Looking to change to the 'safer' 12mm set-up.


Was reading posts on here about it and someone listed the required part number as 90891-101124, but when I did an Ebay search, the part number is shown as 90179-18006. Can someone tell me which, if any, is correct? or the correct one if neither.


Also, being a technical/mechanical numpty, what's the best/proper way to check the current nut condition? Is it simply take off a front sprocket cover (how?) and inspect? What am I looking for?


Thanks in anticipation.

Recently picked-up a rather lovely 98 (previous post) and am making a few mods for more comfortable ride for my ageing body. First one done, a re-upholstered seat to raise the ride height by 3 inches and thereby allow my legs a straighter profile (the more the bend the more uncomfortable for me). Folk asked for pictures, so here she is. Got it done locally for £35. Took the bike out today and am well pleased. Can still touch both feet down comfortably and perhaps surprisingly, it doesn't create extra buffeting from above the screen or change the handling characteristics from the slightly increased forward weight. I'll be adding 50mm Vario lowering pegs and then bar risers to compensate, then should be done.
Looks like a black slug  , but I don't care because it means I'll be more comfortable, for more rides, for longer  .

Message for admin. I was looking at the Hot Poop section and in particular the places to stay/Germany. It says to get in touch if you want to comment but I couldn't see how on that page, hence this post.
I'm certainly not touting here, but being a FOCU member with a fazer, thought you might be interested in adding my Guest House in the Mosel Valley, close to the Nurburgring, and the borders of Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Our web address is www.river-valley-guest-house.co.uk


Be great to see other foccers over and perhaps host a foccer euro-trip.


Hope admin can oblige?

Can anyone take a quick measurement for me of the frame tube diameter at around the front bottom of the frame, round about where the engine fixing bolts are? Could you also tell me if there is a few mm clearance behind the frame where a 'collar' could be fitted.


I'm due to collect my FZS from Cumbria on 7 April and will be riding it back to Germany a few days later (after a couple of days hooning around the Lakes and Dales, as it would be rude not to, being as how I'm over there anyway). I want to order some highway pegs for the long haul back (I suffer a lot from aches in the hip and knee if my legs are bent for long periods and think fold-down highway pegs will help with this on the long boring motorway bits). To do this in advance, I need to know what diameter the frame is at the approximate location I'd be looking to fit them. If I can order some I can fit them after I collect the bike but before returning to Germany.


Thanks in advance.

I'm after a 600, preferably 98-01 1st gen, but will consider a foxeye. Must be clean. Please pm me if you have / know of one.
Thanks

Mine is a gen 1, 2001, with 35000 miles. I know that Yams are known for notchy gearboxes (especially compared with Suzukis, which I've mostly had in my biking years), but this one seems particularly bad, especially trying to find neutral when coming to a stop. I've many years of experience with bikes that are 'reluctant' to engage neutral, so am well versed with the 'gently nudging it into neutral just prior to stopping' routine, if you know what I mean, but it rarely works with this one.  The age-old trick of turning the ignition off and restarting, always sorts it, but I don't want to be forever doing that do I!
I'm wondering whether there is a problem that I need to investigate?

Collected my fazer on Tuesday and rode it to Hull ferry that afternoon, then on to home in the Mosel, Germany, on Wednesday (torrential rain and poor visibility almost the entire way). I've had two first gen fazers before.
It seems to be as good a bike as I remember it to be (hence buying another), but I've a few questions I hope you'll help with:
 
- the suspension has been 'sorted' (previous owner's words) by Ktech. The front end feels a little firmer than I remember, but still a little 'bouncy' (especially compared to my blade). The rear seems ok. I can't recall the standard shock at all, visually. This has a red spring, a cylinder (excuse my ignorance), remote resevoir?, with blue adjustment collars and a blue end 'cap' on the right side of the cylinder. What have I got? just the Ktech spring or a complete unit?
 
- the ride height seems higher than I remember and looks jacked-up. I read the thread on dog bones and it would appear that mine are shorter than standard, explaining the height. My legs/hips seem to ache sooner than I remember on my previous bikes. My question is, does having shorter dog bones and subsequent raised ride height, affect the relationship - in terms of distance - between foot peg and seat? I ask because I've just measured it on the fazer and on my blade and they're about the same, which is interesting, because I got the fazer because the blade was causing aches in my legs. Coul be that I'm just getting old and stiff of course! You can see where I'm going with this .... if the leg position is more-or-less the same, I'm wondering if I should just fir higher bars to the blade (cnc comfort kit), as it's - in my opinion - a better handling bike. If there is a relationship between dog legs/ride height and distance between pegs and seat, then maybe I can sort it by returning it to standard.
 
- Is there an easy way (ie for a mechanical numpty) to tell if the exup is working as it should be? I was told that the previous owner serviced it every year, but the collector box is quite rusty and I don't know if this is significant regarding the exup?
 
-The tyres are Bridgestone Battlaxe, with an 015 on the front and an 023 on the rear. Is this an acceptable or commom combination?
 
Hope you don't mind me asking so many questions, being relatively new to the forum, but as they say in my native Northumberland, 'shy bairns get nowt'! Thanks in anticipation.
 
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Hello - new to the forum and looking to buy a 2006 FZ1s, 20,000 miles, standard other than a Power Commander. Before I commit to buying, just wondered what things I need to ask/check that are specific to the model? I'll do all the 'any bike' checks of course.
- does this model have the exup like the first gen? presumably I should ask if it has been regularly maintained?
- is it likely that the Power Commander is there to help sort the fuelling issues assocaited with the early FZ1S?
- any areas of specific issues I need to ask about?
Thanks