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« on: 15 February 2016, 08:02:13 pm »
The valves do wear, when I bought my fazer the valve was seriously warn, with new bushes you could see daylight through it!!
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« on: 14 February 2016, 03:26:30 pm »
I'm.after a gen 1 thou fairing frame and a left mirror as someone vandalised mine.
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« on: 14 February 2016, 03:21:19 pm »
Did you try any lubricant? That usually works, I have in the past used washing liquid.
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« on: 20 September 2015, 04:57:09 pm »
I disconnected my carb heaters because one of the hoses split causing a water leak, I have had no issues with riding in cold weather below 10℃
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« on: 13 September 2015, 11:36:48 am »
You say the coils are new but are the second hand ones? If so have a look at the pins inside where the leads go, mine has corroded and broke off , I had a stutter at low revs and I modded my bike to stick coils, no more leads to go wrong and only one cylinder to be affected if a cool fails.
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« on: 13 September 2015, 11:31:11 am »
Carb heater plumbing has been removed along with the ais kit, so someone who previously owned it has known a few of the mods 
What benefits does removing the carb warming pipes make? I have removed mine because one of mine split causing a water leak, as Yamaha want stupid money for them I blanked off the inlet/outlet and removed the pipes.
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« on: 13 August 2015, 10:40:48 pm »
Mine had a similar fault and the coils had corrosion where the leads went in, and on one the pin had broke off. I modified my bike by going to 4 individual stick coils, I have had no issues since.
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« on: 13 August 2015, 10:38:14 pm »
I made the same mistake from halfords, as my bike is high mileage and is a cat D it won't be worth a lot so I modified the rear of the air box to fit it, I couldn't return mine as I had had it too long.
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« on: 08 August 2015, 09:19:02 am »
The Fazer doesn't seem to be that popular in Europe, I am staying in Hungary after passing through Austria and I have only seen one Fazer which was a FZ1 in Austria, unfortunately I'm in the car as I couldn't carry the mother-in-law and step son as well.
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« on: 15 July 2015, 01:08:46 pm »
I had the same problem, I took my carbs off to clean them.
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« on: 13 July 2015, 08:29:49 am »
Anyone had a problem where the internal screws come loose? I had a problem recently where my indicators stopped working, but if I moved the key they would work, but a short time later they stopped again, eventually I noticed the barrel housing was moving, I took the barrel off the bike used a dremel so I could remove the 2 shear screws and tightened up both screws, the barrel I have is a replacement but there was no signs it had been taken apart, apart from the covering blanks being missing.
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« on: 13 June 2015, 01:57:02 pm »
Aj sitting site now give a picture of the parts label which is useful, but no good for painted stuff.
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« on: 12 June 2015, 04:58:50 pm »
How come both Haynes manuals and the Yamaha manual say you have to remove the radiator and carbs to remove the valve cover? I have just removed mine without doing all that, but now I have a bigger job, rubbing it down for painting as it is in a bad state, and there are none on eBay.
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« on: 26 May 2015, 06:37:24 pm »
As to the studs breaking mine were in a right state, the top clamps had rotted away, the studs were thinner than they should have been and the nuts were no longer recognisable as nuts, I had to cut the exhaust off, and all my studs came off by unscrewing, I had a few tense moments, I did apply some heat to the stud and I used a stud extractor, when I replaced the studs I got mine from a local Vauxhall dealer as they were cheaper than Yamaha and I bought dome head stainless nuts, no more hassle getting those off in the future.
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« on: 16 May 2015, 07:58:07 pm »
Mine had something similar last year and it wasn't the battery, but I cannot remember what it was unless I look through my posts.
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« on: 16 May 2015, 07:53:12 pm »
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« on: 15 May 2015, 09:17:08 pm »
There is not one lock set for sale for the gen 1 on UK eBay at the moment. You maybe lucky with that one on eBay that is breaking otherwise you could try some bike breakers, I think there is a Fazer breaker near Bristol but when I last called them they wasn't that cheap.
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« on: 15 May 2015, 09:06:17 pm »
It took me a year to get a lock set from eBay for my 2002 Fazer, they are pretty rare and you can't buy from the states as they are different, most lock sets are from the 2003 on bikes, before buying ask the seller if the wiring has 7 wires or 5 wires, a 02 bike will have 7 wires.
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« on: 15 May 2015, 09:02:46 pm »
It is cheaper to buy the gaskets from your local Yamaha dealer than it is from eBay, I found that last years when I was buying gaskets.
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« on: 11 May 2015, 01:54:58 pm »
My brakes are fine after vacuum bleeding, I certainly took less time and hassle using the vacuum kit so I would use again
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« on: 12 March 2015, 04:58:03 am »
There is more and more phones now where you can't change the battery, I also have a Motorola moto g that you can't change the battery.
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« on: 11 March 2015, 09:51:57 pm »
Got myself a iPhone 6 plus yesterday, what a massive difference to the iPhone 5 in battery life, I have been using the Internet a lot and had the Bluetooth on and I still have 40% battery life, with the 5 it was gasping for energy. And I had 18mb internet speeds inside a building and a 5mb upload speed which is faster than virgin media 50mb fibre optic broad band!!
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« on: 11 March 2015, 09:48:08 pm »
Ebike do short term policies, daily and monthly, monthly work out cheaper, it is like a pay as you go.
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« on: 11 January 2015, 02:44:25 pm »
Well the scoot is turning out to be a pain, typical Italian electrics and stupid design, the regulator is goosed and they are a common thing to go, the power stand doesn't work nor does the headlights, as to the design PIaggio were clever in that they fitted a power main stand, but not so clever in that they didn't put a means to use it manually, but the other stupid part of the design is the oil filter is right above the main stand which is in the up position. Also there is an intercom system that works occasionally and the instruments are not very waterproof!!!
I'm glad it was cheap as I wouldn't want to pay top price for this bike in its present condition. So I have 2 projects.
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