working yesterday but found some fettling time in the garage .....cleaned up the block and fitted gasket , head and torqued in two stages too 35 nm  ...day off today with a few jobs to do around the house   but will try to sneak out to the garage to fit the cams  

this one a " before piccy "   

the norton is from my ..past life!!,,,ime a reborn rejuvinated  fazer rider now?...... ......oh! and its a fkn good investment too?

yes a very good investment  [size=78%]......you`ll get round to getting a piccy on here one day [/size] .....which past life is it from 

oh yesssssssssssssssss 

head gasket arrived today    excellent service from WEMOTO....cheers guys.....how about 10% discount for all foc-u members ? 

Go for o/e - you already know the o/e front is known to be best - o/e chain is endless, I've got a new kit meself for future use.  Not bothered about messing with non-standard gearing for road, I'll be doing the same as you when it's needed, ie. swingarm off and greasing up etc.  So your asking the question, but methinks you really know the answer already?    I paid £149 posted for full genuine kit, shoulda been £179 but some dealers prepared to haggle, 'specially on Ebay.  Don't forget to fit a new tab washer too, not worth the chance.

£149 thats a great deal....just paid £115 for did from fwr london...and an extra £70 for workshop quality riviter/spiltter....taking the swinging arm out is easy and you can clean and re-greese the shock link at the same time 

dont throw the lid  ............................

no...no...no...dont accept this as a acceptable repair,it will eventually leak again,and yes it is a bodge.best option is second hand tank as suggested by FAZERIDER.ask on here if anyone can help sourcing the right colour tank...ebays worth a check too and local breakers 

Plugs are between 0.7 and 0.8, i did mine last week. 

did it make any difference 

would probably work but i just wouldn't trust a split link

yes ..i know what you mean......going back a few years,hondas twin cylinder cb 500 had a link,and i know of a few that failed  ........but never heard of one failing on the thundercat 

yes happy with my progress....working this weekend which is going to slow me up......and mums 80th birthday on monday (she had me very late in life ) so afternoon spent drinking tea and chatting to the older generation 
  parhaps i`ll get them to put the fazer back together 

well if you do need to strip the carbs,and need any parts?....i have a set that i stripped a while ago!!...everything is there, and you are welcome to whatever you need?...i had them given me off a running bike that had been crashed!!....

thats a good offer CRH,thank you ...might just take you up on that 

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i still do think that we have the answer on that list?.....so hopefully this time you will have the answer you want?

 
just looking through the list...................bent valve
                                                              re-seat valves
                                                              head gasket
                                                              air filter
                                                              carb balance (will re check this)
                                                              mixture (will check and richen by 1/4 turn)
                                                              plugs (need to re-gap 0.7)
   
all possibilties checked most of them now,once ive got it back together i will know more    if stutters still there i will strip the carbs again