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« on: 29 October 2014, 12:42:23 pm »
Shame as I should be getting a gen1 spring shortly with my replacement stand.
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« on: 29 October 2014, 12:24:42 pm »
I managed to get hold of the local mot place and they have said it is not an mot failure and so long as it is not interfering with something else there is no advisory either, the stand is still very stable, it is only the cross brace that has rot/damage on it.
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« on: 29 October 2014, 12:12:50 pm »
I gave my bike a clean yesterday and the stand was fairly well covered with oil from the Scot oiler and the regular spraying with WD40. My stand is as solid as a rock but then my mileage is half of yours.
Whether yours could be repaired by a competent welder or would be cheaper to buy another is another thing.
Mickey
I have managed to buy a good used stand off ebay, there are not too many for sale, I will have a go at repairing the old one when I take it off as I have a welder, but it depends on how bad the rest of it is.
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« on: 29 October 2014, 12:44:33 am »
anyone know if the condition of the main stand comes into the mot? I don't want to take it off yet as it is useful but I have some damage from a recent accident and the fact it was weak from corrosion doesn't help, the stand is still stable and the bike is secure. 
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« on: 28 October 2014, 09:17:27 pm »
after I had my accident 5 weeks a go I havnt managed to do anything to my fazer till now, well today I fitted all the replacement parts to put my bike back on the road, when I put the bike on the main stand I noticed it was a bit sticky, while I was fitting all my replacement parts I found this the stand is still sturdy and possibly repairable but I think a replacement is on the cards. the bike has 75k miles on it
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« on: 22 October 2014, 01:03:39 pm »
It does look better in the flesh, the phone flash make it look as if the barrels have corroded.
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« on: 21 October 2014, 10:27:16 pm »
not very good pics as taken at night with my mobile, the front end is not on the bike, the engine turns over and has compression. most of the parts are there and most parts need some tlc, the other engine ia probably seized looking at the state of the exhaust ports, and the kickstart is seized in its folded in state so I can try it to see if the engine turns over or not.  
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« on: 21 October 2014, 06:43:59 pm »
Not the first bike I would think of if looking for a classic air cooled project. Curious - what's the appeal for you on these particular bikes?
they were cheap
84
« on: 21 October 2014, 05:57:13 pm »
I have just bought a pair of Kawasaki z750 twins, both are B1 models, one is probably past it but the other is fixable, but one thing that is very unusual and I doubt I will ever see it again, both these bikes came from the same bloke, one was bought 12 years after he bought his first one, now here where things get freaky, the reg no's are very similar, the bikes were registered 10 days apart, the vin no is 12 apart and the engine no is 5 apart, both bikes were registered in the same county. the odds of anyone getting a pair of bikes with such similarities is astronomical, getting 2 bikes that are 37 years old is another story.
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« on: 21 October 2014, 08:27:31 am »
I'm after a pair of oem discs for my gen 1 thou. The discs on mine have gone a bit rusty, if you have a good rear disc then I could do with one of them as well.
Thanks
Mark
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« on: 20 October 2014, 10:01:40 am »
why can't the front bracket be welded back on? or if missing, another made up and welded on?
i have a spare swing arm in the garage if you need one.
hope you are not in pain and are running about soon.
Thanks for the offer, but I managed to get an arm off Ebay cheap, I think I paid £35 posted. As to injuries I am not in any apart from an aching on my left foot which keeps me up at night and an infection on my left foot which reminds me every so often.
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« on: 20 October 2014, 09:54:16 am »
That is Chaucer insurance company for you, ott.
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« on: 19 October 2014, 05:16:37 pm »
After my accident my Nike is being classed as a cat D write off, I am going to keep the bike but they want me to get an independent engineers report as well as a new mot or they will cancel my insurance, so I have to pay £130 just to satisfy them, all because the footrest hit the chain guard and broke the fixing bracket, so I have to replace the swinging arm which isn't a major issue but an mot will have pick up if the bike is unsafe or not. Even my local dealer said an mot is all that is needed. And they have gave me 28 days to get it done. And at the moment I still can't walk without crutches.
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« on: 19 October 2014, 05:10:36 pm »
The light may be the same but the rear subframe is different.
90
« on: 18 October 2014, 08:03:43 pm »
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« on: 17 October 2014, 08:25:26 pm »
Hope you are alright and not too financially out of pocket? It doesnt take much apparent damage for them to write a vehicle off. Hope you will get a good replacement soon. Beware the Cagers! 
my bike will be back on the road before I will lol, they have gave me an excellent offer and I wont be refusing it, I have managed to buy all the parts cheaply online second hand except for the rear seat fairing which was £190 for a carbon fibre one, I couldn't get a red one new or used. but so far I have spent under £400 for the parts
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« on: 17 October 2014, 06:44:41 pm »
to a carbon fibre rear seat fairing, I couldn't get one in red so I have a carbon fibre one ordered, and cheaper than getting a new one from Yamaha if I could get one.
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« on: 17 October 2014, 05:54:22 pm »
my insurance company has written my bike off, they are going to put as a cat D, anyway what I didn't notice was the chain guard was ripped off at the front bracket, and because of that I have to get an engineers report and a new MOT. the car did not hit the swinging arm but the footrest did when it broke off swinging around hitting the chain guard and breaking off the chain guard bracket at the front. I am not going to fight the offer from them as they gave me a good offer for my bike.
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« on: 17 October 2014, 05:49:52 pm »
pm sent re rear hugger
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« on: 17 October 2014, 05:47:23 pm »
Just bought a little honda advertised with a years tax, couldn't take it, so seller dropped the price ......needs a bit of work so iam going to sorn it.....cant do it on the website without the full log book 
I had something similar, tax ran out of a bike I bought. I phoned DVLA and they said new log book about 4 weeks and SORN after that. I was worried because you cant have a space between tax runs out and new tax or SORN but he said it was fine if you have just bought.
there is a form that you can send off with the logbook application that you can apply for sorn.
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« on: 04 October 2014, 08:56:26 am »
I had a lot of pain in my calf muscle, it was very tender to touch, and my leg had swelled up very badly, the skin was also red. In the accident I didn't hit my calf just the foot and lower leg/upper ankle.
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« on: 03 October 2014, 08:01:39 pm »
I have Deep vein thrombosis because of my recent accident with 2 blood clots, one in the calf and one in my foot/ankle, has any of you had DVT and if so how long did it take for it to go? mine is stopping me from walking
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« on: 28 September 2014, 09:44:27 pm »
I know when I needed a tyre I had to order one in, local bike shop sells plenty of PR2's
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« on: 27 September 2014, 01:32:31 pm »
pads can cause a wheel vibration, also discs, disc bobbins, wheel bearings, and loose bolts!!
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« on: 27 September 2014, 01:29:45 pm »
The calipers on Fazers are buggers to bleed. Don't give up yet. My top tip - take the caliper off and push the pistons all the way back in and try again.
when I rebuilt my rear calliper with new pistons and new hoses recently and I had no issues at all with the bleeding. I did use a vacuum bleeder to pull the fluid through and then used a one man bleeder to finish off, the vacuum bleeder saved me a lot of time and effort bleeding new hoses.
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