Author Topic: what did you do with your fazer today ? (Read 1604885 times)

Anquetil · « **Reply #4900 on:** 02 August 2015, 04:47:35 pm »

Just got back from a 160 mile round trip and averaged 55mpg, which is the norm for the way I ride.
I went to Castlewood Cafe, Uttoxeter, via Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen,Market Drayton, Stone.
Very quiet roads once I left North Wales. Saw hundreds of bikers, heading possibly to the Bike Show in Llangollen.

Andy FZS · « **Reply #4901 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:00:38 pm »

Reading the Mpg figures I'm guessing 40-50mpg for a 1000 and 60mpg for the 600. I know I regularly got 60mpg from my 600 and currently get close to 50mpg from my 1000. OR am I wrong again....

pilninggas · « **Reply #4902 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:21:51 pm »

Early start (5am) - Blasted down to Portsmouth took the ferry to Cherbourg. Now in Nantes. Should be in San Sebastian by mid afternoon tomorrow.

esetest · « **Reply #4903 on:** 02 August 2015, 08:29:05 pm »

Quote from: pilninggas on 02 August 2015, 08:21:51 pm

Early start (5am) - Blasted down to Portsmouth took the ferry to Cherbourg. Now in Nantes. Should be in San Sebastian by mid afternoon tomorrow.

San Sebastian / Donostia is a beautiful city , the old town is worth checking out as is the Irish bar . I worked there for 2months back in the 90s , happy days .

Pickle · « **Reply #4904 on:** 02 August 2015, 10:41:09 pm »

Glasgow to Helmsley via the lakes yesterday then back home this morning. Arse like a burst couch!

slimwilly · « **Reply #4905 on:** 02 August 2015, 10:51:34 pm »

I rode my bike around south midlands with a bunch of loons for about 200 miles with my bike going up my arse on every one of the 62,000 bumps in our shitty rough roads and now my bum hurts.

hairnet · « **Reply #4906 on:** 03 August 2015, 12:15:11 am »

rode it to station to get train to lahhhhndan then did this with the replacement

slimwilly · « **Reply #4907 on:** 03 August 2015, 06:53:25 am »

Nice ride,,you rode past my house,Leominster A49,,i was out tough with the lofos

Dead Eye · « **Reply #4908 on:** 03 August 2015, 01:21:56 pm »

Quote from: fazerscotty on 02 August 2015, 11:49:30 am

Quote from: Skippernick on 01 August 2015, 01:26:46 pm
Quote from: Dead Eye on 31 July 2015, 11:02:45 pm
How the hell do you get 60 mpg out of your Gen1 :| Most I've ever got is low 50's!! My average is mid-40s

Yeah i thought that i get 55mpg out of my 600!!

Smoothness is the key - carrying speed and energy for as long as possible into corners, no sudden acceleration or braking, a scottoiler helps and I'm running the tyres at 2psi over standard (according to my gauge).
if I'm out with the wife and shes on her VT750, then I'll easily get into the 70's.
This is a standard bike (apart from a Viper can).

Yeah I forget that mine is Ivanised...

Did 47.7 MPG on my way to the Lofo's ride... and then 41.4 MPG on my way back... woops

Grayo · « **Reply #4909 on:** 03 August 2015, 05:40:34 pm »

Woohoo !!

This has just arrived.

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #4910 on:** 03 August 2015, 08:39:10 pm »

Did my favourite bit of the Charlbury TT....3 times

Grayo · « **Reply #4911 on:** 04 August 2015, 03:46:59 pm »

And finally got round to fitting it today.

Well pleased with the quality.

Millietant · « **Reply #4912 on:** 04 August 2015, 06:10:42 pm »

Went for a ride out with Liz and our youngest on the 2 Fazers and the Aprillia. Took in bits of Leicestershire, Northants, Oxfordshire and Warks - stopping off in Chipping Norton for a late afternoon snack (at Bitter and Twisted - great food, actually fantastic food, not cheap, but worth it on the day) and a pic.

Great roads, about 150 miles with lots of sunshine and the temperature was just right.

Liz and me in Chipping, outside B & T.

unfazed · « **Reply #4913 on:** 04 August 2015, 08:27:57 pm »

Sunshine

Whats that

slappy · « **Reply #4914 on:** 05 August 2015, 09:11:11 pm »

Went through Burnsall, Aysgarth using as many back roads as I could, stopped in Hawes for a bacon butty

Got there about 12, saw a silver gen1 1000 and a blue boxeye with yellow wheels, anyone on here?

fazerscotty · « **Reply #4915 on:** 06 August 2015, 07:46:30 pm »

Gloucester and back on a mixture of roads - was going to take a picture next to a WWII machine gun emplacement near Gloucester Airport on the way but forgot in the run of corners on that particular stretch.

mark g · « **Reply #4916 on:** 06 August 2015, 08:51:12 pm »

Cleaned it after a wet run into wales, fitted HID lighting kit, fitted LED stop and tail light bulbs and promptly removed them cause there no better (a little worse in fact) than the STD bulbs especially the brake lights. Re-fitted the Renetec rack back on. Just need to try the HID lights out now

noggythenog · « **Reply #4917 on:** 06 August 2015, 09:17:46 pm »

Quote from: mark g on 06 August 2015, 08:51:12 pm

Cleaned it after a wet run into wales

Sounds like the biking equivalent of wiping your nob on the curtains

mark g · « **Reply #4918 on:** 06 August 2015, 09:28:57 pm »

downey · « **Reply #4919 on:** 06 August 2015, 10:14:05 pm »

A big yellow light was in the sky today

so i Washed and polished it even done me down pipes all in preparation for heading to the ulster gp tomorrow

let's hope the yellow light hangs around for a bit

unfazed · « **Reply #4920 on:** 06 August 2015, 10:19:17 pm »

I love the rear indicators

downey · « **Reply #4921 on:** 06 August 2015, 10:44:46 pm »

ah yes the indicator saga continues ,,

fazerscotty · « **Reply #4922 on:** 07 August 2015, 08:32:31 pm »

Telford to Nottingham and back. Departed at that magic time when the only thing on the roads is tarmac, nice & dry, with nice cool air cramming into the carbs

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downey · « **Reply #4923 on:** 07 August 2015, 11:02:21 pm »

Headed to Northern Ireland for the ulster gp tomorrow and hit the big 40 on the way,, all the while being followed by some weird old guy on a much slower fazer

unfazed · « **Reply #4924 on:** 09 August 2015, 12:59:30 am »

That weird old guy on the much slower Fazer was more than capable of keeping up with that auld Ivanised yoke