Author Topic: what did you do with your fazer today ? (Read 1604849 times)

Exupnut · « **Reply #2800 on:** 30 May 2014, 01:36:34 pm »

Your foccin dogs vanished..

noggythenog · « **Reply #2801 on:** 30 May 2014, 01:39:56 pm »

Quote from: Exupnut on 30 May 2014, 01:36:34 pm

Your foccin dogs vanished..

He's quick as foc mate....he has a red collar.......always likes watching me breaking stuff so he buggered off when he seen i was doing menial stuff only.

Rexr · « **Reply #2802 on:** 30 May 2014, 09:08:17 pm »

Took it onto my favourite back roads to check out my suspension tweaks all's good and I'm a happy bunny, off up north for a run tomorrow looking forward to kicking it's tits in on some of the best roads on the west coast....

MarkWales · « **Reply #2803 on:** 30 May 2014, 09:51:08 pm »

Quote from: noggythenog on 30 May 2014, 01:22:16 pm

I did the tiniest of tinkering today...some screen bolts from my 600.....not even sure if i like them.

& doing some fazer soul searching......junes Scotland bike trip may be the only chance i get at it over the next few years so i might just take the FZ & strip the 600 early........been out a few times on the 600 & while it is really flickable & far superior around town i am addicted to the pure grunt of the thou now.....it is immense.....the engine roar is really cool too but i have to say that with my end can it is a bit too noisy......never thought id say that either.......it has the baffle in too.

If you want to move the parts on earlier let me know

slimwilly · « **Reply #2804 on:** 30 May 2014, 10:12:46 pm »

Just been out for a spin to test out the positions and function of the new Gilles rearsets.

Footpeg positions fine,seem the same as before,

Brake pedal is too low,so that has to come up 15mm

Gearchange is too high,have to lift toes up too much,, so all an easy fix tomorrow,

The narrower pegs did not seem a problem,,i suppose its the sole of the bike boots being hard so not rolling od the peg ends.

When i was warming the bike up at 8 oclock pm,,four bikes went past,, ,five minutes up the road i saw a blue light flashing,,they had been pulled by a grey skoda police unmarked car,,he had them,helmets off, in a line giving them a stern talking too,,haha,,i managed to slow down to 70 a cruised past them

dazza · « **Reply #2805 on:** 31 May 2014, 01:20:04 am »

Had a little Friday night blast, pint, massive perv and a portion of chips with Midden down to Herne Bay... All good.

Dead Eye · « **Reply #2806 on:** 31 May 2014, 12:57:58 pm »

SORN'd it... Going to be off the road for 4-8 weeks due to, well... life... :P

esetest · « **Reply #2807 on:** 31 May 2014, 03:16:19 pm »

Cleaned and lubed the chain and washed and polished the rest of bike .

mr self destruct · « **Reply #2808 on:** 31 May 2014, 05:38:52 pm »

Got myself a puncture in the arse end of nowhere (entrance to the West Midlands Water Ski Centre) on a 3 week old frigging tyre! Crafty Pluggered it up only to find my foot pump is useless, so had to wait for a kind passer-by to lend me their foot pump. Would you believe I stopped 9 cars before someone actually had a pump? I'm pretty sure they were just making excuses. $:\$

MarkWales · « **Reply #2809 on:** 31 May 2014, 06:31:02 pm »

fitted a set of stainless engine casing bolts from eBay

stinch182 · « **Reply #2810 on:** 31 May 2014, 07:03:52 pm »

Went for a 200mile ride with a mate through Wales to the elan valley . What an amazing place fantastic roads and views .

woodwizzard · « **Reply #2811 on:** 31 May 2014, 08:07:11 pm »

Washed it, fitted a legal sized number plate, changed the fuel filter because one came with the bike and just generally familiarised myself with whats what.

noggythenog · « **Reply #2812 on:** 31 May 2014, 08:12:22 pm »

Quote from: stinch182 on 31 May 2014, 07:03:52 pm

Went for a 200mile ride with a mate through Wales to the elan valley . What an amazing place fantastic roads and views .

It really is a nice place innit stinch....I lived in Wales 10 years and only just discovered it a couple years ago...all man made too.

stinch182 · « **Reply #2813 on:** 31 May 2014, 08:15:21 pm »

Quote from: noggythenog on 31 May 2014, 08:12:22 pm

Quote from: stinch182 on 31 May 2014, 07:03:52 pm

Went for a 200mile ride with a mate through Wales to the elan valley . What an amazing place fantastic roads and views .

It really is a nice place innit stinch....I lived in Wales 10 years and only just discovered it a couple years ago...all man made too.

First time I've been there and will definitely go back with the misses in the back .

dazza · « **Reply #2814 on:** 31 May 2014, 10:30:42 pm »

Fitted the Gillies rearsets I got off of Brooker81, looked like a Chinese puzzle at first with all the bits and bobs, had to adjust the gear lever as it was too high for my liking, then the brake light switch as it was on all the time. Also had to put a short length of black hose on the side stand so I can get to it with my boots on. Centre stand just hits the gear lever side so temporarily wrapped a bit of insulation tape round the stand and rearsets to prevent it from marking until I can adjust them, don't really want to lose the centre stand....But, quite worryingly as usual had some bits left over. Can anyone throw some light on what these are for ? More concerned about the long internally threaded bush.

JoeRock · « **Reply #2815 on:** 31 May 2014, 11:21:44 pm »

Quote from: dazza on 31 May 2014, 10:30:42 pm

Fitted the Gillies rearsets I got off of Brooker81, looked like a Chinese puzzle at first with all the bits and bobs, had to adjust the gear lever as it was too high for my liking, then the brake light switch as it was on all the time. Also had to put a short length of black hose on the side stand so I can get to it with my boots on. Centre stand just hits the gear lever side so temporarily wrapped a bit of insulation tape round the stand and rearsets to prevent it from marking until I can adjust them, don't really want to lose the centre stand....But, quite worryingly as usual had some bits left over. Can anyone throw some light on what these are for ? More concerned about the long internally threaded bush.

Probably an extensiion for the gear lever mate, if you adjust the footpegs to extremes you'll find the current bar is too long/short to adjust the lever properly, so its to sort that out

dazza · « **Reply #2816 on:** 31 May 2014, 11:38:36 pm »

That makes sense, cheers.

esetest · « **Reply #2817 on:** 01 June 2014, 02:53:07 pm »

Quick 50 mile blast around North Somerset and ordered a new chain and sprocket kit from Wemoto .

Rexr · « **Reply #2818 on:** 01 June 2014, 04:03:25 pm »

Not today, but yesterday did my first proper ride on the old girl 222miles of the best west coast of Scotland roads I could find and all I can say is I wish I'd bought one yrs ago very,very impressed one hell of a bike....

bri h · « **Reply #2819 on:** 01 June 2014, 05:26:36 pm »

Decided to take the end can off and remove the cat ready for the new exhaust tomorrow. Didn't go quite the way it did on you tube. The bolts that hold the exup cover plate on were made of cheese and rounded off at the sight of an allen key. I thought ok if that's the way you want to play ill undo the cables from the other end. After a bit of a fight I cut the cables undid the banjo clamp and took the lot off foccer style. Round two was tbe cat. A bit of drilling and cursing and the tongs out of the kitchen and im ready for the new end can tommorow. What could possibly go wrong.

unfazed · « **Reply #2820 on:** 01 June 2014, 05:58:22 pm »

End Can might get lost in the post

bri h · « **Reply #2821 on:** 01 June 2014, 06:24:58 pm »

Not this foccer I'm going to pick it up.

Lank · « **Reply #2822 on:** 01 June 2014, 07:48:09 pm »

Had a cheeky little ride out before I got dragged to the shops

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007dhg1dPZIA0/s/880/880/MBP8517.jpg

MarkWales · « **Reply #2823 on:** 01 June 2014, 08:13:16 pm »

Undid all the manifold bolts with extreme caution added some lube and replaced

Going to change them for stainless When I swap to Noggys manifold

brooker81 · « **Reply #2824 on:** 01 June 2014, 08:25:57 pm »

Dazza glad u got them fitted time to get your frame covers powder coated tho mate