Quote from: darrsi on 24 October 2016, 10:08:10 pm

Quote from: Fazer99 on 24 October 2016, 09:15:19 pm

After watching the video a few more times you can clearly see the bike deliberately hits the car, as he had more than enough room and time to slow down and/or swerve to the left to avoid a crash, but no he slows down and maintained a straight line.

Could be a simple case of experience versus stupidity/naivety.

Could just as easily have been target fixation I guess

Agrees with Dead Eye.
Bike is accelerating to hard given the situation, sees his exit is being shut off from both sides, red car from left black on from right, panics, locks onto bars, shoulders freeze up and continues in a straight line, As Dead Eye said 'Target Fixation' had he not locked himself up there was both time and room to have slowed some and passed to the rear and right hand side of the black car.


One thing I would say though is that the footage from the dash or Go-Pro type cams can be very deceiving as the are often about 140 degree wide angle that makes things look further away, so the distances involved may not be as great as they at first seem. The upshot is if that was the case with shorter distances than they appear it makes the bikers case worse, the prick was still accelerating to fast.

What a grumpy load of old foccers

 

I used All Year Biker to do the work.Thorough clean, shampoo, ACF 50 pressure misted, wax to paintwork and fairings. Takes about 90 minutes. £70 of my pension but well worth it. Ready for the winter in North Wales.

Damn!  i would not ride my bike if the frost was that hard 

Quote from: Billy Balthorpe on 17 October 2016, 11:24:47 pm

Quote from: Flooky on 17 October 2016, 07:03:08 pm

Piles 

They're no fun are they!

Actually mine haven't given me any problems for over 12 months, just 1 simple rule.

Tell me the rule ?

I have never suffered with Farmer Giles I am pleased to say, but, I know a few people that have and the general consensus is that they are very uncomfortable at best and bloody painful at worst.
Does it make bike riding hard when they are bad? I guess it must do

I have seen lots of posts on FOC-U where people put up    but please do refrain from posting any pics. Thanking you in advance as apposed to thanking you from BEHIND XX

Almost all washing up liquids have traces salt in them, just as dishwasher use salt to clean dishes. Washing up liquid is not really ideal for washing your bike or using as screen wash in your car either.
A couple caps full of good quality car shampoo contains polishes and it runs places that you can not reach when you wax polish your bike and that is the reason I use a good quality auto shampoo on my bike.
I have to admit to being an Autoglym fan (I know its expensive but I love my FZS 600) Autoglym shampoo and Ultra Deep Shine polish for paintwork, Autoglym Bumper and trim Gell for side panels, airbox covers, fairing infill panels and mirror backs.
WD40 is a great product for getting chain lube off rear wheel rim and off side of swing arm, also helps to protect against corrosion, it is also brilliant at getting tar spots off the car.


I really do need to get a life

Tommyardin,
What a great read.We are of the same generation and your article certainly captured the spirit of my teenage years.Thanks for posting.

Cheers Robo,
I loved my younger years and am so glad that I was born when I was, no bloody Health and Safety regulations limiting what can and can not be done, poor youngsters today have their hand tied, cant do this or that because it contravenes health and Safety


December 22nd 1965 was that day when the 'Round White' road' sign with the 'Black Diagonal Stripe' ceased to be the 'FLAT OUT BOARD' the 70 MPH top speed came into play, the beginning of the end.
But to be honest I had never owned a vehicle that would even do 70 at that time, my 250cc Cotton Conquest came very close to it though, Ahhh! the good old Villiers 2T lump.
 

Not done any long distance stuff on my Fazer (It's an age thing) but my most arduous trip on a motorcycle was back in 1964 still a learner, no crashhelmet, no waterproofs other than a plastic grey packamac (thick polythene) 
And plastic bags over baseball boots I set out from Fernhurst in Sussex and headed off to Scotland (Kirkcaldy). My steed was a 1959 175cc BSA Bantam, my friend who did the trip with me rode a 1960 197cc James Captain.
As Learner riders we had to stay clear of the M1 and opted for the A1 but had to find alternative routes when the A1 turned into the M1 as it did.
Both my friend and I were apprentice bricklayers at the time my weekly wage at the time was £1-19 shillings for a 39 hour week (max an apprentice then was allowed to work) that equaled out to 1 shilling an hour or 5p. So no money for motorcycle luxuries.
We both worked on the Friday and headed off on our adventure to Scotland at about 7 pm that night, I remember we had done less than a mile and it started raining and to be honest I don't actually recall it stopping until we hit Galasheils at 8pm on the Saturday some 25 hours later.
We had no plans about our journey other than some of my friends (Scottie West's) relatives that he had never met we were staying with them in Kirkcaldy.
Well we stopped riding at about 8 pm through exhaustion, Scottie had thrown the James up the road at one point in the afternoon, I did not realise he was missing and went back about 7 miles on a dual-carriageway to find him, he was sat on the side of the road face covered in stinging nettle rash, skin missing from hands and knees and ankle looking very sorry for himself, but no permanent damage done, bent footrest and front brake lever.
Anyway we spent that night dug into a very large heap of road chipping that had been deposited in a large lay-by covered with our grey packamacs, we both slept like baby's in that gravel heap through exhaustion. Starving hungry soaking wet we set off again from Galasheils at about 7am on the Sunday morning and arrived at Kirkcaldy around 1-00pm. The second week of our holiday trip to Scotland we went further North to a place called 
Portmahomack on the tip of the Dormoch Firth, about 190 miles North of Kirkcaldy. A total one way trip nowadays of 670 miles, would have been more then because we were restricked to A roads. If my memory serves me well I believe we did about 1500 miles that holiday and all on 175cc and a 197cc British Two Strokes that loaded with suitcase on a rear carrier that had the balls out top speed of about 48 to 50mph on the flat and considerably less on any incline, I remember go over a mountain range (Grampians I think) with both bikes dropping to less than 25 mph with our 3 speed gearboxes.
Would I do a trip like that again................. Foc off.

I will post some photo at the end of this modification journey..for now I am contemplating  future modifications.
I need to google bamboo handlebars and see if their is a significant weight saving to be had. I've  also contemplated using helium in my tyres, and riding whilst facing the rear of the bike so the curviture of my spine improves the Co drag efficiency .

Hi Toady
I think we should bring an end to this as we will get our backsides kicked form the admin as it is: 'What did you do with your FAZER today' post.
But you will notice that the author and proliferater of the post should also have his or her arse kicked as they very disrespectfully using the lower case 'f' when spelling FAZER.
But I still look forward to seeing the completed project, the only thing I would add is be careful with the Bamboo Bars, I will say only one thing 'Woodworm'  


I am in the process now of converting the Fazer to left hand drive.

Etch primer and two coats of silver get me sorted then.
I'll have you know that I've just removed all brake fluid from my reservoirs, and removed all 3 calipers. This 2.2 kilo weight saving must surely add 12 to 13 mph by my guestimate 

I heard that customising the seat not only saves on weight but is also a safety feature which stops you completely coming off the bike in the event of a spill, comes in various colours to match your bikes paintwork.


Can also give an increase in speed and positively aids acceleration


Please see the attached image:


The model shown is the out and out sports customisation, a touring version is available for carrying pillions, its called the twin peak.
Hope you find this valuable as a safety feature and helps you feel more secure whilst riding.

ITS FIXED!!!!!

I spent a couple of hours last night taking all the joints apart and cleaning them up. I also stripped the Power Pole connectors to make sure they were making good connections. The fault was with the black cable from the rectifier and its connection in the Power Pole. The cables are almost as large as the housing they solder into when connecting to the terminal in the Power Pole. There must have been a bad connection here even though it has performed very well for at least six months. I re-soldered the connector, put everything back together and hey presto I now have 14V at the battery with the engine running.

Thank you to everybody who contributed for your help and patience. Its very much appreciated.

I have been reading this post with interest, not just because of the electrical issue involved but also the dynamics between those who contributed to the discussion. I am really pleased that you have sorted out your problem Old Son, it is always such a relief when you manage (With Help) to sort out an issue that has been dogging you and seems to have no obvious cause. If it is something that is broken and you can see it, then the answer is obvious replace the offending part but with some electrical problems you can neither see it, smell it or touch or tastes it (Taste it refers to antifreeze in water, smell could refer to that nasty smell you sometimes get from your pants when you nearly over-cook it on that hairpin bend lol!) but I am genuinely pleased it is sorted.


I had a similar problem a couple of years ago with my headlights failing, I would be riding along and then just get thrown into total darkness, headlights out side lights out instrument failure, switch off leave it a short period and switch back on and lights would return along with all the other associated equipment. This issue went on for a long time, I had checked about everything I could think of, ignition switch, light switch, dip switch, connections under the seat, battery connection. It transpired to be a large white multi-pin electrical connector under the left-hand-side fairing infill panel. Rain water or through cleaning the bike had got into this connector and had caused it to corrode internally causing the intermittent fault up front. I cut the wires either side of the multi-pin connector and bared about 15mm from the end of each wire, tinned them and slipped a 50mm length of shrink fit insulation over one of each pair of wires before soldering them together (Make sure the shrink fit is well away from the wires as you solder them) this is a permanent fix and as I do not see any reason in the near future why I would want to undo these wires this seemed the answer to the problem, that was 2 years ago and have had no problems since then.
The wires that go to this white multi-pin connector are all colour coded so there should not be any issues of knowing what goes where, as it is a straight one to one connection, but I always take a photo or two with my mobile before taking anything apart. I under stand that is from the expression 'Belt & Braces'
Good Luck and best wishes Old Son. 
tommyardin

Forget Tommys daughter, I've some interesting one's of his wife if your interested...........



Joebloggs when you purchased them pictures of my Mrs from me you promised that you would never mention them in a public domain    

Can you wear gloves with the Tech7 muffs?

If I had them muffs on my bike I would put a hoodie on backwards so no foccer would recognise me. 


Anyway we all know a muff is something completely different.

So there are other perverts out there besides myself?

You are not alone