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« on: 08 May 2020, 09:38:36 am »
Box eye'd street fighter.
I just don't use the bike any more, the last time I rode it was to the MOT station last year.I was planning on riding it to Morocco and having an adventure, but Covid happened and it will just sit in the garden for another year.
So Time to sell it.I have had it a few years and just don't use it any more.The milage is low about 20-25000.Tyres are good, so are the brakes and the chain and sprockets are good.
It might need a tidy up and certainly a wash.A good run and it would be running even better with a fresh tank of fuel in it.
I'm asking £900. send me a message for pictures.
The bike is located near Worthing in Sussex.
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« on: 06 May 2019, 11:13:07 am »
I have a snotty old fazer in the back garden. It is just sitting there, stale fuel in the tank, it only gets a ride three or four times a year.
So do you guys think that I should keep it or sell it?
I'm loath to get rid of it because the milage is only about 25,000 and it runs perfectly after about ten minutes of riding. The first ten minutes are probably just getting the carbs used to some fresh fuel and she then goes like the clappers!But it is street fightered and in a snotty condition. I can tell from working on the bike that somebody has loved the bike at some point. I can also tell that they then sold it to somebody who didn't. Mechanically it is great, got renthals, single headlight and a raised rear with dog bones. Might still have the origonal dog bones but I am not sure.New carb inlet rubbers last year.
My insurance runs out in three weeks...So what would you guys do?
Put a years MOT on it and sell it on ebay?Keep it for the ocasional run?
I have just brought a Harley with the intention of choppering it and once that is done I cannot imagine I will ride the Yamaha much.
But I would be sad to see it go, to be honest.
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« on: 16 November 2018, 12:30:17 pm »
So my Fazer sits by the side of the house doing nothing.
It's tatty and only gets a few rides a year. I think I last put some fuel in it in July or something like that.I needed to go out yesterday and the wife had left the lights on in the car and it had a flat battery.
So I went up to the bike and it started up first thing! I know I haven't toutched it since August.But on riding off it was sluggish and didn't want to ride. Then the more I rode it it seemed to get better, but if I accelerated hard it felt like it was running out of fuel.
So I am figureing it needs a carb clean, but I shone a light in the fuel tank and the fuel was green!Not a tinge of green, no! It looked more like limeade or something, it's bright increadable hulk green!!! I can see through it, but it does look bright green.
What the hell is in modern fuel that it goes green like that?Can petrol go mouldy?
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« on: 09 June 2018, 10:21:29 pm »
If you have a mate get him to pick the back of the bike up and you lube the chain.
Unless you're a potential entrant for Worlds Strongest Man, good luck with that one 
It's easy.How do you think the MOT inspector does it? All you have to do is balance the bike on the side stand with the front on the ground and just turn the bars towards you and reach over the rear and pick the rear up balanced on the side stand.
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« on: 09 June 2018, 08:56:12 am »
Car jack under bike and lift the rear wheel.If you have a mate get him to pick the back of the bike up and you lube the chain.
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« on: 01 June 2018, 10:42:49 pm »
Sand with 80 then 240 then 400then primerSand with 400, 600 then 800Then colourThen clearThen sand with 800, 1200 then 1500
Then one final coat of clearThen polish
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« on: 21 May 2018, 03:18:52 pm »
Buy some seafoam.
Run the bike til there is hardly any fuel in the, tip in the seafoam into the fuel tank and run it till it stops smoking. Then top up with nice expensive fuel and take it for a blast down the country lanes, razzing it as much as you can.
When you are back at home with a grin on your face the bike should be performing much better on the way home.
If that does not work out for you it will be time to clean the carbs.
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« on: 19 May 2018, 09:00:04 am »
I want to fit a single headlight and the ignition switch is in my way so I have taken it off. I'm also going to zap off the aluminium circle and bits that I don't need with my angle grinder.
I need to wire up a new switch that will incorporate the starter as well, so I can throw the right hand switch gear in the bin.
Anyone got any advice on that?
I also am fitting renthal 789's to the bike which I am guessing will need longer throttle cables and clutch cables too? I think I can buy a unbiversal kit and make my own carn't I? Putting a few wire extensions into the left hand switch gear should be no problem if needed.
Single headlight should hopefully be easy to wire up. Do I just forget about the other headlight feed and leave it blank on the bike?
The origonal speedo is huge and I want to replace it with a 48mm cable driven one I have. So I have got a thundercat speedo drive but that has different internals, how can I marry the fazer internals with the Thundercat internals? Do I just cut off what I want and use my soldering iron to melt them together? Or if I buy a lot of fizzy drinks would the plastic from the bottle tops be about right and I could just melt that into the thundercat speedo and shape it so it fits into the holes?
Yes I know that I have lost my steering lock, so I am going to weld a couple of tabs to the bottom yolk and the frame so I can put a padlock through it when I am away from the bike. Or is there a better solution?
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« on: 22 May 2017, 08:13:29 pm »
So I am just about to pick up my used FSZ600, it will be my fifth fazer, so the mechanics of the bike are obvious to me as I used to despatch on them years ago.
But this one will be my run around bike.
So what are the most useful mods I can do to it?
I was thinking dog bones and rising the rear. How much is best?
I actually like the tyres that should go with the bike so will be keeping those. Most couriers would put bigger tyres on them.
Is there anything I can do to the headlight to make it... Well work really, those box eye headlights never did much really.
Any suggestions would be gratefully recieved.
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