Well I spent all my spare time on the last couple of weekends doing those little jobs to the bike I wanted to and have just MOT'd and sold the bike.
 
It was riding bloody lovely, but I just couldn't adjust to the raised riding position.
 
I threw a lot of money at it really, BMW shock, braided lines and better tyres, but in the end, I am just not ready to sit upright on a bike.
 
It's gone to a nice chap who I did point in this direction, so you may hear from him aswell.
 
Thanks for all the advice that's been given while I've frequented the forum. You've been a good bunch.
 
If anyone wants some exup bolts as sent by ghostbiker recently, I will happily forward on to the first person to pm me.
 
Cheers all.
 

I want to paint / powder coat my frame covers the same colour as the frame, can you use the bike with them off, I am at work and can't get to see the bike.
 
Are they just cosmetic.?
 

Is the centre stand a sod to remove & replace?
 
Some spring cleaning and general improving will be taking place soon, centre stand is a bit rusty, so want to remove and have it blasted and powder coated, same for side stand, but one at a time.

Hey guys and girls, hope you all had a good christmas.
 
The bike had been sat down the end of the garden in it's barn for 2 weeks and I couldn;t bear it anymore, so Saturday I went out for a 40 mile spin, even though we had gusts of about 40mph down here in the South East. Had a blast, bike felt good, having seated the spark plug cap, it's definitely more responsive on part-throttle and through the mid-range.
I also went out again yesterday, roads damper, but much less windy and did an almost identical route.
Bloody brilliant. I have been having dark thoughts about selling it for something with a fairing again, but the past 2 days' riding have put a smile on my face, fresh Pirellis, engine running much better and having got used to my lower bars and clamps.
Can't wait to fit the BMW shock to get more weight on the front and more control at the rear.
 

Guys, before we start, I can;t afford to Ivanise the bike at the moment, I know it's highly recommended, but if anyone else hasn't done theirs yet.......    can they comment on the standard fuelling.
 
I am just wondering if the set-up is to blame or something peculiar with my bike.
 
It seems to be a little bogged down, say when you are pulling out of a junction or filtering, you slip the clutch away and have to give it more right wrist than it feels like you should, then the bike catches up and surges away from you a little....?
 
Has given me a few little worries now and again, but I've mainly had fuel injected bikes lately.
 
I think I need to get the carbs balanced, but not sure if that will cure it, it doesn't really hunt around at a set speed but it does feel a little flat sometimes.
 
Mike (Falcon) suggested doing the O rings and at the same adjusting the pilot screws slightly, can I get to them without removing carbs when I balance them?
I had a couple of ZX9Rs and they were terrible, if you were in a medium gear, rolled off and then back on, say overtaking a series of cars, there would be a delay then they would shoot off, cured by setting the pilot screws further in I think it was... is this a similar thing with the original jetting of the Fazer?
 
Until I can afford to mess, I would like to optimise it as best I can.
 

for my Gen1. They are from a Triumph Tiger 1050.
 
They appear to be approx 25-27mm (can't remember now measured them Tuesday) from their base to the lower side of the handlebar tube, so will lower the bars a good inch, bad thing is I may have to drop the forks slightly again to let them fit.
 
I will do some pictures of them off and on the bike comparing them to original.
 
Hoping this alleviates my arm-ache I'm getting on the bike, or it's gonna back to something sportier. Strange how I can't seem to get comfortable on a more upright bike!
 
 

What size is this please chaps, seem to have lost the tool I used to have - or I borrowed it and my memory is shit ! (more likely)    
 
Need to buy one today before I get home to the bike really.

I've realised that I can't currently afford to have my wheels powder coated Gold, especially riding with these horrible Maxxis tyres on and having a set of Pirellis waiting in the shed, so I think I am going to do a bit of DIY on my front wheel.
Thinking of just giving it a good rub down and getting to work with a can of black Smoothrite.
Any used that on their wheels, I don't want to do a full paint strip at this stage, so just wondering if it will adhere OK and not react with the original paint?
 

Any tips! bloody previous owner seriously neglected the bike and left it to corrode over / after winter, I am rectifying this, slowly, but I cannot remove the old rusty guard to fit the new one... 
 
HELP!
 
Do I drill them, try it with the bike hot, use a blow torch, what?!
 
 
 

very good condition, yes I know Fazers have centre stands, but some of us remove them and have other bikes or mates who might be interested.
 
I have a total of 4 stands now, hence reason for sale.
 
Jay 07730 602 005

Guys, have ended up with 2 similar screens - don;t ask.   
 
So I have one for sale to re-coup some dosh.
 
Light tint, subtle double bubble, used for 150 miles, non-branded. I want £18 posted.
 
 

Bought a used 3 line set, just fitted but I'm not 100% happy.
 
They are Goodridge and use the original splitter, but the one from the splitter up to the master cyl was longer than the original, by about 4 or 5 inches.. I struggled for ages trying to sort out the best route for the hose without it either odscuring the rev counter, getting stuck against the fairing or trapped on lock.
 
I have ended up with it coming up in front of the bottom yoke, like original, then round the upper part of the fork leg and into the master cyl. It does not foul anywhere and stays the same distance from everything when turning lock to lock, but it seems odd to me and I am just not sure if it is OK to be overly long...?