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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8050 on: 30 September 2019, 06:29:26 pm »
Plugged it for now, and checked it at lunch time and there's no leaks.

It's still worth getting it checked properly, there may be damage inside the carcass that you don't know about.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8051 on: 01 October 2019, 03:05:16 pm »
Fitted FZ1 with a genuine Yam comfort seat I scored on fleebay it doesn't look much different to the original oak plank they come with. Time and a  decent long ride will tell. 

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8052 on: 01 October 2019, 03:14:49 pm »
Mushroomed it, now to rebalance it and put it back on.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8053 on: 01 October 2019, 09:48:11 pm »
Fitted FZ1 with a genuine Yam comfort seat I scored on fleebay it doesn't look much different to the original oak plank they come with. Time and a  decent long ride will tell.





If this is the same as mine [with the FZ1] motif on the front,I've found it's a fair bit thicker, on a short run there's not much in it,but on a longer run I find it's better and it doesn't hold your thighs out 'cause it's narrower,if that makes any sense. :)
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8054 on: 02 October 2019, 05:51:58 am »
Yes it is, it's got the motif on the front it seems thicker and the padding feels better quality and more supportive. What I can't work out why they didn't fit this seat a standard other than blatant money making greed.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8055 on: 02 October 2019, 08:59:52 pm »
I know ,it's just the same with a lot of factory extras,you pay a fortune for the bike and then they rip you off with stuff they should have put on in the first place, they call it originality but that's bullshit,nobody would prefer the std stuff over the custom, and it's ten times worse if you own a Harley!! fucks sake! there's nothing left of the original bike after a couple of years! :lol
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8056 on: 03 October 2019, 06:06:35 am »
Harley's are a way of life I was told after I test rode one (not for me) not impressed.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8057 on: 03 October 2019, 11:57:59 pm »
I had a go on a 1200 Sportster a while ago now,it had slash cuts on and it was set up tracker style,I was away ages ! I didn't want to get off it,the sound and riding position were just perfect for me and I would have done a deal with him for my gen 2 in an instant ,he didn't want to know and looking back I'm kind of glad ,I know they're agricultural and heavy but I'll never forget my ride on that one. :thumbup
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8058 on: 04 October 2019, 06:38:44 am »
1200 Sportster was an agriculture tractor the comment the Harley dealer said "it's away of life" was made after I said "it don't go, it won't stop, and won't go round f***ing corners" and I was trying to be polite. Only test rode one because I thought at 60 I was old enough for one I'm never going to be that old.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8059 on: 04 October 2019, 11:35:41 am »
1200 Sportster was an agriculture tractor I said "it don't go, it won't stop, and won't go round f***ing corners". Only test rode one because I thought at 60 I was old enough for one I'm never going to be that old.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8060 on: 05 October 2019, 06:02:33 pm »
1200 Sportster was an agriculture tractor I said "it don't go, it won't stop, and won't go round f***ing corners". Only test rode one because I thought at 60 I was old enough for one I'm never going to be that old.
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'ckin hell,Steve,why don't you tell it like it is ? :lol
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8061 on: 05 October 2019, 07:43:50 pm »
Yeah the Harley dealer was impressed to, my mother told me never tell a lie.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8062 on: 05 October 2019, 08:24:38 pm »
Only Harley I ever tried was a 1800cc 'slim' (ironic name) and it was a right bag if spanners. Was such on odd feeling to open the accelerator and then have to wait for it to actually move
Told the guy when I got back that if it had been the first bike I'd ever ridden then I doubt I would have ever got back on one

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8063 on: 25 October 2019, 02:51:35 pm »
Early start this morning, for a trip up to MCT in Suffolk to have Darren work his magic on the front end. Managed to catch the bushes before they started to do some damage, so new bushes, seals, dust seals, springs and fluid were duly installed in next to no time.
After putting a fair sized dent in my credit card, it was back on the mind numbing A14/A12 and home for a late lunch. Hopefully it stays dry for Sunday, so I can get out and appreciate his work.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8064 on: 25 October 2019, 04:48:10 pm »
Money well spent Robbo.
Darren did mine not so long ago and it was remarkable the difference it made.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8065 on: 25 October 2019, 08:37:40 pm »
Yeah Dynspud, I remember you posting when he did yours. Couldn't believe how easy he makes it look  and how quick he works. Will get him to do my Ohlins rear shock next spring. :thumbup
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8066 on: 26 October 2019, 11:39:25 am »
He is pretty goddamn good at it isn't he??!!
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8067 on: 26 October 2019, 04:27:35 pm »
Darren's THE MAN :thumbup
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8068 on: 30 October 2019, 07:06:40 pm »
After a few frozen mornings I decided to put the bike away for the winter,I'm solely a fair weather rider these days so unless I get a cheap workhorse that'll be me done on 2 wheels for a fair few weeks.I spent an afternoon giving it the old AC50 treatment but to be fair because I don't use it in the rain it wasn't to bad at all,it took me longer to clean the exhausts than the rest put together,still,it was well worth it ,got it on a trickle so apart from cracking it up a couple of times that'll be it 'till I suppose March,unless we have a really mild winter,can't see it though. :'(
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8069 on: 09 November 2019, 09:31:28 am »
yep....weathers changing now COFFEE.....MOT 10.00 this morning for my 600 ,on possibly the coldest morning so far this year  :\ ..


still only just over a mile to the MOT MAN so will put on a few layers , grow some balls and get the job done......
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8070 on: 09 November 2019, 11:55:57 am »
Tanked up with Esso's dearest, fuel stabiliser in, sheets on, battery off and on charge.

The gritters are out in force around this way now :'(

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8071 on: 09 November 2019, 12:10:11 pm »
yep....weathers changing now COFFEE.....MOT 10.00 this morning for my 600 ,on possibly the coldest morning so far this year  :\ ..


still only just over a mile to the MOT MAN so will put on a few layers , grow some balls and get the job done......














MOT passed no advisories  :thumbup ........and as expected it was cold ,did`nt help things by going for a little bimble after the test  :rolleyes ......YAMFAZFAN...yep , spotted the first gritter on the way home last night ,will have to give the old girl a wash down after todays bimble....
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8072 on: 09 November 2019, 01:35:27 pm »
MOT passed no advisories  :thumbup
Nice one :woot

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8073 on: 09 November 2019, 04:55:16 pm »
     Red,   as Sarge would say on "Hill st blues" hey,lets be careful out there !
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #8074 on: 09 November 2019, 07:27:14 pm »
     Red,   as Sarge would say on "Hill st blues" hey,lets be careful out there !












too bl**dy right mr coffee....sure was slippy out there this morning ,to all you year round foccers out there.......RIDE SAFE this winter   :thumbup
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