Author Topic: what did you do with your fazer today ? (Read 1604968 times)

esetest · « **Reply #2400 on:** 14 April 2014, 06:01:47 pm »

It is a good route for a quick blast , I was lucky up the Gorge , just the 1 Mercedes which I got past at the bottom then I had the gorge to myself , a left turn at the top of the gorge on the right hand bend then past the rifle range, although road up Dundry hill is shocking at the moment , not so much potholes as crevices

Quote from: Dead Eye on 13 April 2014, 09:17:31 pm

A nice route that esetest - I often use the same one, especially the road through Blagdon (A368?)

midden · « **Reply #2401 on:** 14 April 2014, 06:24:02 pm »

Quote from: CRH on 12 April 2014, 11:42:49 am

Quote from: NorthWestern on 12 April 2014, 11:38:02 am
syphoned some petrol out of it to put in the lawn mower... rock 'n' roll!
...lol"...dito ...

Cool we have 2 members of the petrol mower owners club
How do I become a member?
When is the next meet and where will you be mowing out too?

midden · « **Reply #2402 on:** 14 April 2014, 06:32:31 pm »

Finally put the petrol station jetwash to the test. What a waste of time that was, although I now know Acf50 has superglue properties when it comes to road dirt

esetest · « **Reply #2403 on:** 14 April 2014, 06:38:38 pm »

Ordered my new end can from Sp engineering .

NorthWestern · « **Reply #2404 on:** 14 April 2014, 06:54:39 pm »

Midden, we at the PMF (Petrol Mower Fanciers) accept members who own or aspire to own a petrol powered grass cutter.

We meet often and its always an action packed and lively evening occasionally involving the emergency services...

ogri48 · « **Reply #2405 on:** 14 April 2014, 07:00:05 pm »

Quote from: stevierst on 14 April 2014, 05:28:41 pm

Got bored and decided to chop the screen down on the gen II. Not sure about the shape (needs squaring off), and the mirrors look even more stupid than before!

Yup they look worserer mate...blanks and bar end mirrors?

stevierst · « **Reply #2406 on:** 14 April 2014, 09:13:11 pm »

Quote from: ogri48 on 14 April 2014, 07:00:05 pm

Yup they look worserer mate...blanks and bar end mirrors?

Watch this space

mickvp · « **Reply #2407 on:** 14 April 2014, 09:54:39 pm »

Ordered a new titanium scorpion exhaust.

Also went a ride out on it for a few hours. That's me done 300 miles and still not washed it, it's never good!

bigbluebear · « **Reply #2408 on:** 15 April 2014, 09:22:31 am »

Did 150 miles yesterday around my TT circuit in glorious Scottish sunshine ending up in Largs....very rare as the sun is out again today....I feel another sickie coming on

fireblake · « **Reply #2409 on:** 15 April 2014, 09:46:52 am »

Had a blast to wirk this morning at 5am. Silly me, put that summer kit back in the cupboard. Foccing freezing. At least the ride home will be lovely

apage16 · « **Reply #2410 on:** 15 April 2014, 02:42:39 pm »

Made a video of me spanking it around Snetterton Race Track.

Got rid of my chicken strip and everyfink!

And got a camera angle from pretty much every bit of the bike you can hang a camera from!

stevierst · « **Reply #2411 on:** 15 April 2014, 02:54:48 pm »

Well here's the almost finished product.

Just got to make up some mirror blanks for the fairing, and it's done. I'll have a quick spin out in a bit to see how it is.

noggythenog · « **Reply #2412 on:** 15 April 2014, 03:19:43 pm »

I dunno about those mirrors stevie.

The lord knows that my sense if style and taste is pretty lacking......but i've fiddled about with mirrors too & it was tricky without seeing them on......personally i think handlebar but not bar end mirrors would look nicest.

I could sell you some nice xt660 mirrors at end of season.

But i do like the chopped down & simplified fairing.

ChristoT · « **Reply #2413 on:** 15 April 2014, 03:47:19 pm »

I, on the other hand, really like it! Reminds me of an old F1 car mirrors.

stevierst · « **Reply #2414 on:** 15 April 2014, 04:11:56 pm »

The mirrors were remnants off my old R1 streetfighter and I'm a bit on the fence with them. I Erm, bodged them into the end of the bars (you don't want to know).
Currently experimenting with some other round ones I've found buried in my big box of bits.

Chris · « **Reply #2415 on:** 15 April 2014, 05:13:03 pm »

Looks good, the mirrors do look a little... dated... retro for me but as Christo says they do remind me of the old F1 mirrors which is cool. I just love the move over on your windshield. haha!

Chris

Yamrider · « **Reply #2416 on:** 15 April 2014, 05:21:34 pm »

Fitted the Scorpion Red power Serket Stainless Steel exhaust end can that's been on order for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Worth the wait though !!

mickvp · « **Reply #2417 on:** 15 April 2014, 05:37:21 pm »

Quote from: Yamrider on 15 April 2014, 05:21:34 pm

Fitted the Scorpion Red power Serket Stainless Steel exhaust end can that's been on order for the past 3 or 4 weeks. Worth the wait though !!

Quality, I've got a red power on order as well for my gen 1. Looks well on the gen 2

noggythenog · « **Reply #2418 on:** 15 April 2014, 07:04:18 pm »

Went a small spin on noggyfighter...she rides mighty fine i must say.

Popped to the garage to ask likelihood of an mot pass....seems likely...no guarantees.

Booked her in for an early mot next tuesday for some peace of mind and find out what the summer holds for me.

Was just gonna have a blast up the hills when i seen a young bloke broke down on his custom chopped 125, a mini outlaw type...bike was well ratty and his front wheel bearing had just disintegrated.....this was 4pm & he had a spare wheel at home and his mate could pick it up for him and fix it but not til tonight.....basically he was focced and pennyless & stumped about getting the wheel as his mate couldnt go all the way to his home with the bike (if his bike was owt to go from then i dread to imagine the state of his mates trailer

).

So anyway being the good foccer i am & thinking about if i was stuck on the side of the road i took him home to get his wheel........an hour of driving through some seriously out in the sticks countryside & he was reunited with his bike but armed with a new wheel and just waiting on his mate.

All part of being a biker...no matter what bike you ride.

savvy · « **Reply #2419 on:** 15 April 2014, 07:43:59 pm »

Still needed a few miles to scrub in the new tyres and altered the seat as previous riding gave me a numb b**. got the sanding disc out,re-sculpted the seat and went for a bimble to Lancaster and Glasson Dock. SOOOOO much better, can staple cover back on now.Still need night run to test the 400 headlights

mickvp · « **Reply #2420 on:** 15 April 2014, 08:07:17 pm »

Rode it to work and back...then decided I needed to start looking at addressing the paintwork scratches. So, This is the bike before it was washed after 300 odd miles

:

MANKY!

So I washed the bike with some strong TFR, and then went round the bike with IPA to remove any filling polish the dealer may have used to cover some uglies...looks like my bike has had some throwover panniers on at some point as the rear plastic was badly scuffed up

:

Same on the other side:

Looks like it may need paint to fully resolve the issue, or at the very least I may need to strip it off to get into it properly with the rotary polisher. For this season ill just hand polish it with a mild correction, filling polish and glaze it to take the bad look away, unless I get a lot of time to strip it and correct it properly. heres the result of two passes with some Autoglym SRP, followed by some meguiars #7 glaze (but before I applied CarPro HydrO2 for beading ability):

not perfect, but at least 60-70% improvement. I then went round the rest of the bike with this, to leave me with this:

pretty happy with that for now....it will do anyway

mr self destruct · « **Reply #2421 on:** 15 April 2014, 08:07:54 pm »

Finally hit 40,000 miles today, so just about run in then.

taylor · « **Reply #2422 on:** 15 April 2014, 08:11:52 pm »

went out for a spin. caerleon -usk-abergavenny-crickhowell then back home, sweet.

Chris · « **Reply #2423 on:** 15 April 2014, 08:30:31 pm »

Looking much better Mick! Nice enhancement at the very least!

Chris

mickvp · « **Reply #2424 on:** 15 April 2014, 08:33:34 pm »

Quote from: Chris on 15 April 2014, 08:30:31 pm

Looking much better Mick! Nice enhancement at the very least!

Chris

cheers mate

Its not perfect, but looks well given the couple of hours I spent on it. hopefully we get nice weather over this easter weekend so I can strip it down and correct it properly, rather than the sort of "band aid" filler method im using now.