyardin]

more pics as above
The last pic is of the FZS 1000 Gen 1 bits, If someone genuinely needs them (and not just to sell them on) if you pay the postage they are yours. 

[winnsworld]

Arranged for new boots to be supplied and fitter to the FZS1000. Bridgestone BT-023's are my favourite. Got them on my other bikes too...