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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: bmw rr 1000 rear shock
« on: 15 April 2024, 08:14:12 pm »
I uploaded a file to the downloads on this, check it here https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;sa=myfiles;u=889

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Ignition coil life?
« on: 14 April 2024, 11:33:32 am »
Very unusual for float levels to be out on the 600, unless somebody before you tampered with them or replaced the float valves with spurious one. Did you use a clear pipe to check the levels? If so it can be easy to get it wrong. When you open the float drain to fill the pipe you may get an air bubbles and put the reading off. With a long pipe and it has filled lift it up tap it a few times and then drop it down below where you had it. This will normally dislodge any air bubbles.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Ignition coil life?
« on: 13 April 2024, 11:09:40 pm »
After all that it’s the fuel level in the #3 float bowl, that’ll teach me for assuming!!
Why did you adjust the float levels?

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: Carburetor maintenance kits for Gen 1
« on: 12 April 2024, 12:39:37 pm »
Check the downloads section  I uploaded  the sizes and type or O ring to use there.  I just uploaded Information on the float bowl seals

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General / Re: wiring guru needed
« on: 11 April 2024, 08:01:58 pm »
If it was running then you missed something on drawing out the diagram.

The alternator has no connection to earth and the only way it knows if it is positive or negative earth is by which side of the battery is connected to the frame.
Since it is only lights and ignition it is fairly simple as lights, your relays work either way, (unless they have and internal diode but it would be written on it) and a horn with two connection. but you will have to ensure the Ignition unit is connected the correct way round.
You don't really need relays for the setup you require, just an ignition switch to turn on the power a switch to turn on the lights. a two way switch for lights,  a button for the horn and a rear brake light switch.  3 fuses should do, the lights the ignition and a battery fuse. Depending on how you wire in an ammeter if it has one and where you take the power from for the lights you may need a fuse between it and the regulator for safety

You can buy and old style two way switch with a horn button incorporated in it

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FZ6 / Fazer / Re: FZ6 '05 Speedometer wiring
« on: 11 April 2024, 02:44:58 pm »
Post pictures anyway and then we can look and see

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General / Re: wiring guru needed
« on: 11 April 2024, 11:20:26 am »
Was this bike running when you got it ????

I presume it is a positive earth set up and the red wire is the positive, but you battery show no wire to earth the battery which means there is no way anything on this will work as there is no connection between the battery and regulator which means it would never charge the battery or power the ignition box as there is no circuit. I would think there should be a connection between the two 20 amp fuses to the negative of the battery which I believe the brown wire to be.

The right switch appears to be switching the earth to operate operate relay one. This is turning on the power for the ignition and switching the earth to power up relay 2.The fuse on relay 2 is in the wrong side of the relay
There is so much wrong here I would think your safest route is to have the unit rewired properly and switch it over to negative earth. It is very easy to do on Alternator powered bikes.

Judging by the diagram the person got positive and negative earth mixed up half way through his rewiring job.

On older bikes the power line is  always switched not the earth as the risk of shorting out positive and negative is to high. 
The newer ECU drive bikes and cars switch an earth to power up circuits controlled by the ECUs.
I have seen many blow ECUs over this when they did not realise it.
I live in the south of Ireland and unless you live in Ireland I cannot help you to rewire it.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Ignition coil life?
« on: 08 April 2024, 11:06:07 am »
Your plug caps will  give trouble long before the Coils ever will.Thankfully the caps can be dismantled and cleaned out. The biggest issue is the carbon resistors which can go faulty taking the resistance up to Meg Ohms which cause the caps to track on the outside and can be seen clearly at night.
I like the look of the original caps and usually buy a cheap set of NGK caps and break them open and use the resistor as it has a stainless outer wire wound resistor and will usually last as long s the coils.When dismantling the originals there is a tiny brass spacer which is usually corroded and breaks if you look at it the wrong way, :D but can be discarded when using the NGK resistor. The spring should fall out but may be corroded and stuck. Inside the cap there is a flat brass part which is part of the screw which needs to be cleaned usually scratched clean with a sharpened screwdriver.  Clean the spring and reassemble. Use Dielectric grease on the boots and all will be well for years.
On the carb front it is as you said most likely the pilot jets. I gave up trying to clean them and now replace them. The reason being that the internal of the pilot jet has a web type structure which is virtually impossible to clean properly.Replace the O-rings on the float valve and main jet with Viton/FKM or FFKM ones and it will save taking them apart  for a while again. Sizes are in the download section https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=93

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: fuel gauge issue
« on: 06 April 2024, 11:12:26 pm »
Check this out , I had a similar issue and this is what I did.   https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;sa=downfile&id=67

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General / Re: wiring guru needed
« on: 05 April 2024, 09:52:09 pm »
Ok. obviously rewired with minimal wiring. Look at the underside of the relays and put the numbers to the relevant wires on your diagram and I will show you how it works on your diagram

Attached is a picture of the two most common relays you will get at the Motor Factors with the inner workings shown

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General / Re: wiring guru needed
« on: 04 April 2024, 09:11:16 pm »
Where did you get the diagram? What year is the bike?

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General / Re: wiring guru needed
« on: 04 April 2024, 02:00:28 pm »
Any BSAs I've rewired had dual filament bulbs. The charging systems didn't have enough power to light two bulbs at the same time. It struggled with one. The days of candles in brown bottles is what we referred to them as  :D

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General / Re: wiring guru needed
« on: 04 April 2024, 12:06:29 am »
Double check you wiring as the diagram appears incorrect for the operation of the relays.

Relay will  just switch power to the lights and your diagram has the high and low beams on together. You will need a change over switch for the lights to switch from low to high. A change over switch will take 3 wires. In your drawing the Blk/Yell will go to the center pole of the switch and the  Blue and White will go to the outer 2poles.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: making the bike faster
« on: 21 March 2024, 06:57:01 pm »
I presume you mean gas flowing, Smoothing of cast rough intakes ports on the carburettor engines reduces atomisation of the fuels and can lead to unburnt fuel which then reduces power. Smoothing the exhaust ports expel the burnt fuel as fast as possible is a better option. Not worth the effort on the FZS600 as the engine is in a highish state of tune as it is. You would most likely end up with less power engine. Reprofiling the cams may be a better option but is it worth the cost for a small gain.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Help: gearbox removal
« on: 12 March 2024, 03:12:24 pm »
Disassembled the engine, removed the gears. TBH the gear dogs didn't seem too terrible, but if it jumps out of gear what can I do...I was lucky to find a low mileage gearbox from a '94 FZR600R, and combined the best gears into a working unit. The 2nd gear pinion is a b**** to remove and install... Now I wait for some Loctite sealant, then I'll reassemble the engine.Just for my own entertainement, added the costs of necessary parts together, if everything was new. Wow. Good thing that almost everything's available new, but a complete transmission overhaul, some crankshaft bearings, a complete gasket set adds up to the value of my bike, even if every work is done by me.
Jumping out of gear can be caused by broken spring on the Shift Drum or Shift Shaft or both. I remember someone on here a long time ago and he had a bend on the drum rotating mechanism on the shift shaft which was causing his gear lever not to full rotate the drum to the next gear

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: A couple of electrics questions.
« on: 10 March 2024, 09:59:56 pm »
To lower the electrical load I have fitted LED lights - made a massive difference.
Same here and I replaced the White connector with Anderson powerpoles.
Plans are to do something similar with one of the connectors under the infill panel.
The original wring and connectors are fine, but when water especially salt water gets in and corrodes the connection and you get issues, unfortunately as corrosion travels back through the wires the strands become insulated from each other creating higher resistance in the wires reducing the current flow in the wires
Fitting MosFet Rectifier/Regulator helps and will improve battery life with it's faster internal switching plus it runs much cooler than the Shunt type, but it does not solve the underlying issue, Dielectric grease stops the corrosion, but doe not fix it and the only real solution is wire replacement, which is not the easy.

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: A couple of electrics questions.
« on: 10 March 2024, 10:06:52 am »
I presume you all know, Shindengen is a Chinese company.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Starter cut off or....?
« on: 03 March 2024, 11:01:56 pm »
7 wire ignition switches are a rare commodity. This might help a conversion diagram on 7 to 6 wire ignition I did some time ago when many were in the same situation of not being able to locate a 7 wire ignition switch  https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=92One of idle days

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Fzs1000 on the front Cover of a Classic Mag.
« on: 01 March 2024, 07:18:19 pm »
With a 1.5hour wait on Monday for my wife  who was at a physio appointment, I headed for a coffee in the shopping centre and took a look at the magazines in Easons Book shop first. The magazine that caught my attention was Classic Motorcycle Mechanics because it had a picture of a yellow FZS1000S on the cover, thumbed through it and bought it. Into the cafe and settled down with my coffee to read the article.
The bike they used for the test was a yellow 20003 S model with 10,000 miles, looking like it came out of the showroom totally standard.
A good article, but didn't tell me anything I didn't all ready know and the article contributors loved it.
Definitely worth a read if you have not already done so.
 

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When it was idle was it on the side stand the whole time?  If it was the most likely issues is blocked pilot jets

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Are you sure you didn't put plug lead 3 on plug 4 and plug lead 4 on plug 3. Very easily done and looks right, especially if the leads on the tags are missing

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Starter cut off or....?
« on: 26 February 2024, 02:31:50 pm »
What exactly are you checking? What colours do you have in the ignition switch connector under the tank? Check it on both sides, going to the ignition switch and going back into the loom. Out of curosity is the red /yellow going to the clutch switch?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam Chain tensioner removal/installation process
« on: 19 February 2024, 10:11:38 pm »
Down load the manuals here https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;cat=2
Highly unlikely your tensioner is giving trouble but it is far more than likely to be a worn cam chain or the tensioner has not taken up the slack yet. Common for engines with cam chains to rattle before the tensioner takes up the slack  because chains do not wear evenly. Only time I ever saw an stuck Fazer 600 tensioner was on a bike that was out in all weather and not used for 4 months under a tarpaulin not to far from the coast and the tensioner was rusty, as was the rest of it  :rolleyes
You only need to remove the tank or prop it up securly. Pull up the plug caps carefullyRemove all the cam cover screws. Remove the Rotor cover and tie it up out of the way.rotate the Rotor anticlockwise until the 'T' mark lines with the joint between the crankcases at the front of the engine.See picture
Lift the cam cover and check the timing marks see picture of the actual cam and cap marksmark.
If the cam does not line up close to the cap then rotate the rotor a full 360degreeds and line up the rotor marks again.
If the cam marks are less than 5mm off to the rear then the rattle is probably from the tensioner not having taking up the chain slack yet.If 5 to 10mm off to the rear chain is wearing and tensioner has not having taken up the slack yet.More the 10mm off to the rear, the chain needs to be replaced as the tensioner is probably at the end of its adjustment.Might be worth checking the tappats as you have the cover lifted.

When you are putting everything back, put ordinary garage grease not silicone on the cam cover gasket and make sure it is back on properly.You can be liberal with ordinary grease as it the excess melts off
 

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Starter cut off or....?
« on: 19 February 2024, 09:19:15 pm »
Cheers for the replies so far.
I'm getting a bit frustrated with the Haynes manual cos they give the wrong colour wires in the text compared to what I physically have and what they have in the diagram!
There are are a few variants and the Haynes manual cater mostly for the UK market if you bike is outside the UK there could be minor differences

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