Author Topic: what did you do with your fazer today ? (Read 1602983 times)

noggythenog · « **Reply #4850 on:** 24 July 2015, 09:39:44 pm »

Seat hump aint it......looks pucka

Shame its blue though

fazerscotty · « **Reply #4851 on:** 25 July 2015, 09:43:22 am »

Quote from: Skippernick on 24 July 2015, 09:29:42 pm

Quote from: Grayo on 24 July 2015, 05:31:44 pm
Haven't actually fitted it yet but this just arrived from Copperdawg in USA.

UMM What is it?

Would look awesome in RED

noggythenog · « **Reply #4852 on:** 25 July 2015, 08:29:08 pm »

A little 40 mile evening ride after scoff.

Managed to remember a pic of Newgale campsit for Nick.....moderately busy at the moment though.

hairnet · « **Reply #4853 on:** 25 July 2015, 09:28:16 pm »

Rode from Eindhoven to Mannheim wet start and v windy meant 4 hours for 460 kms

Must a walked 10k getting lost in town

Lobbach for old weird car shit then ride to dusseldorf to stop as its halfway to the hook

Did classic remise too much old car porn and most of it for sale

esetest · « **Reply #4854 on:** 26 July 2015, 02:04:46 pm »

Rode it

slappy · « **Reply #4855 on:** 26 July 2015, 03:57:06 pm »

Fitted this black double bubble screen, £11.35 inc postage all the way from China, fits perfectly and feels as well made as the original Yamaha one.

Jazoli · « **Reply #4856 on:** 27 July 2015, 10:05:58 am »

Just wait till you try and clean it or polish it, it'll be covered in scratches, buy cheap buy twice in my experience with these screens.

slappy · « **Reply #4857 on:** 27 July 2015, 04:50:13 pm »

Quote from: Jazoli on 27 July 2015, 10:05:58 am

Just wait till you try and clean it or polish it, it'll be covered in scratches, buy cheap buy twice in my experience with these screens.

Original is scratched all over, thats why I replaced it.
Besides that a second hand one that would probably be no better than mine are about £25.

AJM · « **Reply #4858 on:** 27 July 2015, 05:27:34 pm »

Fitted my Chinese short levers and updated grips......£31 for the lot

AJM · « **Reply #4859 on:** 27 July 2015, 05:31:28 pm »

Another of my Chinese takeaway

AJM · « **Reply #4860 on:** 27 July 2015, 05:34:25 pm »

Oops.....i thought they so much better you could see em twice

hairnet · « **Reply #4861 on:** 27 July 2015, 07:24:55 pm »

20 mins from docking at Harwich

Quick spin to other side of Ipswich then zzzzz

Is the Norfolk coast fucked or OK to go for spin tomorrow??

hairnet · « **Reply #4862 on:** 27 July 2015, 09:52:06 pm »

Piece of shit fit for the bin and a metal container from biffa

Near Ipswich go up thru rural and then Linc's then Brigg then m62

The other pic is why its chained to the bin

hairnet · « **Reply #4863 on:** 28 July 2015, 11:05:59 am »

Heading home via kings Lynn and lincolnshire

hairnet · « **Reply #4864 on:** 28 July 2015, 05:25:52 pm »

home

kin weather some was good some was shite

downey · « **Reply #4865 on:** 28 July 2015, 11:44:41 pm »

Sun came out so after work I Took some back roads from Cork to macroom two up with my stepson

Kosmic Kartman · « **Reply #4866 on:** 29 July 2015, 03:31:42 pm »

Left Me Julie in the garage and took my daughter for a blast into Eye, via the twisties, on Katie Em Elsiefor 640.

johnakay · « **Reply #4867 on:** 29 July 2015, 05:14:36 pm »

cheers bud gotta a stiff neck figuring your pics

hairnet · « **Reply #4868 on:** 29 July 2015, 05:45:46 pm »

had to really

weather was shite on saturday very windy - the bad stuff norfolk and suffolk got happened in holland germany on sat

this was on way back to dusseldorf after the weather cleared up - lucky as setting off the morning after to the hook for the boat it pissed down at leerdam and didnt stop so was lucky to do 70

had 185 kmh here before but new record - bike was showing 151 mph

Grahamm · « **Reply #4869 on:** 30 July 2015, 12:04:19 am »

Got halfway through changing my sprockets and chain, but it turned out to be a hell of a lot more difficult than I'd expected!

Firstly it's a bugger of a job loosening the front sprocket nut with the tool Yamaha give you in the underseat kit, as there's barely enough clearance to get it in place, so you need to do a bit at the top between the frame and the gear linkage, then a bit underneath, then back to the top... (next time I'm going to buy a 32mm socket and a breaker bar!)

Then breaking the chain was a PITA as, for some reason the tool wouldn't push the pin right through, so eventually some wiggling with a flat-head screwdriver got it apart.

After that, getting the rear wheel off was also a bugger of a job as the axle wouldn't slide out easily (eventually I used the rubber mallet I normally use for tent pegs to bang it out!)

Then I had to look up a video on how to rejoin a chain because the instructions which came with the chain tool were incomprehensible and it took a long time before I was sure the joining link rivets were peened over enough so I kept checking with a set of calipers until the link was the same width as the other ones in the chain.

Finally I had to use the mallet again on the socket wrench to get the bolts on the rear sprocket to come loose, but then (as detailed elsewhere) I didn't know how to tighten the new ones sufficiently, and it was getting dark so I decided to call it a day at that point and finish off tomorrow!

Dead Eye · « **Reply #4870 on:** 30 July 2015, 10:28:29 am »

Totally forgot to post this up the other day

My 600 has been off the road pending various amounts of work to get it back to a half-decent running state. Nearly 2 years after taking it off the road, I finally got the engine running again after stripping the carbs down again and using the thou to jump it to get enough power to run the starter long enough to get the bike started.

It was rather reluctant, but eventually started with no choke and no throttle - it seemed to really not like either of these when starting (can anyone elaborate as to why?)

In the spirit of the forums, here are a few photos and videos

Details

Fire extinguisher at the ready...

Details

It's Alive!

JoeRock · « **Reply #4871 on:** 30 July 2015, 11:23:56 am »

Quote from: Grahamm on 30 July 2015, 12:04:19 am

Got halfway through changing my sprockets and chain, but it turned out to be a hell of a lot more difficult than I'd expected!

Firstly it's a bugger of a job loosening the front sprocket nut with the tool Yamaha give you in the underseat kit, as there's barely enough clearance to get it in place, so you need to do a bit at the top between the frame and the gear linkage, then a bit underneath, then back to the top... (next time I'm going to buy a 32mm socket and a breaker bar!)

Then breaking the chain was a PITA as, for some reason the tool wouldn't push the pin right through, so eventually some wiggling with a flat-head screwdriver got it apart.

After that, getting the rear wheel off was also a bugger of a job as the axle wouldn't slide out easily (eventually I used the rubber mallet I normally use for tent pegs to bang it out!)

Then I had to look up a video on how to rejoin a chain because the instructions which came with the chain tool were incomprehensible and it took a long time before I was sure the joining link rivets were peened over enough so I kept checking with a set of calipers until the link was the same width as the other ones in the chain.

Finally I had to use the mallet again on the socket wrench to get the bolts on the rear sprocket to come loose, but then (as detailed elsewhere) I didn't know how to tighten the new ones sufficiently, and it was getting dark so I decided to call it a day at that point and finish off tomorrow!

It's a lot more fun taking a chain apart wth an angle grinder you know

Jazoli · « **Reply #4872 on:** 30 July 2015, 11:26:25 am »

Serviced the exup valve, which meant drilling out the old snapped bolts, tapping new threads and removing the cable ties that had been used to take up the slack in the cables instead of the perfectly good adjusters, I hate buying used bikes at times. I have had to do this on nearly every Yamaha I have bought, at least I've got it down to a couple of hours now.

Grahamm · « **Reply #4873 on:** 30 July 2015, 11:44:37 am »

Quote from: JoeRock on 30 July 2015, 11:23:56 am

It's a lot more fun taking a chain apart wth an angle grinder you know

I don't doubt, alas I don't have one, only a Dremel which is ok for grinding the head of a rivet, but trying to cut the chain with it wasn't really going to happen

slappy · « **Reply #4874 on:** 30 July 2015, 02:42:40 pm »

Finally got around to fited the 2nd hand led rear light and clear indicator lenses.