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General / Re: Pink lights
« on: 12 September 2023, 08:10:26 pm »
Quoting from the MOT Inspection Manual:

Headlamps’ colour must be one of the following:

    white
    yellow
    mainly white light with a blue tinge

If a motorcycle is fitted with front position lamps, they can emit one of the following:

    white light
    amber light
    mainly white light with a blue tinge

Rear position lamps must be red.


So these would be illegal, also imagine everyone having their own favourite colours on the front of their bike, it would look a road full of Xmas trees!

Of course I am not talking about a free for all  :rolleyes - I am talking about a law change requiring new bikes to be fitted with the pink colour DRL then all older bikes can add the CORRECT colour LEDs if they like.


If I want a bike with pink lights on I'll go to Hamleys.
But they ain't going anywhere near my Fazer.  :look

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Redex and vpower
« on: 11 September 2023, 06:49:09 am »
Don't forget the 0% ethanol at Esso is only in certain counties, not nationwide. From memory Hampshire, Sussex,Kent,Surrey,Essex are ok maybe Devon but not Cornwall. A definitive list was posted quite a while back.


I guess that also covers all pumps for them then by displaying "up to 5%" (E5)


Sounds about right :thumbup


Looking on the Esso website, it more or less states that from this month there will be added Ethanol at all pumps for the Supreme 99.  :thumbdown

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Redex and vpower
« on: 09 September 2023, 08:31:32 pm »
Don't forget the 0% ethanol at Esso is only in certain counties, not nationwide. From memory Hampshire, Sussex,Kent,Surrey,Essex are ok maybe Devon but not Cornwall. A definitive list was posted quite a while back.


I guess that also covers all pumps for them then by displaying "up to 5%" (E5)


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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Redex and vpower
« on: 06 September 2023, 09:02:06 pm »
V Power still has Ethanol in it. If you haven't tried it before ESSO Supreme 99 has zero Ethanol in it.
They have to put an E5 sticker on the pump, but it actually means "up to 5%", it's a legal thing.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Redex and vpower
« on: 06 September 2023, 08:55:43 pm »
Never been a fan of Redex, only stuff I'll use maybe once a year is STP Complete Fuel System Cleaner.


If you're using 99 RON fuel regularly though you shouldn't really need to use it anyway?

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General / Re: ULEZ -TfL Drive app
« on: 29 August 2023, 06:06:44 pm »
All working now  8)

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Horrible Noise Under Acceleration.
« on: 29 August 2023, 06:04:07 pm »
Just a suggestion, but needs care and two people when doing it.Try simulating acceleration with the bike of the centre stand foot on the brake and bike in whatever gear it sounds worse in open the throttle a bit that will put pressure on the bearing and allow you to locate wher the noise is coming from.Anytime i have had to do this it is on a lift tied down


If you're gonna do this it might be worth seeing if the noise can be recorded in case it becomes obvious to the right ears.
Maybe put a video on YouTube so it can be viewed and listened to if you manage to recreate the sound.

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General / Re: ULEZ -TfL Drive app
« on: 28 August 2023, 02:29:21 pm »
Have an update on this.


I just phoned TfL...in India...and they checked my Registration and said it is showing up as exempt.


Apparently they are doing major maintenance to their website in preparation for tomorrow so it is not functioning correctly today.


Cutting it a bit fine I reckon, this should've all been sorted out ages ago.  :thumbdown

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General / ULEZ -TfL Drive app
« on: 28 August 2023, 01:40:53 pm »
Just a word of caution.
When you get your bike modded to pass the ULEZ emissions they tell you to download the TfL Drive app which you can then enter your Reg. Number and it will say "Nothing To Pay -Exempt"


Well, lo and behold, that app has crashed, and sends you in a loop for a software update that doesn't exist.
Tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that never worked.


I've seen it myself that my bike is exempt and have the Dyno records, but when I tried on a different website it takes my bike as standard and says It is NOT exempt.


I'm sure it will be okay, but I better not get a fine through the post, because I will not be impressed.


Although my mate just told me all the cameras on the main road near where I live have had the cables cut.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Horrible Noise Under Acceleration.
« on: 22 August 2023, 12:38:45 pm »
Ignore the the brake caliper comment.   They will just bind or tick, excessive brake dust, you'll feel resistance/loss of performance and possible blueing of the disc/s in extreme cases.  What you're describing is drive/transmission issues.

 :agree (for now) as the OP has said at a constant speed the noise isn't there , just when accelerating. If it was the calliper the noise would potentially be different as speed increases but wouldn't stop when you stop accelerating.

As the noise appears to only be there as speed is being increased, you need to look at things that are only affected by increased load. Chain, sprockets, output shafts and alignment of all of these things (wheel alignment). Looking at brakes would be VERY low on the list.


Would take seconds to check them out and eliminate them though, no harm done?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: HORRIBLE NOISE UNDER ACCELERATION
« on: 22 August 2023, 10:53:26 am »
Check the front lay shaft bearing for play/noise.  These can and do wear/dry out mainly due to overtightening the drive chain.

It's also possible one or more of the gearbox bearings has had it.

Ignore the the brake caliper comment.   They will just bind or tick, excessive brake dust, you'll feel resistance/loss of performance and possible blueing of the disc/s in extreme cases.  What you're describing is drive/transmission issues.

Check the wheel alignment, the rear sprocket carrier bearing, rear wheel bearings these can dry out with no play.  Also check every link in the chain, then check swing arm and shock linkages.


Erm, excuse me?
We don't know what's wrong yet,  including you, so how about any idea is a possibility, and appreciated, eh?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: HORRIBLE NOISE UNDER ACCELERATION
« on: 22 August 2023, 07:20:06 am »
Seeing as we're no wiser, what about the front brake calipers?
If they were seized up your pads might be worn to the metal, holding the bike back and causing the grinding sound?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: HORRIBLE NOISE UNDER ACCELERATION
« on: 20 August 2023, 09:52:17 am »
Now i'm thinking that you just need to properly adjust your clutch cable, from the bottom end first, then tweak at the top. Only takes a minute to do with the correct tools (buy yourself a deep offset ring spanner)
Is the cable very old, maybe it's time for a new one?



And if you ever put the bike into gear on the centre stand the chain will always jump about due to wheel momentum trying to overtake the engine speed.
If you VERY GENTLY use the throttle the engine will then pull the chain and wheel and smooth things out.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: HORRIBLE NOISE UNDER ACCELERATION
« on: 18 August 2023, 05:10:29 am »
You say you tightened the chain last week.
I'd be looking at that again, as it sounds possible to me that it's too tight and maybe also misaligned.
Put the bike on the centre stand, and spin the rear wheel backwards. It should make a purring noise if the chain tension is good and the wheel is straight.
If the chain is too tight then you'll hear and probably see that it isn't right, and if it's misaligned it will make a consistent clunking sound as it tries to correct itself. 
The chain should just about comfortably touch the plastic chain guide that's near the front sprocket when you raise the bottom line of it.


To do all this correctly you need to nudge the wheel forwards and gently bring the wheel back either side using the nut at the back of the swingarm. Don't forget to loosen the caliper tension bar otherwise the right side will not budge.
The notches on the swingarm should be a good guide for either side, but are not always 100% correct plus obviously every bike is different, which is why i find spinning the wheel until it purrs nicely works better in my opinion. You may need to nip up the main wheel bolt before you can attempt to spin it properly though. It's all about doing it gradually, then once you're happy with it you won't need to touch it again for ages once all the locking nuts are tightened too.


On a side note, if i am correct and it is a simple tension/misalignment thing then it's a real quick way of wrecking a chain and sprockets if it's not sorted out promptly.
Bear in mind i'm talking about a chain in decent nick too, if it's dry or has stuck links then that will just make matters feel much worse.
You can check for stuck links by looking at the bottom row of the chain, if any are not totally horizontal then it's not a good sign, although when links are stuck you'll normally feel them bumping through your left footrest.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Stone dead
« on: 13 August 2023, 06:44:53 am »
Under the left side cover


Alrighty then. Something new i learned today  :)

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam chain buzzing noise
« on: 12 August 2023, 11:11:41 pm »
Epic faff. So it looks like you were right all along in your suspicions and were not imagining things.


Cost aside, they did say my pistons, valves, etc, all looked good, so my regular oil changes paid off, and the fact my cam chain has not faltered for 64K is also a sign of reasonable maintenance.


My bad, I overlooked this part of the engine, and I'm paying the price, but lesson learned.
I don't know what maintenance can be done to prolong the cam chain actually over what you have already been doing maintenance wise. Other people on here have higher mileage fazers without any camchain issues wonder if it was a previous owner that have caused its demise


The previous owner treated the bike as a toy, it was in a bad way when I bought it at 26,000 miles.
It had clearly been used, abused and dropped.


As you all know by now my bike's mainly a commuter, so it's not like I'm out ragging it all the time, the chance would be a fine thing.


There's a bike on Ebay with the same mileage as mine, from a dealer, basically saying everything is great apart from "cam chain rattle at start up but goes away when revved".


Be warned, that noise ain't going anywhere else, it's not good news.




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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam chain buzzing noise
« on: 12 August 2023, 10:42:13 pm »
Epic faff. So it looks like you were right all along in your suspicions and were not imagining things.


Cost aside, they did say my pistons, valves, etc, all looked good, so my regular oil changes paid off, and the fact my cam chain has not faltered for 64K is also a sign of reasonable maintenance.


My bad, I overlooked this part of the engine, and I'm paying the price, but lesson learned.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam chain buzzing noise
« on: 12 August 2023, 10:37:58 pm »
https://www.cmsnl.com/

Helped me out very quickly.

If parts are on their website they either have them or can get them, otherwise you won't see them at all.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam chain buzzing noise
« on: 12 August 2023, 09:20:49 pm »
Just an update on this.


It was the cam chain along with the associated parts around it that were worn and needed replacing.


But just a word of caution for anyone thinking of getting this type of issue sorted in the future.
It really isn't straightforward at all, as not only are some parts hard to get, but one important part is actually discontinued as well.
I eventually ended up getting parts myself from abroad, but they are few and far between without a doubt.


To make matters worse, due to these bikes getting on a bit now the engine parts are not so easy to remove either, as I have just found out the hard way, resulting in engine removal.


Add to that, the damn exhaust header bolts get worse with age too so have also been a problem.
I "snapped" one a few years ago on removal, and when I say snapped it was like I was undoing a stud made of chalk.
And on refitting my exhaust my mechanic snapped one too.


All in all it's going to be an expensive and drawn out experience, but the reason I persevered is because I know the bike and everything else that's been done to it, so when I get it back on Monday it should last for many more years.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Stone dead
« on: 12 August 2023, 05:10:16 pm »
Starter circuit Cut Off Relay is a more accurate term for it since is is more than a relay.

The starter relay would be the wrong term as the Solenoid is technically the starter relay.
Unfortunately both terms are used for it


So the one I replaced recently is the Starter relay/Solenoid, that sits right  behind  the battery under the seat.


Where does the other one live?


If I put fuel pump relay in Ebay just a fuel pump comes up.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Fuel pump?
« on: 11 August 2023, 12:07:07 pm »
Do you know the age of your fuel filter? Maybe that could do with replacing too if you're not sure?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Fuel pump?
« on: 11 August 2023, 12:04:16 pm »
Check for kinks in fuel pipes, and make sure fuel tap under tank is turned on fully.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Stone dead
« on: 04 August 2023, 03:23:49 am »
Is a "Starter Circuit Cut Off Relay" a long version of saying a Starter Relay unit?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Fork damper removal tool
« on: 30 July 2023, 11:16:21 am »
That's expensive for something you'll rarely use. I would still persevere with the broom handle, it's always worked for me, even the very first time when the bolt seemed extremely tight. Maybe get someone to assist you holding the fork leg down onto the handle while you try to undo it.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Stutter/Misfire at high RPM
« on: 28 July 2023, 06:54:18 pm »
Check the carb rubbers are on properly and sealed.
Had my carbs fitted back on years ago and one edge of carb rubber #2 had folded in on itself leaving an air leak.
Because it was #2 and hidden it was only spotted on removal again by a different mechanic.

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