I was in the garage, putting it up on the centre stand after a wash, and when righting it to go on the centre stand, I righted her too far and she went over.  Crashed into some metal shelves, top box scraped the wall, jammed the shelf upright between the brake lever and the right handlebar.  Couldn't budge her.

A swift call to my mate a fellow FZS600 rider to come and helpme lift her and the damage became apparent.

Right mirror sheared off.
Crack on the windscreen starting at the top and extending for a few inches down.
Possible additional scraping to the RHS fairing (there was some already)
Definite scraping to the GIVI top box
Possible further damage to the existing crack in the fairing near the mirror mount on the RHS.

Possible slight cosmetic damage, the engine bars never came into play, the shelf jam and the top box kept the pegs and exhaust off the ground, indicator never touched anything.  all the electrics  work and the brakes actuate fine.

Thankfully I'm ok, and all the bike needs is a new RHS mirror (Vicma OEM one already ordered from WeMoto, about £23 inc shipping) and I need to decide whether or not to get a new screen.  I would like to.

I have the original screen, which is fine for me, I'm obviously the right shape for it.  WeMoto make them to order:

http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/yamaha/fzs_600_fazer/98-99/picture/screen_as_standard/

I'm just not sure whether to get one of theirs or pick up a second hand one off Ebay

Another thing, the original screen is not clear, obviously.  WeMoto do 4 colours, clear, light tint, dark tint and solid black.  I don't think clear is the way to go, I'd rather not have black, so I'm wondering if anyone knows which is clearer to the original colouring, light or dark tint.

But any advice on where to get a replacement screen would be appreciated, and tips on getting a decent match to the colour of the original.

The main thing is I'm annoyed at myself for it happening, but as my dad and bro said, "bikes get dropped, it's how gravity works"

Thanks

Side note:

At least she's starting okay now(My problem last week) , the problem seems to have been me not giving her enough choke in the cold weather.  My Dad's idiot instructions were "Full Choke, no throttle, press the button till she starts.  Honda started doing it that way in the 70s and it's only gotten better since"

So this weekend when I fitted my new trax disc and holder, I managed to strip the thread on the swingarm where the hugger attaches.

Managed to sort it with a 10mm bolt and a washer on both sides with a 10mm nut on the back end.  Thankfully the bolt was short enough not to foul the sprocket.

Thankfully I had a 10mm stubby spanner to tighten the nut on the back, barely had enough room to get the ring spanner off between the boolt and the sprocket.  Only after I finished did I realise that that is what the open end of a spanner is for !!!! D'Oh!

I'll probably retap the thread sometime in the future, unless the next time I ride I discover that the tax disc is loosening.

The mocking may now commence

LTC

I've been off my bike since mid July due to some shoulder surgery (Sub acromial decompression, 2nd one I've had done, had the other shoulder last year but I didn't have a bike then).

Been starting the bike once a fortnight, checked the tyre pressures, chain tension and lube today.  Main problem I had wasn't my post op shoulder, but the post drop wrist injury from back in April when I nearly dropped the bike after a tight slow turn just after my first fill up of petrol.  Been a bit sore ever since despite the lotions and potions from the local doc.

Anyway, looking forward to getting out on the bike again, probably next week when my bro is visiting, as a fellow biker he can come help me if my shoulder falls apart on me whilst I'm out on the bike

I thought I missed biking before I bought this bike, I miss it more now I'm more aware of what I'm missing...

LTC

Hi all,

RIght I have a 99 boxeye FZS600.  Just noticed that the Fuel guage bulb is out, so it needs changing, figure I might as wll change all 3 whilst I'm in, but this leads me to a few questions:

1) I know the bulbs are 12V 2W, but I'm sure there are more than one type of bulb that meets these electrical specs, can anyone give me any pointers to the right type of 2W bulb before I open the panel up (and thus render the bike non usable to nip to the bike dealers for bulbs) ?

2) Are all 3 bulbs in the instrument panel the same?

As for changing the bulbs, I know from the old Haynes manual that you need to remove the instrumentation panel, now regarding that.

3) Do I need to take the fairing off, or can I get away with just removing the windscreen to get enough access to unbolt the instrument panel?

4) If I can get away with just removing the screen, any hints/tips/warnings?

5) If I do need to remove the full front fairing, any hints/tips/warnings?

Thanks in advance for all the help

ltcorwin