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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Stop the bike dying in winter
« on: 20 February 2023, 02:32:05 am »
Quote from: darrsi on 19 February 2023, 10:06:16 pm
Quote from: dave8204 on 19 February 2023, 12:56:53 am
Fuel goes off very quickly these days,if you leave your bike with petrol in the system for more than a few weeks you're going to get trouble with any bike.


Sorry, but that's simply not true.


We'll have to disagree on that mate,from personal experience and from hanging around my mate's Bike shop/workshop for years I'm seeing more and fuel-related problems with customer's bikes, usually around this time of year when many are using them for the first time since last September or so,mostly older carb'd bikes.


https://monomotorcycles.co.uk/how-can-modern-fuels-damage-motorcycle-engines-how-to-prevent-this/

Most relevant part is this:

Here is a shocking fact. Modern ethanol fuel starts to go off the moment it goes into your fuel tank. A sealed petrol can kept in a cool dark place can last 6 months before it starts to degrade, however in your vented motorcycle fuel tank, it can be as little as six weeks before you could start to see issues.

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Introduction / Re: Back Again
« on: 20 February 2023, 02:15:28 am »
I had one of those and it wasn't up to much to be honest.
The one I'm looking at is the later one,pretty much a detuned later fuel-injected Fazer 600

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Introduction / Back Again
« on: 19 February 2023, 01:11:18 am »
I used to use this forum back in 2003 (seriously) when I was running an 01 Fazer with the metallic gold and black paint which I rode into the ground. Since then had a 600 Hornet........yes I know.....it was nice and light,very easy to ride around town ,apart from that it was a revvy,thirsty rust bucket...,one of the ones made in Italy,so much for Honda build quality. Next I had a 900 Hornet which was made in Japan and was a quality bit of kit,also bland and lardy and I never really got on with it. More recently I've had a 600 Bandit ,nowhere near as much fun as a Fazer but I've had it for over 10 years and nearly 63,000 miles. done very well and never let me down despite being ridden all year round.........and now I fancy a Fazer again. There's a mint 1999 model quite near me, a cheap low miles FZ and the most likely candidate,a very tidy Diversion (later model) at a good price.
So,just browsing online checking stuff out..............but I'll be back.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Stop the bike dying in winter
« on: 19 February 2023, 12:56:53 am »
Fuel goes off very quickly these days,if you leave your bike with petrol in the system for more than a few weeks you're going to get trouble with any bike.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: The front sprocket nut and washer saga
« on: 28 January 2013, 07:04:24 pm »
Apologies for reviving a" thread from the dead" but this issue is still arising.
Mechanic mate of mine had an 03 Fazer 600 in last week for a new chain and sprockets,took the front sprocket cover off and there was no retaining or washer to be found! He knows the problem so the bike was checked before the modded part was ordered but obviously there are still bikes "out there" in a potentially dangerous condition.

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FZS600 Fazer / Re: Lack of power!
« on: 28 January 2013, 06:53:28 pm »
I had a MK 1 Fazer that I did 30,000 in 3 years on.Loved it but wanted a change so chopped it in for a Honda 600F4. Hornet was a lovely bike but you had to thrash it to get anywhere quickly,however once it was "wound up" it was great fun and very,very quick around the twisties.Let the revs drop though and and you'd have to frantically knock it down a couple of gears.It was pretty much like riding a 2 stroke,a lot "sportier" than the Fazer but in reality no quicker as the Yamaha had vastly superior low and mid-range grunt.Also thrashing a Hornet trashed the fuel consumption and  I once had the fuel light come on 80 miles from a full tank when it was more like 100 in more normal use,still pretty pathetic compared to 180 miles I used to do on my Fazer between fill ups.
Had the Hornet for 3 years as well but to be honest there wasn't much it did that the Fazer didn't do better.It looked a lot nicer and was brilliant around town or for blasting along B roads if you could afford to keep it in petrol but the Fazer was a lot more practical,I'd go anywhere on the Yam,I used to avoid Dual Carriageways on my Hornet,let alone motorways,as it was a pain going up and down through the gearbox all the time and the complete lack of wind protection was a real pain as well.I'd go for the Fazer over a 600 Hornet any day.
I currently ride a 900 Hornet,both previous owners are mates of mine so I've ridden the bike since it was new and can directly compare it to my old Fazer.Well the bikes perform very similarly and the 9 is a lot easier to live with than the 600 Hornet but in all honesty the only way it's significantly better than the old Fazer is with the build quality,over 30,000 miles in all weather,never been garaged and it still runs like new and polishes up like new,my old Fazer wasn't bad but not made to the same standard.600 Hornets after the F3 are made in Italy and whatever Honda will try to tell you about superior build quality I'd say Yamaha are now better with Kawasaki and Honda just above Suzuki.My F4 was a rotbox and I don't neglect my bikes.


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