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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Fork cartridge rod dia needed pls
« on: 10 March 2014, 08:18:48 am »
I'm making a spacer and need to know what dia the rod is below the thread so i can some tubing for a close match

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Fork spring diameter
« on: 27 February 2014, 11:06:45 pm »
I know free lenght is 144 but not what the dia is, any help appreciated!

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Ticking sound from left side of engine
« on: 22 February 2014, 09:01:05 am »
Stationary at 1.5-3K revs I can hear a ticking sound from the left side of engine, right side is normal.
Could this be noisy valves needing adjustment? thats all I can guess

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Forks bit sticky
« on: 15 February 2014, 07:55:00 am »
When pulling up at the lights then releasing front brake lever sometimes a second or two later (stationary) the forks lift up a tad.
My lack of fork knowledge only leaves me guessing  :rolleyes
Gen 1 Thou 72,000kms bought 1 year ago.
Any advice/suggestions appreciated!

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Front brake feel
« on: 03 February 2014, 09:34:07 am »
My front brakes running EBC HH's lack feel until a few hard applications, they seem to really need some heat before they give progressive feel.
Pads will need replacing soon and I use my bike for commuting and weekends back road blasted, no track riding.
Should I stick with the HH's or go with another compound that provides better feel without needing heating up so much?

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Changed front sprocket back to stock 16T plus new DID chain 2000kms ago but today when rolling to a stop to park killing the engine noticed louder than normal chain noise.
When I changed over to the new I adjusted chain tension using a vernier calliper for alignment which did not result in exact swing arm notch alignment. I have read before that this is a better method over relying on the factory marked alignment marks.
So today I adjusted chain tension using the swing arm alignment marks as it had been issue free before with regards to front sprocket L side wear.
Is this a known for the Gen 1 Thou I wonder?
ie   vernier or swing arm marks for wheel alignment?




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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / power a little down
« on: 19 January 2014, 06:57:14 am »
My 01 thou seems to be a little down on power 70,000kms on the clock.
My weekend ride usually includes a blast along a straight up to about 220kms accelerating from 3rd at 90kph after making sure all is clear ahead coming out of a long sweeper.
I was only reaching just over 200kph this weekend. When I got home I watched my recording and the tacho from opening her up in 3rd gear was casually raising to approx 11,000 rpm when prior recordings the needle flies straight to the red line. I thought it was a tad down on power the weekend before so put new spark plugs went in and no different.
Riding about town I can't notice a power drop its only when really giving her the beans at higher rpms.
btw has a k&n air filter which was cleaned and re-oiled 6 months ago 10,000kms since so I wouldn't think its could be a cause.
Any suggestions thought would be great!

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Front end follow up to recent R6 shock upgrade
« on: 17 January 2014, 07:33:53 am »
Just raised the forks through the yokes by 11mm to compliment the recent R6 shock upgrade.
I had to make a couple of 11mm spacer/bush's to sit the GYT-R bar blocks on as the underside of the bars gave only a 1-2mm gap to top of fork adjusters. I removed the studs and replaced them with zink plated bolts as couldn't find any longer studs from various fastener suppliers.


Now tomorrow for a ride to see he she feels  :rolleyes

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Neutral not as easy to find
« on: 05 January 2014, 06:31:58 am »
Lately finding neutral takes a little more care with correct shifter pressure from 1st or 2nd.
I switched over to Castrol Power 1 10W40 from semi synth Belray 10W40 well over 1000kms ago but the problem has only reared its head about 3-400kms ago.
Its not causing a problem riding the bike more just a change i've noticed and hopefully not an early indicator of something serious.
If anyones has any clues would be appreciated.

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Fazer8 / FZ8 / Trip meter reset auto when reverse come on = what a pain!"
« on: 09 December 2013, 10:48:31 am »
I hired a 2013 with 2000kms on it recently in Thailand, when the reserve light came on the trip meter was automatically set back to zero - they make R1's but treat the FZ8 rider like a pussy! we can all see when a reserve light comes on then we can choose to do a manual reset!!!-----  great bike , mine was so softly sprung should have done the preload and other settings to firm her up a bit, awesome brakes though!!!!
To be honest I was expecting a bit more grunt, especially in the mid range, perhaps some power commander or the like would be in need.
From a Gen 1 Thou old heavy beast rider.

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Just replaced the front sprocket to std 16T from 15 which was worn.
The 16 is a Esjot sprocket and it was difficult to get on the shaft. I had top gently tap it on using a 36mm socket to show enough thread to get the nut on to seat it.
No way was it going to go on by hand even after checking for any burs and using a little wd40.
is this other peoples experience with the gen1?


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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Long Shot -Thailand
« on: 14 October 2013, 11:59:16 am »
Heading to Phuket on Wednesday and any takers to go riding with me there for bit of a tour to Krabi and back would be welcome.




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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Hiring a Gen 1 Thou end of Oct in Phuket, Thailand
« on: 13 September 2013, 12:07:35 pm »
I hired this bike last year. Hopefully it will be available when I go tho Phuket, Thailand late this Oct.
Last year it had very new Rosso II's when I hired it for a week. Wonder what they look like now or what's on it  :eek


Great colour scheme Yellow/Black




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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Front brake leave feel - help pls
« on: 29 August 2013, 10:44:41 am »
My front brake lever when pulled in has a series of very small vibrations till it becomes very firm not giving much more movement.
1 of 2 things obviously // Brake Master Cylinder or Caliper Seals
Low pressure at low speed it tends to grab a bit not being very progressive in these situations. When moving along a bit faster I don't notice it.

Any clues at to which end the problem is would be appreciated. Gen 1 Thou.

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On my weekend riding haunt a big bikers cafe has a guy offering Nitrogen for your bike tyres.
The brochure says better grip, feel, longer lasting tyres, stable pressure from cold to warm tyres, less carbon foot print through better tyre rolling efficiency and some other bullshit. Oh, and less leakage as the Nitrogen molecules are larger. Actually the air we breathe is 78% Nitrogen according to Wiki.


The leakage and stability adds up. I can't feel difference riding though. I thought I did straight up but that was probably in my head shortly after a double shot  :rollin




If anyone has tried the Nitrogen can you really feel the difference riding your machine?




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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Will a RI rear wheel fit on a Gen 1 Thou?
« on: 20 August 2013, 09:50:51 am »
I'm asking because then a 190 tyre would fit  :lol    - brakes fitting over disc issues I suspect  :'(




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I have used semi ester Belray 10W40 for my first oil change on my 01 with 57,000kms. The guy I bought it off owned it from 1 year old, told me he used full synthetic all his ownership and tracked it 10 times in the year before he sold it (put the left peg through his calf poor bastard dodging a possum on a wet night).   :'(


Is this a suitable oil for my bike being used as a commuter plus the weekend blast finding the redline a few times?


I'm sure there are plenty here with similar riding week to week  :D

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Surely, I'm not the only one finding that when hitting a right hander with some attitude that your shin is hitting that uncomfortable sharp plastic top part of the oil filler screw cap  :'(
 
Is this other Gen 1 Thou riders encounters ?


Some feedback would be great - perhaps I'm doing something wrong with positioning  :eek




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Going downhill (Sydney's Old Pacific Hwy,, Northern side of " Pie In The Sky " for any locals reading), if not Google Earth it, great piece of road.


One minute before the decent a cop pulled out well in front of me so I just kept riding behind him when we began descending which involves several medium corners. When rounding a left 2 guys coming up the other way lean't right over and absolutely flying came past us in the other direction, they were really flying!!! .........A couple of corners later the cop decided to do a U-Turn over the double yellows and in the process nearly took out a P plater coming up the other way. This poor bloke had his rear locked up and was leaving a trail of smoke.


I pulled over and spoke to a guy on a new looking Bandit 1250 who was stopped by the side of the road only metres uphill from this event.  I asked him "did you see that cop nearly take out the P plater" he didn't. If he was 10 metres downhill he would have a box seat.


I rode back up to the Pie In The Sky hoping to see the P plater to console him but could not see him.


Obviously some cops are above the law and want to put their foot down just as much as any bike rider wants to wind on that throttle. A onboard video could have made an arse of those cops. Tested my new tank mount for my  camera today. Works a treat ebay [size=78%]zahangzixing2008[/size] ( item number if works  180856042303)[/size][size=78%] very cheap and very effective. No vibs very clear playback. Thick alumunium section for the FZS1000.[/size]

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Currently using Conti Road Attack 2's and so far are happy with them.


Amy suggestions for a good tyre not worrying too much about tread life but more emphasis on grip and feel.






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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Front sprocket nut size
« on: 20 July 2013, 07:44:45 am »
I think it is 36mm ?


cheers

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Ignition Leads not staying put !
« on: 15 July 2013, 10:52:59 am »
Hi,


Where the top seal part of the ignition leads mount into the top part of the spark plug tube they are not all staying in place.


I can push them down and completely seat them in place by hand but next time I look at them 2 or 3 are always hovering above their seated position.  :eek


It is not affecting engine operation.


Any tips on how to get them to stay in place would be great  :lol

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The manual for this bike says 21 litres of fuel plus 4 for the reserve.[/size]My last bike was a suzy GS500E and the petcock had a reserve position.In the Gen 1 Thou is the something like this to switch over to reserve if you have run out of fuel?Fortunately when running out of fuel I had enough momentum to roll up to a guy shovelling dirt and woodchips into his ute and he offered me a ride to get some gas. We took turns on the shovel naturally.I have been very low before and put in 20 litres but where is that 4 I keep asking myself. By the way when I do refuel I stop the nozzle when the level hits the bottom of the tank inlet pipe.

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Starting not so good, GEN 1 thou
« on: 25 May 2013, 12:13:13 pm »
From cold when starting it immediately comes to life then over the next 2-3 seconds stops. Choke doesn't help. After another 2 or 3 goes and by then it will accept a little throttle to help thing along and all then is ok. At this point I use the choke for about 20 seconds to keep the idle at about 1300.I have owned the bike for 1 month and have hardly ridden it as not allowed to for 4 more weeks.It had sat in a garage unridden for 1 year prior.Bike has slip on, aftermarket jet needle and jets prof installed. I suspect adjusted TPS as tacho at 10K. When warm engine runs well no flatspots and produces great power.I have drained all of the old fuel out by removing the tank and letting the engine starve to cut off. Then new plugs and fuel, same problem but not quiet as bad.Carby removal and clean?Just exploring options, any advice would be appreciated.

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / EXUP cable issue
« on: 18 May 2013, 09:41:10 am »
Hi,


Serviced the EXUP Valve today, snapped some bolts and tapped new threads to M8. So far so good.


When reinstalling the components to the exhaust and starting the bike the 7K PRM fault showed on the Tacho. I unbolted the bracket that holds the cables in place and turned the ignition key to ON and the cables retracted very tightly and won't pull back out and now cannot fit them with the bracket back onto the Valve shaft.


Before I lift the tank to access the Servo Motor can anyone help me out with some ideas what might be going on.


cheers

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