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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Poor starting
« on: 07 April 2020, 07:44:57 pm »
No 3 is a problem cylinder on my bike as well as many of the other guys on here. Problems can be but are not limited to:
  • Bike being parked on the side stand and water/debris sitting in the drain holes for that cylinder and then causing arcing from the spark plug to the cylinder head. Solutions include blasting out the drain holes with compressed air or if unavailable a bit of wire. Also if you have the original caps change for NGK and snip off 5mm of the HT lead.
  • Spark is weak on that plug - swap some plugs around and see if problem persists.
  • The bike has a wasted spark system whereby 1 and 3 spark together, even when 1 cylinder is on the exhaust stroke. You can thereby switch the caps from 1 and 3 and see if the problem persists. This eliminates a possible electrical/wiring problem

    There ends the easy solutions. If none of those work you are down to carb balancing, check the timing, possible piston wear. Or like me you can just accept that the bike runs alright as it is and not look too much further into it.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Ignition switch circuit on bikes
« on: 20 January 2020, 09:25:53 pm »
It's a mod I've been itching to get. I wish I could ride more but I've become something of a 4 or 5 weekends a year kind of rider. This usually involves 3-4 hours of motorway to get to the good roads. Wind buffeting and a face full of insects make for an unpleasant experience.


Maybe this year I'll make the final click and order.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Ignition switch circuit on bikes
« on: 20 January 2020, 08:47:56 pm »
2 fantastic looking bikes, i'm a little jealous.


Off topic but how'd you get on with the bubble screen on the box eye? I've read mixed reports.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: 100,000 mile report
« on: 20 January 2020, 08:37:59 pm »
Agreed, this is a great write up. We're all biased here of course but I think with good reason.


About the battery, I think mine is original as well as I've compared it to photos posted by others who have had their Fazers from new.


My battery is also bulletproof, runs fully flat if I don't run the bike for a month and leave it in the cold but it charges right back up and keeps giving. My riding buddies get a new one every couple of years.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Sales Brochures
« on: 11 December 2019, 08:20:16 pm »
Those are brilliant! There's some available on eBay as well for 10 quid delivered. That's going on the Christmas wish list.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Re-fitting rear Fuel Tank bracket - parts order
« on: 04 December 2019, 08:22:36 pm »
I second Jules-C, the bracket is supposed to be quite loose, although the bolts do tighten up. I think its intentionally like that to give it a bit of free play if you go over bumps and whatnot so the weight of a full tank is somewhat cushioned.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Rear disc hot
« on: 30 October 2019, 09:20:43 am »
Never done the upgrade myself but it sounds like it is rubbing. I’ve heard of marking the disc with chalk then spinning the wheel will help to indicate where the issue is.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam chain tensioner....... Again
« on: 30 October 2019, 09:15:05 am »
Welcome to the site. It is indeed 2 ball bearings like in the manual. Resetting the tensioner is quite a low risk job in itself. The main problem really is removing the carbs to get to it which is a bit fiddly.

If it is quiet enough you can count the clicks as you reset the tensioner and see if your cam chain is at the end of its life.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Cam chain tensioner....... Again
« on: 30 October 2019, 09:13:38 am »
Welcome to the site. It is indeed 2 ball bearings like in the manual. Resetting the tensioner is quite a low risk job in itself. The main problem really is removing the carbs to get to it which is a bit fiddly.

If it is quiet enough you can count the clicks as you reset the tensioner and see if your cam chain is at the end of its life.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: New Exhaust Headers / downpipes - market options?...
« on: 25 October 2019, 06:34:03 pm »
Hey F4aceless, just this summer I did an exhaust change and I was in exactly the same position as you, stuck between the choice of Black Widow and Delkevic.


I started a thread here


In the end I went for the Delkevic, I bought the full system 450mm end pipe as linked here. Others have said it might not be street legal but the website explicitly states that it is and they have been going a few years so they are probably legitimate (with baffle in of course).


I´m very happy with it, I also read around and heard people had had problems with alignment, indeed I set it up on the kitchen floor before heading out to the bike and the spacing did look a bit off, in the end it was perfect. Actually aligned better than the factory ones I took off. I had to persuade the old ones off but the Delkevic ones went right on. Instructions were a bit non-existant; there are 4 springs that need to be ?sprung? on that were a bit stiff, it comes with a handy tool which makes the job possible. The kit also includes new header gaskets.


One word of advice, get yourself some copper slip and some nice domed stainless nuts, putting the old rusty nuts back on the nice stainless header mounts doesn´t give a satisfactory finish. I did eventually get some but in the photos below I hadn´t got them yet:


Imgur


Lastly, with regards to getting the old nuts off, I watched a video by a guy I´ve been following on youtube which you might enjoy:
video



In the end I ordered a bottle of Automatic transmission fluid. Luckily I jhave access to Acetone at work. I made a 50/50 blend like the guy tested in the video and applied it with a pipette I also liberated from work, once a day for a week before. In the end the nuts came right off.


Best of luck

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: CLUNK,CLUNK,CLUNK,CLUNK
« on: 22 September 2019, 10:38:04 pm »
Easiest way to adjust the chain on the Fzs600 is to find the tight spot and at a point under the end of the rubber swinging arm protector, push the chain up and it should just touch the rubber, if it doesn't it's  to tight.


You do that on the side stand or centre stand?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: FZS 600 Carb Rubbers
« on: 21 September 2019, 03:18:31 pm »
Second Trebus comment. The balancing pipes come out very easily. I’ve glued mine in but with heat and the rubber moving about they don’t stay in place 

Other than that they work fine. Saved me £50.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Rear Brake Light Switch
« on: 19 September 2019, 09:28:46 pm »
Can’t help too much with the electrical question but I did a rear calliper rebuild not too long ago. You can change the seals without breaking the Caliper apart. I think I read somewhere that you can’t get new caliper seals anyway so it’s best not to break it. For the piston seals get only genuine Yamaha ones, even though they seem expensive for what is essentially 4 pieces of rubber. Aftermarket seals are a bit hit and miss with fitment.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Not much luck with the Gunsons Colortune
« on: 19 September 2019, 07:39:31 pm »
Just as a quick update, set the mixture screws back to the factory 2 turns out today. I was able to do this without removing the carbs which was nice. They weren't too far from factory settings anyway. Went for a good blast down the motorway and pulled over, quickly cut the engine and whipped out the plug from cylinder 1. I'm thinking these are alright now most of the carbon deposits have burned off?:


https://imgur.com/a/fKqZI0z


Let's try again with a youtube link:

youtube.com/watch?v=3fKyOp6MASA


Still has a bit of a lumpy idle but I think I'll just live with it.


When I got home the iridium plugs had arrived in the post. I'm taking the bike to the Ardennes for an extended weekend next weekend so I'm looking forward to putting some more miles on the beaut.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Not much luck with the Gunsons Colortune
« on: 15 September 2019, 06:55:16 pm »
Got some iridium plugs on the way. Ordered them from here, They seem to be a fair bit cheaper than everywhere else, I hope they're the real deal.


The plugs I have have only done around 4000 miles, but they are around 2 years old. They've done a lot of cold starts and running on tick over on my drive as life gets in the way of me going out for a proper ride.


As suggested I'll put all the mixture screws back to factory. I'll still try and clean up the current plugs as best I can and use them to see if the over fuelling issue is resolved before I put the new iridium plugs in and foul them up.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Not much luck with the Gunsons Colortune
« on: 14 September 2019, 07:10:00 pm »
Thanks for all the input guys


Fixed the link to the video, it's only 7 seconds long and a bit grainy anyway. EDIT: I really have no idea whats up with the link, it works in the preview pane but only seems to link back to this thread once saved. URL is
youtube.com/watch?v=ZvaFINWu4ts
if you want to copy paste.


Yes I think there may be a very small air leak, I've tried epoxy sealing the loose connectors in but the flexible rubber makes for bad adhesion. I might try some vulcanizing stuff from a bicycle puncture repair kit but it's the heat tolerance i'm worried about as they're right up against the head. Sprayed brake cleaner on the area with the engine running and it doesn't change anything.


I fitted the new NGK caps myself a couple of years ago and snipped off 5mm from the HT cable as advised. I will check they are screwed on as tight as poss.


TPS shows 5000rpm.


For the plugs I think I'll try and soak them to get them clean, fix the problems I seem to have with over-fuelling and then do the iridium upgrade.


Regarding removing caps whilst the engine is running, I never thought this would cause an issue! Perhaps there is something there, I wasn't sure 3 was firing a while ago as the exhaust took much longer than the others to heat up. I removed the cap and the revs obviously dropped so i knew it was firing. I checked all the others at the same time so perhaps I damaged the capacitor then and now too much spark is going to my plugs and it's forcing the Colortune to arc to the head.


Any ideas on sourcing new ignition coils and leads? Fowlers says 114EU for one coil :'(

The bike runs reasonably well to be honest, just a slightly lumpy idle and the rev needle bounces up and down. I guess I'm striving for perfection.


Maybe I should just try and adjust the mixture screws with the bike set-up normally? Is it so difficult to hear when it's running right?

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FZS600 Fazer / Not much luck with the Gunsons Colortune
« on: 13 September 2019, 07:23:12 pm »
Hi Guys

So this Summer I fitted my new Delkevic full exhaust and today the K&N air filter arrived along with a Colortune! (American spelling of colour of course  :b )

Whilst the tank was off to fit the new air filter I figured I'd re-balance the carbs and hook up the Colortune. As for balancing I'm pretty sure I've got some air getting in at the connection points on the boots for the Vaccuum gauges. I have cheap Chinese boots and the balance gauge connection posts can easily be pulled out. But I digress.

I connected the colortune reasonably easily, fired it up and I couldn't see anything at all. Maybe my idle is too high or it was too bright out but it was a pretty dull and overcast day so I don't really know what's up. All the videos online seem to show a really clear burn on the colortune. Whats more, the colortune kept arcing to the head, this didn't seem too safe so I took a quick video, put the nromal plug back in and decied to retreat to ask you all once again for your sage advice.

https://youtu.be/ZvaFINWu4ts
https://youtu.be/ZvaFINWu4ts


I tried with the 45 degree mirror attachment thing but that didn't help either.

I have noticed before, when I was removing plug caps with the engine running, that it was very easy to receive a shock through the HT leads. Is this normal? surely it's all well insulated?

Also a couple of pics of my spark plugs directly after removing if the FOC-u gurus wouldn't mind casting your eyes over them. This is after warming up, in neutral only, going up to around 3500 revs.

https://imgur.com/a/d21M26I


Cheers for the help

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: What aftermarket exhaust did you all get?
« on: 28 August 2019, 06:07:20 am »
Hi mate, sorry for the week or so to reply. Couple of pics and a short vid as requested:

https://imgur.com/gallery/7KP4wRW

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Rear brake clunk/hot
« on: 11 July 2019, 10:19:03 pm »
Bit of advice regarding seals: only buy genuine OEM, don't bother with knock offs. I got a set for about 3 quid from Wemoto and they didn't fit (they never replied to my complaint either)


The gurus on here pointed me towards Fowlers genuine OEM ones for 35 quid delivered. Expensive? Yes, but if you want your bike back on the road ASAP it's the way to go. Bit of peace of mind as well, these are brakes after all.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: What aftermarket exhaust did you all get?
« on: 02 July 2019, 01:40:40 am »
Thanks for all the replies guys. In the end I went for the 'standard look' 450mm full exhaust kit from Delkevic for 280GBP delivered.


If I were to describe my opinion of the whole thing from ordering to fitment and finally the audible experience I could only say this: Chuffed.


Delivered quickly (I'm in Belgium and it cost an extra tenner). Whipped the old pipes off and put them next to the new Delkevic ones and i was alarmed as they were not exactly spaced the same. Was about half a pipe diameter out on the inner 2 pipes. In the end the Delkevic ones are actually a better fit than my standard ones. No strong arm needed to get them into place.


Came with gaskets and exhaust sealant so thumbs up for that.


As for my own exhaust studs, something of an Achilles heel of the Fazer, I went for a mix of transmission fluid and acetone, applied with a pipette on a warm engine where possible repeatedly for 6 days beforehand. The nuts came off OK. I tried the 2 nut stud extractor method on an outer stud but it just started to strip the thread. In the end I opted to just clean up the threads thoroughly with brake cleaner and a toothbrush, not happy till I could put the original nuts on by hand till the bottom of the threads so I knew it was all running clean.


I have some new domed nuts on order which I will put on with copper grease. I couldn't help myself though and fitted the new exhaust with the old nuts for now:
Imgur


Sounds..........GREAT. a low rumble, not loud but just rumbly. I've got the baffle in of course.


A happy foccer. If I could make one suggestion to Delkevic it would be that they include 8 domed stainless nuts with their product so I could have a nice shiny finish but this is purely cosmetic.


They also gave me 16 Delkevic stickers, a tad overkill but hey, now my kids bunk beds are sponsored by Delkevic, that's gotta be good right?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: What have you done to your FZS600 bike today
« on: 17 June 2019, 09:53:12 am »
That fairing wrap looks sweet! If you don’t mind my asking how much does something like that cost?

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Streetfazer
« on: 14 June 2019, 07:39:50 pm »
I have the same silver fairing as you but still have the original front fairing. I’ve also gone for blue accents here and there like you were talking about in one of your posts. I might have to spray my forks blue as well to really make it pop.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Streetfazer
« on: 14 June 2019, 11:42:19 am »
Did you do the forks yourself eldiablo? They look pretty sweet.  Mine are looking a bit ratty and it’s the next job after the season.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: What have you done to your FZS600 bike today
« on: 13 June 2019, 07:59:18 pm »
No I haven’t tried to take them out yet. I’m Trying a few tricks to get the threads well oiled before I give it a go.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: What have you done to your FZS600 bike today
« on: 13 June 2019, 05:06:52 pm »
@Steve

Is it not possible to just remove the radiator and drill the studs out? It seems with the radiator removed there would be enough access no?

As you say though, the engine paint could do with a touch up, and if it’s really not so bad to take it out I’m not dreading the job too much if it comes to it.

Just seem to find less and less time to do these things nowadays. Only 30 something years till retirement....

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