what did you do with your fazer today ?

[mr self destruct]

Had a bit of a brown trouser moment on the way in to work this morning.
Came off the M6, slowed down to hear and feel a horrible rattling through the whole bike. Definitely speed rather than rev related so i thought "Shit. Front sprocket's going."
Nursed it into the works car park and found the spring holding the centre stand had come off, so the noise was the stand dragging on the road.


Thank blue fuck for that! 


The spring was still there and undamaged, so I've got to see where it connects to on the stand and see if that's bust. But for now a couple of cable ties will get me home.




UPDATE: Had a look in the daylight and the lug for the spring has rusted off, so cable-tied it back in place and will get the welder out tonight.

[Dave48]

Went out for a little blast From Exmouth to Exeter to get some chain lube,


 Via Barnstaple 

You've just reminded me of that road I enjoyed so much many years ago. Lived in East Devon/then Exeter 1963-73-my formative 2-wheel years. We always had a problemwith the holiday traffic although cages were slower in those far-off days & easier to get past!

[Dave48]

Forgot to say what I did with my Fazer yesterday.....Delivered Easter Eggs in top box to my 2 grand daughters & birthday card/present to my youngest son 31 today-makes me wonder where the year have flown!!

[CRH]

changed oil & filter, plus fitted 16tooth gearbox spocket, cleaned and lubed chain, took out for a run and what a diffrence that sprocket makes?..not screaming its tits off now!!...plus acceleration still great!! ...should be better on fuel too?...

[jonesthesteam]

Replaced my crappy eBay £24.99 cooler cover jobby with a nice new Renntec one, far better quality and fitted perfectly unlike my old one


Jonesy

[esetest]

Couldn't wait,  so fitted new exhaust , had to drop some paperwork off the otherside of Bristol , so had a good excuse to try it out , nice throaty growl at tick over , sounds like a roar when you wind it up , lots of pops when you decelerate , really gives the bike some more character .

[fazersharp]

Replaced my crappy eBay £24.99 cooler cover jobby with a nice new Renntec one, far better quality and fitted perfectly unlike my old one


Jonesy
The look of that one worrys me as it dosent look like enough/big holes

[jonesthesteam]

Replaced my crappy eBay £24.99 cooler cover jobby with a nice new Renntec one, far better quality and fitted perfectly unlike my old one


Jonesy
The look of that one worrys me as it dosent look like enough/big holes

Yes it's quite bulky, I think the side pieces make it look worse, the mesh actually sits loose in the surround and let's air in around it, so far seems okay, hopefully as it's made by renntec they did some quality testing .
Went out today and did some traffic work and all seemed okay, but will certainly keep an eye on it, thanks


Jonesy

[Millietant]

Fitted a repaired nose fairing to my son's 03 FZS 600, that I got from Deefer666 (top banana!)


Cheers Mark

[mickvp]

Absolutely gutted out the chain and sprocket as it was minging! Before:



After:



Also gave it a mild oil, and turned the scotoiler up a touch...Just need to keep giving it a regular once over now

[mr self destruct]

Had a bit of a brown trouser moment on the way in to work this morning.
Came off the M6, slowed down to hear and feel a horrible rattling through the whole bike. Definitely speed rather than rev related so i thought "Shit. Front sprocket's going."
Nursed it into the works car park and found the spring holding the centre stand had come off, so the noise was the stand dragging on the road.


Thank blue fuck for that! 


The spring was still there and undamaged, so I've got to see where it connects to on the stand and see if that's bust. But for now a couple of cable ties will get me home.




UPDATE: Had a look in the daylight and the lug for the spring has rusted off, so cable-tied it back in place and will get the welder out tonight.

Proper plate welded on now, better than the crappy little bar. Just got to source the rubber bung that mates up to the exhaust now.

[slimwilly]

So there is another problem for owners to check up on, as these bikes get older these things show their heads,,,get down there mother

[stevierst]

Well after all that was said about my f1 mirrors, I decided on engineering a set of round convex mirrors onto the f1 arms, so here's the result.

Looks better than the old f1's, and you can see a damn sight more out of them.

And a close up.

I drilled & tapped several holes in the arm to allow for adjustment should it need it.


So what do you guys think, any better?

[ogri48]

Yup.. Them fatbars look ace too..

[noggythenog]

Much nicer i reckon

[Exupnut]

Not sayin they are Mickey Mouse.....but they do remind me of him lol.....nevertheless..... Far more classy than GT550 mirrors ay kosmic...

WWW.Foc-u/how to foc up a perfectly good fzs1000/kosmic

[stevierst]

Just been for a quick blast to work on it, mirrors are superb, you can see absolutely everything without having to move your arms, and no vibes!

 Not sure about the screen yet, it needs squaring off a bit methinks.

[Exupnut]

Screen looks good. Better in white with "move over" (my u r polite) in black. 

[Fazerider]

Went to Horsham for the first day of the "Piazza Italia" event: about a hundred Ferrari owners turn up to make a very expensive traffic jam.






There were lots of Italian bikes too, mostly Ducati but also Moto Guzzi, Laverda and a Moto Morini.



















The event continues on Saturday with Minis (stretching the definition of Italian a bit), Monday features Lamborgini.

[Davebo]

Yay! First actual 'ride' of 2014. Just a quick blat out in the sunny North Yorkshire Dales.

Marvellous.
 

[Torque]

I've crashed my Fazer yesterday, still waiting for details of garage where it was taken.
I am not too bad, but bike was most likely totalled

[mickvp]

I've crashed my Fazer yesterday, still waiting for details of garage where it was taken.
I am not too bad, but bike was most likely totalled

Oh God, sorry to hear that Torque. Still, the main thing is you are ok mate, the bike can always be replaced

[noggythenog]

I've crashed my Fazer yesterday, still waiting for details of garage where it was taken.
I am not too bad, but bike was most likely totalled

Glad you're ok mate.




You are i believe the first foc-u 600 binned this year.




May i suggest you purchase a crate of beer and get looking in bike trader for your next fazer and get back on the road as soon as practicably possible.

[stevierst]

As per above dude, glad your ok!
Get back in the saddle asap.

[ChristoT]

Oh no! Bad luck, what happened?