OK, this is not getting used and it's a shame, so someone else may be interested.


I've not run it for quite some time now, but it's been stored covered up my shed, so is fine.  I'll charge everything and fire it up to check it's all good, but it will no doubt need re-tuning when you want to use it!








All the stuff is good condition and working order. The shell has a few minor scuffs and war wounds, but nothing major.


From memory it has the Optidrive fitted, and also has an auto-cut out when out of range fitted.


Comes with everything you need to run it, including (but not limited to...as there may be other bits I find!):


- All batteries (for controller and truck)
- All chargers (for ez start, truck onboard batteries, aa sized controller batteries)
- Original controller
- Traxxas E-Z start starter
- Spare wheels and tyres
- Spare suspension springs
- Shock oil
- Original air filter
- Air filter cleaner
- Spare glowplugs
- Various tools for maintenance
- Fuel dispenser bottle
- Fuel (whatever I have left your'e welcome to!)
- Spare bonnet clips
- Original (a bit scratched) bumpers
- Original manual, etc in a folder


All the parts are in a little toolbox that you can have as well.


THIS IS THE 2.5R VERSION, not the regular 2.5.


I can take more pictures on request.


£200 - bit of a cheap bargain from what i can see looking at eBay, but I would like to sell it before i change my mind again!


Collection from Surrey.

Bought these with incase I buggered up my existing exup valve trying to get it out to service it for the first time.


Turns out, I did a good job so didn't need them.


Very good condition. Fully working valve and NO SNAPPED BOLTS!!


I've cleaned them all up, so all but the bends just before the cylinder flanges are nice and shiney (only very minor tarnishing remains at these points) - annoyingly, they're significantly cleaner than what is fitted to my bike at the moment! EXUP valve has been stripped, cleaned, copper-greased and reassembled with the appropriate stainless bolts.


EXUP valve pulley wheel is included, but you'll need your old EXUP valve cover.


£170 ono


Collection preferred form Surrey, but open to negotiation/suggestions.

Morning chaps


I noticed the other day that my exhaust has what I am assuming is a removable baffle in the exhaust.


It's simply held in place by a single allen bolt.  The baffle itself is simply a steel tube about 150mm long and approximatley 30mm diameter (has a slight kink in to  reduce the diameter in the middle).


I remember my old instructor telling me I should take it out because it'd sound better and release a bit more power, so I removed it last night (not ridden the bike in today).


Does the baffle affect the engines running at all?  A little louder may be nice, but I don't want to make the engine run leaner or anything and risk damage (something I've read).


Any thoughts?

I bought one of these the other day, as it seemed it'd be useful for both work and social purposes.

I looked at quite a few but settled on this one, which appeared to be a brand of sorts, rather than a generic thing.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190839752522?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

eBay seller "freebitsuk"

It has a load of different size foam bits to pad out the phone, and the case is the perfect size and a nice snug fit without being too tight.  The touchscreen can also be operated through the plastic - not particulary handy when you have motorbike gloves on, but there we go! :

A friend bought a slightly cheaper one and has said he discovered it wasn't as "rain proof" as the ad made out.  The one I have, I must admit, the plastic screen cover looks tightly stitched to the rest of the case, and the zips also look like they'd do a good job of keeping rain out, as they're coated in that rubbery coating that effectively seals the zip when it's done up.

I got it because it came with 2 brackets, and I was thinking it'd also be useful on my mountainbike or road bike. One bracket is a shorter, thumbsrcrew and clamp fixing - the other is a longer and larger quick release clamp. Turns out the smaller mounting bracket fitted the Fazer handlebars well, and being shorted, means the phone's not hanging out miles from the bike.  The rubber strip supplied was a bit to thin, but I had some other rubber that I cut down to size and that helped it clamp that little bit tighter.

Tried it for the first time today on the bike:







It works really well. It holds it nice and tight, even on Surrey’s wonderfully smooth roads  :  :roll: , it didn’t look in danger of being launched off.  The only problems I found were I had is that the auto-screen rotation was going bonkers at times. Solved that by installing a free app that allows you to manually set portrait or landscape called "Rotation Locker".

The other downside is that it does cane through the battery.  Did about 20% in 30 mins or so, so hooking up a lighter socket or something somewhere under the faring is going to be a must.  I've ordered a waterproof usb charging socket from this place.  The selection on ebay looked a bit crap, so I figured I may as well get a half decent waterproof fused socket that would be fairly flexible in terms of mounting options.

http://www.powerlinkproducts.co.uk/usbcharger.html

I'll fit that when it arrives in a few days.

Anyway, seeing as there's quite a selection on eBay and elsewhere, I thought a review and some pictures of one I found to be pretty good may be useful.

What a ballache of a weekend.


I'd not had any issues with the exup valve, although it has been starting to squeak the last couple of weeks when I switched the ignition on.

Strikes me that you either attack this exup valve and deal with the consequences of dismantling before it breaks, or do it when it breaks. Either way, it would appear that if bikes got more than 6k miles on it, chances are its gonna be a nightmare, so may as well do it sooner rather than later, IMO.

Anyway, not sure what has happened with this valve in the past, but the cover is fixed in a bit of a Heath Robinson fashion, spaced out from the valve by large nuts , with the cover securing bolts obviously passing through these.


That's the first oddity.


I have been soaking the exup bolts with penetrating oil  the last week, so thought I'd give it a go yesterday.  Had the blowtorch on the first one for a good while to heat things up.  First bolt (bottom left) finally began to shift.  Second bolt (top left) had the same treatment, and again came out with not too much trouble.  The third bolt (the one on the right), no such luck.  Blowtorch on it for ages, didn't feel like it was happening. More penetrating oil and then an hour later, more blowtorch action for ages.  Then finally....snap.    Fuck it.


So, was able to get the exup valve out.  Looked clean enough, although was definitely dry and squeaky.


Took the cable pulley off, and there's a big chunk snapped off it, doesn't affect operation, also the centre bolt has clearly been had a pop at previously, as the thread was fucked inside the bronze valve spindle end.


So yeah. I think someone has had a crack at getting this off, or has done something to the valve in the past bearing in mind the above.  Perhaps the bolt that sheared was the one that they'd tried to undo already without the oil and blowtorch, maybe weakening it...I dunno.


Went and bought myself a tap and die set and rethreaded the valve end so the bolt will fit it properly.

A then I began the painstaking task of trying to drill out the old bolt.  Fuck knows what is going on with this, as it simply was not happening.  I've burnt through more drill bits than I can remember, and whilst I did manage to get a small hole forming (ie: nearly drilled through), it was just eating drill bits at an alarming rate.  Nothing I've read suggests you'd need diamond tipped drills to do this!!??


Anyway, gave up with it, the reason being that once the valve is relocated in place, the circular bit of the end plate fits snugly into the exhaust, and doesn't seem to be going anywhere with the two left bolts holding it in place.


The concern I had is that the cable bracket is held in place by the top left bolt and the one on the right...which I don't have anymore, as its buggered.  Again, whilst it seem to be held in place in a fairly secure fashion, I was concerned about the leverage exerted on the one bolt, and that the cable bracket would eventually creep round. 


Took the cable bracket off again, and went delving round the shed for a bit of metal bar I could use.  My plan was to fix the bar to the 'missing bolt' bolt hole on the cable bracket, which would then be fixed at the other end to the lower cover bolt hole.  I should've taken a picture, but quite frankly , I just needed to get it all back together ASAP.


So, pop rivetted the new bar to the cable bracket, bolted everything up and it seems to work fine and the cable bracket is just as secure as it was originally before it all went to shit.


Everything is copper greased, and all new bolts are stainless.


Took the cover off and adjusted the cables and there's no squeaking anymore and everything seems to be working ok.


I can't decide if I should take the bike somewhere and see about having the buggered hole drilled out properly and re threaded, or just leave it and see how things work out?


Any thoughts please chaps?


Oh, I serviced the bike yesterday too before all this aggravation!

As new condition and new battery approximately 2 months ago.

Easily programmable to any Datatool system 3

£18 posted.

I'd like to replace the allen bolts on the engine when I get the bike (including the exup valve ones!).


I found a list of all the bolts required for the bandit when I did that. Is there a similar list somewhere for the fzs1000?


Thanks