£225 on Ebay now, happy to take £200 from a member.

I bought this set a couple of years ago. Fantastic set with everything you need in it. Good quality, robust tools. Have used on bikes and cars with no problems to report. I especially like the small ratchet and screw driver handles.

Buy and you will not be disappointed.

Haha, I appreciate everyones input, its just I have tried upping the idle speed before. I hope it is a solvable stutter.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.  I have gone ahead and bought a new set of plug caps from eBay, at 1.99 each seems daft not to.
I'm at work atm on phone but once home I'll look into an infra red gun to check the headers temp at idle. Good to know I can dismantle and reassemble carbs without new seals. What does everyone use to clean out the jets? Guitar string? Air?

Hey chaps,


Bought my Boxeye in January after righting off the last bike, and have had a pretty rough idle from the start. It's irritating but not terminal - the bike still revs freely and runs fine in traffic, but the idle hunts and sounds rough as.


I have replaced the plugs - no difference
checked the Coils and plug caps (chopped 10mm of the leads at the time) - All in spec
looked at the airfilter (seems cleanish - better than most),
checked the TPS  - in spec
and balanced the carbs (this made the bike run a lot smoother in traffic - but hasn't solved the idle).


I have covered nearly 2000 miles since buying the bike and had hoped it would clear itself. Seeing as this isn't the case I'm thinking my next stop will be the carbs - and checking the inlet rubbers etc whilst I am at it. Come may bank holiday I have a week shutdown at work and so would like to buy anything necessary now in order to pull and properly sort it then. But I need to guarantee the bike will be on the road again the following week as it is my only transport to work.


So the big question is:


what do I need to service/sort this bike out including carb overhaul? Any products, special tools, gaskets, rebuild kits etc? is the air filter worth doing for the sake of it - or is that just wasting my money/effort?


Please take a look at the video of it idling I have uploaded to YouTube - maybe someone smarter than me will recognise the symptoms.

Fzs 600 Fazer - rough idle

As always when drilling steels, try to keep drill RPMs down, slower the better, but definitely sub 1000 rpm. makes a hell of a diff, and prevents too much heat build up hardening off any surfaces (especially true of stainless steels)

Hi thanks,
Its got just under 16k on the clock and I got it from p&p motorcycles outside Chichester.
I'm liking the look of the lower fairing but it made getting at the plugs a right pig due to the way its bolted on. But working in a machine shop I think i can knock up some better brackets and spacers to make it easier.

Still running sweet as 3 days on. Really enjoying it.

Thanks chaps, and especially bandit, that guide is spot on!


Having tea break half way through now.


Lower fairing is off, and I have re-gapped all the plugs (there were all about 0.9 - 1.0mm). Tank is on the seat ready for carb balancing next - just need some warm tea to see me through!


Any full carb overhauls (if needed) will have to wait til spring before I deem them necessary (or a complete break down!)

Haha! yeah I'm the new owner. Bike had half a tank when I got her, but once home I did brim her with esso super thinking the same thing about stale fuel.


It actually took me quite a long time to pick between the red and the gold one they had, the red one looked liked it had seen slightly less weather, but mechanically (brake pads, tyres, bearings etc) the gold one seemed better - even though the red had  receipts for 1500+ of servicing and repair bills over the last couple of years! Also the gold one had a set of stainless pipes. The deal was sealed when the red one failed to start and run up smoothly and the gold one did.


I'm still not sure which was the  better buy but I'm happy with the gold one as I also prefer the colour (less fading!)


It has been really showery here today, but I have just managed to get 20 dry minutes outside to give her a once over, and everything actually seems better than I had thought condition wise - the tools are also present and correct! I started her up for a few minutes to check all four header pipes were getting hot - and they certainly are! *blows on fingers some more* So hopefully a plug gap check and a carb balance will see me right.


Watch this space!

Hey guys!


Wrote off my gpz500 last monday on a ford KA that didn't see me    and now my leg has recovered I have just brought my new steed home. Loving the colour and it goes well, although it does seem to hesitate and run a little rough sub 3000rpm. Hopefully some tlc and a slight service will help that once I get some OK weather.


Anway: