I'm looking to sell my 2002 (51 plate) FZS1000, it's covered 24,640 miles although this may go up as I'm still using it. I'm the second owner and I've fitted the following parts to it,
Ivans Full Monty jet kit with Pipercross hi flow filter, modded airbox and inlet rubbers.
BMW S1000RR rear shock
Remus carbon slip on can
Clear LED rear light, clear indicator lenses and LED dash lights.
Oxford heated grips.
Adjustable levers.
MRA Vario screen.
Carbon fibre fairing infills.
Original 17,000 mile shock, levers, rear light and alternative MRA double bubble screen included.
Oil & filter changed at the above mileage and at 3,000 mile intervals before that.
Recent new front Bridgestone T31 front tyre and rear Bridgestone T30 has plenty of treat left. Chain and sprockets good.
There is a very very tiny mark on the tank but otherwise excellent and is always garaged - £2000 which is just over what I've been offered in part exchange. Advertising here as I've since seen a bike privately I would like to buy.
I'm in Ipswich in Suffolk.
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I've seen people make mention of a 4 degree ignition advancer, is it worth fitting one of these and f so are they hard to fit? My bike is fitted with an Ivans Full Monty kit and Remus can.

Brand new Beowulf stainless steel link pipe for Gen.1 (2001 - 2005) Yamaha Fazer 1000. 51 mm exit so will fit a large variety of after market slip on exhausts. This came with a slip on exhaust that I bought but I used the existing link pipe. If you go on the Beowulf website you can see how these look when fitted to the bike. These are £53 new but this was specially made with the spring hooks on it so a variety of slip on cans can be used. 51 mm exit which fits a lot of after market exhausts but please measure yours first.
£30.00 inc. p&p

So i got my bike out today to go for a ride with my friends having last ridden it last Saturday, as usual the bike fires straight up, I go to the garage again the same thing hop on fires straight up, get to meeting point have a coffee and leave and again it starts straight up. So a little further up the road we pull over and stop while one of the others fills up with petrol and bike doesn't fire and second push on the button the engine is slow to turn over, third push and barely turns one revolution.


Fortunately as it was warm it only took a brief push to bump start it and for the rest of the day no further problems, I checked the batter when I got home and these were the figures I got. Static ignition off 13.4 volts, engine running no lights 14.4 volts, engine running lights on 13.8 volts, these were all at tick over as I couldn't hold the multi meter on the battery and twist the throttle at the same time.


The bike doesn't have an alarm fitted so no rain on the battery whilst the bike is not in use and in the week prior to last Saturday it sat connected to my Optimate, any ideas peeps?

Well due to my shifts and not living anywhere near where Falcon269 was doing fittings back in the day when he was doing them I've decided it's do or die and do it myself. So today I ordered a Full Monty kit from SG Racing and I shall tackle the job when they arrive.
I was just wondering if anyone had any pearls of wisdom as to things to do and not to do, I'm assuming the bike hasn't already been done by the previous owner. The AIS is still in place and I have a blanking kit for that as well so may do that whilst I have the tank off. Not because I removing it makes any difference to performance I gather the main reason is ease of access to the spark plugs?
Any advice, apart from foc off , is greatly appreciated.

Although on a moderate paced ride yesterday the rear shock on my newly acquired Gen.1 1000 behaved itself having read the numerous posts about substituting the rear shock I couldn't quite stretch to one of Lukes R6 kits. Instead I've managed to get a BMW S1000RR rear shock and an Ohlins spring at a good price but I know I need to source a pair of washers, apparently M12 o/d 25mm and 2.65 mm thick and also an M12 bolt with a 41.5 mm shoulder for the bottom mount I believe, also the top bush either needs drilling out to 12mm.

Does anyone know where I can source the above washers and bolts in stainless steel and also would anyone happen to know of someone who could supply replacement top bushes machined to the correct bore and thickness so as not to need the washers?

Hi,
I've just returned to the Yamaha fold, I first had an SS50 (before it became the FS1-E) in 1974, followed by an YDS7 250, for some reason  then strayed away from Yamahas before having a 1991 RD350YPVS FII in 2004. Many bikes in between and since but when the need came raise some funds for my car I sold my Tuono V4 APRC I replaced it with a 2002 (51 plate) Fazer 1000.

I managed to get out and put 130 miles on it yesterday and I returned with mixed feelings, I bought it unseen or tried via the internet from Nightingales in Rugby. The bike was as clean as they said it was so no problem there, I had however forgotten how bland the engine is, it gets there but pretty soulless after the growling edgy V4 o the Tuono and the ballistic GSXR1000 that proceeded that. Of course it lacks the power of both but that isn't the issue it's just a bit too linear compared to what I'm used. The plus side was it was nice and comfortable and the suspension and handling wasn't anywhere near as bad as I'd been led to believe from reading this forum.

So heated grips, a slightly high screen some adjustable levers to be fitted and roll on the summer I think I'm going to learn to love the bike as the plusses definitely outweigh the minuses.