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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7650 on: 01 July 2018, 03:15:22 pm »
Nick, I'm not jealous!  The lakes are looking amazing in your pics!


I never tire of the region, even though I've seen it all many times now  :)
It was hot even at the top of the Kirkstone Pass on that ride - in fact, it has been a very good year here so far, weather-wise. All the little becks and streams in among the fells have dried up, even in Seathwaite, supposedly England's wettest place.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7651 on: 01 July 2018, 04:13:50 pm »
A ride to Hednesford, Staffs, from Wrexham, to attend a gathering of Hednesford Motorcycle Club and the MZ Owners Club. Food, drink, and BBQ laid on. 150 miles round trip, 27 degrees on the way home.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7652 on: 01 July 2018, 06:21:42 pm »
2 days ago in fact...
Great photos..

2nd ride of the year!







Skiddaw:








Helvellyn:





View into Patterdale from the Kirkstone Pass:





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Coledale Fells:





Only 116 miles covered, but too hot to do much more (too hot?! In Cumbria?!  :eek ).
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7654 on: 04 July 2018, 01:18:23 pm »
Today I'm mostly riding up and down the B500 in the Black Forest. Currently having a beer in Titisee, before the afternoons fun and games.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7655 on: 04 July 2018, 04:59:10 pm »
Today I'm mostly riding up and down the B500 the the Black Forest. Currently having a beer in Titisee, before the afternoons fun and games.


Might've been mentioned elsewhere, but it's worth exploring some of the other roads in the area too, some more good riding to be had.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7656 on: 04 July 2018, 05:27:12 pm »
Forced to find alternatives as part of the 500 is shut. Only got 3 full days, so Crepes and Ballon yesterday, B500 etc today. Make it up as we go tomorrow.
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7657 on: 04 July 2018, 09:44:56 pm »
Spent the afternoon putting on a new chain and sprockets, then having to use the Dremel to cut a slot in the stripped head of a Phillips screw so I could get the airbox cover off and install a new filter.

Still, at least the chain sounds a hell of a lot less noisy than it did previously!

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7658 on: 07 July 2018, 02:51:42 pm »
A trip from Wrexham to K1 Cafe, ( formerly Castlewood Cafe), on the A518 near Uttoxeter. All the traffic last night and this morning was heading into North Wales so I had 150 miles of virtually traffic free roads. Staffordshire Advanced  Motorcyclists were there with some 'pupils'.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7659 on: 07 July 2018, 08:45:16 pm »
Set off an automated warning sign LOW BRIDGE OVER HEIGHT VEHICLE TURN BACK nothing behind or in front - what's that all about, I thought I might have to duck  :D   
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7660 on: 07 July 2018, 10:55:34 pm »
Tall foccer aren't you  :D

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7661 on: 07 July 2018, 11:38:57 pm »
I am thinking it is a numberplate recognition thing and not some kind of a height radar so when it couldn't see a number plate it panicked --- like I did  :lol
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7662 on: 08 July 2018, 12:36:26 am »
Enjoyed a lovely ride on virtually empty roads whilst everyone else was watching something unimportant on telly... :D

(Even though, at some points, it was like riding through an oven!)

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7663 on: 08 July 2018, 08:44:41 am »

The engine seemed to be labouring as I rode into Pirbright yesterday afternoon. I came to a halt at a T-junction and realised the front brakes were binding.
Spent a sweaty 20 minutes at the side of the road trying to diagnose the cause, but the pistons in the calipers were moving freely and once back on the bike the brakes seemed to be working normally again.
I continued (favouring the back brake) without any recurrence of the problem. I guess it was caused by the master cylinder, I’ll change the seals and hope that fixes it.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7664 on: 10 July 2018, 02:56:36 pm »
That took longer than I’d hoped, largely due to the fact that I couldn’t find my circlip pliers… wasted about 4 hours searching through the crap in my house before giving up and sacrificing a pair of normal pliers to my angle grinder.
Anyhow, the old piston is showing signs of wear so it looks like that might have been the cause. I didn’t look too closely at the cylinder, but it’s probably time to junk it since it is the original.



Anyone know what the approved method of getting that seal on the piston is? It looked to me as if it would be easier to put it on at the spring end and wind it up the spiral, but figured that risks the rubber getting cut by the edges so I pushed it on from the lever end.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7665 on: 14 July 2018, 10:01:35 pm »
Went to Langdale:
















































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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7666 on: 15 July 2018, 07:17:23 pm »
Had a nice ride up to Box Hill which was (mostly) fun. Unfortunately I found a couple of my favourite roads (eg the B2146) have been spoiled with 40mph limits.

Eventually there's going to be no roads worth riding :(

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7667 on: 16 July 2018, 09:22:22 pm »

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7668 on: 17 July 2018, 04:29:12 pm »
Great pics
You really didn’t have to copy all the pics again!  :rolleyes
Another lovely ride out Nick.  :thumbup  You really are just making everyone jealous  :lol


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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7669 on: 18 July 2018, 01:13:51 pm »


Great pics


Thank you!  :)


They're only jpeg snaps though, so I agree, not worth quoting them  :lol

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7670 on: 22 July 2018, 05:16:27 pm »
Fitted a 2nd hand monorack and givi box today saves wearing a backpack in this heat. A big thanks to Paucibet for the rack and arms. Picked up a 45 litre box for a song on fleabay happy days.  :)
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7671 on: 25 July 2018, 04:54:45 pm »
Fitted my new mivv carbon gp can. Can't believe how light this thing is! The whole box ( including exhaust, link pipe, packaging, hanger, bolts etc) was still less than 4kg!

Has a lovely raspy sound to it too. Just gotta get a quick dyno session in to make sure everything is running as it should.

My old one is up for sale in the sales section if anyone fancies a look
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7672 on: 25 July 2018, 05:07:46 pm »
I rode the '1000' to Moto-R in Ruthin for an MOT. It passed with no problems.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7673 on: 26 July 2018, 05:54:53 pm »
Beat my fuel record. Managed to get a whopping 120miles out of a tank!! That's 20 miles more than previously achieved and the best part.... it was the first time I'd put 'regular' fuel in?
I've always used the premium stuff but the last garage I stopped at wasn't that fancy so I had to settle for standard 97. My bike clearly didn't like the taste so barely used any, such a diva.

Might have to do a tour of Europe now I know I have the range 🤔😏
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ?
« Reply #7674 on: 26 July 2018, 08:15:29 pm »
And keep it under 60  :lol :lol