Sounds like hard work. Think I'll crimp and hope!

Forgive my ignorance, by pilot light you mean those stupid little sidelight things, not the main bulbs?


I too would be most interested in seeing what you did in more detail. The lights as standard are not great are they? I changed my bulbs to Osrams and whilst this helped considerably, it could still be better.

Leave the earth as it is and use this to piggy back into ignition. 2 min job.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170709632237?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Nice having warm fingers on a cold day just watch your mates at lights they tend to get a little snatch happy for my grips and we can not move when they are taking the piss

Daz

Good idea. Just ordered one now.

Just wanted to share my experience of fitting Oxford heated grips. I'm not particularly mechanically minded, so if I can do it, anyone can!


I spent quite a while on forums and watching Youtube videos about fitting the grips and then I spent some time figuring out how I wanted them orientated and where to run the wires. If you use superglue as Oxford recommend, then you want to get the grips in the right position first time and rather quickly (in a few seconds)!


Getting the old grips off was a doddle. I used a screw driver inserted from the bar end of the handlebars to loosen the grips from the existing glue. The left came off in tact. I had to cut the right off as it moved with the throttle slider when I was trying to twist it off. Whatever glue had been used previously came off cleanly and no cleanup or sanding of the handlebars was required.


I spent a while dry-fitting and experimenting with the throttle-side grip which slid on with little effort. The lefthand grip would not go on. The diameter looked too damn small so I gave up after an hour of trying and tried again the next morning. I'm sure I'd read somewhere about heating the grips up making them expand which allows them to slide on easier, so I wired them up and turned them on 100% for 10 minutes. The lefthand grip slid on hot fairly easily with a little help from some WD40 to lubricate. Didn't use glue on the left as I cant get the bugger back off (!) but did use superglue on the right as I didn't want it sliding around whilst riding.


Wiring was straight forward, it just takes a little thought and some cable ties. I went straight onto the battery terminals but I'll change that when I get it clear in my head how to wire on an ignition circuit. I wrapped the molex plugs with insulation tape to protect from rain.


Hope that helps someone. I'd highly recommend heating them up before fitting (you need to test them anyway, right?) and some careful thought about positioning. Have used them around town and they feel great -- 100% is too much after a while. Hopefully they'll cure my numb fingertips!


David.

After experimentation with starting my bike in the recent cold and wet weather, my Fazer likes full choke to start and no throttle whatsoever. About 3-5 seconds after it starts, the revs die down so much (around 1k or just under) that it sounds in danger of stalling -- but it doesn't. It was at this point I was previously giving it a bit of throttle but this floods the engine making it stall and difficult to start again for about 30 minutes. So I resist the throttle and after a few more seconds the revs pick up to 2-3k and I can start reducing the choke.


Added this in case any other noobie like me has the same problems starting a cold, soggy Fazer.

I've been having trouble starting mine recently with the damp and cold. I ride it to work every day and it usually starts with full choke and a touch of throttle but not always and have flooded the engine a couple of times trying.


Is there a knack to starting these things?

Nice.

Back in the day when London weekend television were going , I picked up a job about 2.30 in the afternoon went down lower ground indicated to turn left to go up to Waterloo bridge always on the mirrors nothing behind slowed down to about 10 mph checked the mirrors again a black motor  appeared in the  mirrors at speed bang . I think they must of hit me at about 40 mph rammed me up onto the pavement that's when things get abit hazey . The bike hit a tree that's where my CX 500 stopped . I must have gone up into the branches because the tree snapped at about head height , this must of slowed me down but I still travelled another 40yards where I slid into a bollard in the middle of the road. The woman who had been driving the car was standing apologising and saying sorry I didn't see you . Then people turned up standing over me asking if I was alright then asking who was driving the car that hit me. Still laying in the road I said there she goes , she had taken off in her BMW estate. The police caught her in Chelsea where she had hit another vehicle . I couldn't get any details about her for 3 months until she was prosecuted by Chelsea . All she got was a fine and two and a half year ban for drink driving. It took me over a year to get any insurance money . The damage was abit more extreme the fairing was one of those big fibreglass one piece jobs it must of exploded when it hit the tree . I did get it back on the road again when I got paid out . Nowadays that would be a right off

Ow. That sounds painful. I consider myself incredibly lucky.

nice iceman

Ta! Had it for years. Built in early eighties.

You talented bunch of foccers!


Thanks to adeejay I've learned something about the Jecklin disc.


The attached pics explain my hobbies.

Released 1st Nov. Don't know if that's the UK as well though but I'll be looking out for it.

   
  If you have 90 mins spare try watching this
 
   Twist of the Wrist 2
 
    It a bit cheesey  but the science seems good
 
   Its helped me understand a bit more

Thanks for this. Watched it last night and found it very enjoyable and informative. In fact, I've just ordered it for a friend of mine. Watching it gave me more confidence is my bike and my own abilities. I just need to relax and do what my instructor always told me to do!

Don't bar end mirrors make the bike a bit wide? I've seen them on a Sportster I think and they seemed to stick out quite a bit.