hi reaper sorry to here about the fork seal i honestly did not know i put it down to tire pressure sorry mate

That's alright John, I should have looked a bit closer at the forks after running it round the block but I was a bit too keen to get it loaded into the van. Never mind these things happen and thankfully it was alot cheaper to sort out as I could whip the forks out myself and got my local Bike shop to strip and rebuild them for me as a cash job today.

At least it's all sorted now and rideable again.

Moving on from my Wanted thread I managed to do a deal with John aka Fazerblue and collected the bike this morning.
Had a quick run round the block on it before money exchanged hands and engine was great but handling was awful but I put this down to Tyre pressures as it had been sitting for a while.
Collected it in a Van so wasnt too fussed and thought I'd sort the tyre pressures and give it a once over when I got home.

So having got back and unloaded it, I can honestly say it's a great looking bike considering it's age.





Only problem was on closer inspection, the reason for the poor handling was that one of the Fork Seals has blown.


So have now spent my afternoon taking the forks out the bike.


Local bike shop have ordered a genuine Yamaha set of fork seals and some freash oil for me so hopefully the parts will be in tomorrow and I can get the front end sorted and back together again 

Have E-mailed you back mate. If you could let me have a price for the Tank Cover with P&P included I'd be grateful

Having just agreed to buy a 2001 Fazer 1000 from another member I'm now looking for a couple of extra bits for it.
Ideally I'd like a Bagster / Baglux Style Tank Cover as well as Givi Top Box mounting kit and maybe a pannier mounting kit depending on price ?

So if anyone has anything they think might be suitable please let me know. I'm based in West Sussex so if your not local could you include P&P in any prices you send me ?

P.S. the Bike is in Blue (FazerBlue's old bike) so would like a Tank Cover that matches please.

Thanks

did you manage to enlarge the pics of my bike

I did John, the main issue is obviously finding a day when you are free to come and view it as it's best part of a 200 mile round trip for me so waiting to hear from you about your shifts ?
Had a look at your E-bay listing and did think about taking a chance and sticking an offer in via E-bay.......

Good luck reaper with the search,  I am in West Sussex as us Tom on here and a few others... Big up Sussex fazer crew!... Lol

Thanks, got a pocket full of cash for the right bike but not having much luck so far  Perhaps it's the wrong time of year to be looking ?

Hello all,

I last had a Gen1 Fazer 1000 in 2009 and have had a Honda Fireblade since.

Unfortunately I fractured my spine last year and since then I can no longer ride Sports Bikes without being in pain so have sold the Blade and looking to return to a Fazer 1000 as hopefully this will be a lot more comfertable for me.

My Budget is £2000 to £3000 for the right bike but it really needs to be within a 100 mile radius of West Sussex as I still have problems with my back and would struggle to ride more than 100 miles in any one day.

So if anyone is thinking of selling their Gen 1 and would rather deal with someone who's already owned a couple of Fazer 1000's than run the Gauntlet of the usual E-bay numptys then please feel free to get in touch