New jock on the site

[highlander]

Hi folks, just started my mid life crisis so I went out and bought a 2001 fazer last week. It was mainly thanks to checking out this site that I bought the bike, all the good reports and happy tales made my mind up.
Unfortunately as it is not the best time of year for a 40+ year old man to expose himself to the elements too much, it will need to wait until I get a back tyre and mot before I take it for a decent run.
I intend to get a couple of side bags fitted and do a bit of touring throughout next year, hopefully there are a few others who like to get together for meets.
Keep in touch please, hopefully most of my posts will be tall tales of mega rides and not   questions about problems I have with it.
Cheers

[mickvp]

Welcome highlander from a fellow sweaty.

Where abouts in our fair land are you from?

You also forgot to mention whether it was the 600 or the 1000 you bought, and more importantly, what colour is it?

[stevierst]

Greetings highlander, and welcome to the foc-ers!

As were a traditional forum of gentry and ceremony ( ) we'd like a piccy of your new found mid life crisis buddy, so show us ya Fazer!

On a more serious note, you couldn't have picked a better bike to do it all on. Thankfully it's a bike which causes few problems, but is capable of high mileage, and pretty much anything a bike can do!

[highlander]

Thanks for the welcome folks,good to see so many people with "extended" tea breaks like me.
My fazer is a 600 & is red, I'll get some pics up once it sees the light of day again. I seriously can't wait to get out on it, once the cramps in my hips die down, it's gonna be smile a minute.
I am an Inverness man now living in Falkirk since 2000 so plan to get involved in a biker group of some sort soon.
Keep in touch please.

Be good, stay happy

[highlander]

Here are a couple of pics of my new toy.
First project, first snapped stud and now first snapped drill bit in hole = first time I feel like crying for ages.

[highlander]

At least you can see where the gasket was leaking. The rest of the stud snapped off even after a bit of heat so drilling was the next option. I tried a 2mm drill bit first, and all went well until it was near the end of the stud when I heard a horrible snapping noise. Result is 1 broken drill bit & 1 pissed off highlander. Time to start looking for diamond tipped drill bits methinks.
Wish me luck...

[noggythenog]

Gutted for ya mate

fellow jockanese here, welcome to the site and fair play for getting stuck in already and theres lots of expert advice on here regards all things.....plus some stuff about fazers.

but remember if it really gets to you then you can always stick it into a decent garage and let them do the hard work for you, they will have well practiced methods for this sort of work.

whatever you decide, best o luck

[red98]

Hi highlander and welcome to the forum...great choice of bike in the best colour  .....sounds like your having fun with the studs, its been mentioned on here before by someone brighter than me, there is room to turn the exhaust collar through 90 degrees and bore two fresh holes....clearly shows  in one of your pictures, good luck and let us know how things go.......have you any pictures of the whole bike, we do like a good picture   

[unfazed]

Welcome to the forum, nice to see you bought a fast red one 
Tough break with the studs, excuse the pun

[highlander]

Thanks for the good wishes guys. I am a car mechanic to trade (for 20 years) before moving to trains 7 years ago so thought I'd seen the last of wee shitey studs that break easily.
I had an evil thought earlier when I saw the option of drilling new stud holes, & thankfully someone else has tried it with success, so I'm defo going to try that after I buy a new set of quality drill bits (Screwfix, here I come).
I'm in no rush due to weather & old age so it will be a bit of time before you see any good pics. I will, though, keep you all updated with any progress that I make & any further cuts & lacerations I make to my fingers & hands.

Great site guys, keep in touch.