Author Topic: what did you do with your fazer today ? (Read 1605597 times)

Alexander · « **Reply #4250 on:** 20 April 2015, 07:54:46 am »

Today i only rode to work but...

Spent saturday changing the brake discs on the fazer, had a slightly warped disc which was causing pulsing under braking, 2 discs off ebay and an hour changing them along with a firming up of the front suspension has transformed the bike made it alot more enjoyable (not that it wasnt before) to ride.

Then sunday popped over to Salisbury spring surprise bike show, lots of great looking bikes to see and lots of fun to go to my first bike show on my bike.

hairnet · « **Reply #4251 on:** 20 April 2015, 01:09:18 pm »

went from meath to tipperary then to durrow for classic old tat show

you see my avatar - this is where they play

kiln in slieve bloom mountains

then to show then onto kildare to nearly watch the moto 3 race - boat home last night then rode home from holyhead this morning

t140 · « **Reply #4252 on:** 20 April 2015, 01:56:41 pm »

went for a ride on sunday, up the coast from ayr through largs and got the ferry to hunters quay (dunoon) stopped for a bite to eat just north of dunoon from there up to inveraray, a lot of bikes about and parked up, up over the rest and be thankful into arrocher and home down lomond side , dumbarton and cut off the motorway through beith, dalry and kilwinning, 190 miles of dry roads in the sun.

stevierst · « **Reply #4253 on:** 20 April 2015, 05:13:00 pm »

Just been on a ride into north Yorkshire with my buddy on his GSXR600.
Cleveleys to Lancaster, over to ingleton, then Hawes where a dark blue gen 1 pulled up.
Aysgarth to kettlewell, then down to skipton. A59 back home.
Awesome ride, and it certainly showed my GSXR riding buddy that the Fazer thou can still boogie!

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #4254 on:** 20 April 2015, 09:42:27 pm »

Main destination today was Imperial War Museum at Duxford (see other thread). Then a ride down through Saffron Walden to Thaxted:

On down to Finchingfield:

High Beach, where it was nice to catch up with a couple of old mates:

And the final tea stop before a blat back along the A/M40 home to Oxfordshire:

Enjoyed riding some of the old hunting ground again, will miss it all. A good day out

Skippernick · « **Reply #4255 on:** 20 April 2015, 10:15:29 pm »

Nick you have this lovely modded bike but you only ever take the right side's photo, does this mean that the left is all messed up?

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #4256 on:** 21 April 2015, 07:39:35 am »

All messed up is probably going too far, but it does still have scrapes and cracks in the left side of the fairing, some scrapes on that side of the tail piece.

Other reasons are that except when it's in the garage, it goes on side stand, so doesn't give the best view, and I've always thought with most bikes the front quarter shot is where they look best. But yeah, definitely it's best side here

madmac · « **Reply #4257 on:** 21 April 2015, 07:35:56 pm »

took my fairing off and put a streetfighter headlight on fitted some renthal bars and changed the front sprocket to one less tooth
took it out and its brill
to do list is figure out what to do about the rear end match up indicators as they dont match
figure out what to do about the carbs as there rough
all this to do on a tight budget and i use the fazer everyday as my work ride

Kosmic Kartman · « **Reply #4258 on:** 21 April 2015, 09:41:24 pm »

Rode up to Old Buckingham, Norfolk with a few Suffolk buddies and my 10yo daughter on the back for bike night at the Ox and Plough.

Grahamm · « **Reply #4259 on:** 22 April 2015, 01:11:43 am »

Did a Slow Riding course in the morning, then had a nice bimble up to Basingstoke and back to Portsmouth

pilninggas · « **Reply #4260 on:** 22 April 2015, 06:39:28 pm »

Put a new front wheel on (from a big bang R1). My wheel had got damaged from a pot-hole and 'coming together' with a fiat in the Blackforest a few weeks ago and was no longer circular!

slappy · « **Reply #4261 on:** 22 April 2015, 08:31:29 pm »

Rode up to Settle,then Dent, down to Hawes for a bacon buttie then Settle again and back home to Leeds.

devilsyam · « **Reply #4262 on:** 22 April 2015, 08:38:48 pm »

Odd looking mirrors Mr slap

unfazed · « **Reply #4263 on:** 22 April 2015, 10:11:39 pm »

Hope you have a licence to kill

brooker81 · « **Reply #4264 on:** 23 April 2015, 07:51:37 am »

The Mirror's look pretty unhappy indeed.

midden · « **Reply #4265 on:** 23 April 2015, 09:01:16 am »

Must be a Star wars fan.......... Jar jar blinkers

slappy · « **Reply #4266 on:** 23 April 2015, 01:27:41 pm »

Quote from: devilsyam on 22 April 2015, 08:38:48 pm

Odd looking mirrors Mr slap

Yeah, an ebay impulse buy, took them off when I got back. Standard mirrors back on but thinking about bar end mirrors.

noggythenog · « **Reply #4267 on:** 23 April 2015, 02:44:35 pm »

Quote from: slappy on 23 April 2015, 01:27:41 pm

Quote from: devilsyam on 22 April 2015, 08:38:48 pm
Odd looking mirrors Mr slap

Yeah, an ebay impulse buy, took them off when I got back. Standard mirrors back on but thinking about bar end mirrors.

Feel free to flog me a standard mirror if you like.......i could do with a left one after my garden tumble $:\$ .................failing that....have you seen any decent bar end mirrors yet???......this is also an option for me now

devilsyam · « **Reply #4268 on:** 23 April 2015, 03:37:00 pm »

Got two pairs mirrors in the garage boggy
Well took a trip to text towers up in London
Front end installed and looking trick
Few loose ends to tie up and should be fine
Tex's bike looks trip with REAL dymags fitted

Woodzey80 · « **Reply #4269 on:** 23 April 2015, 04:40:11 pm »

GOT GOD DAMN IVANISED BABY !!! What a transformation I was like a dog with 6 pork swords on my way home ! Mike is a bloody nice bloke & an absolute guru on the thou engine, a true pleasure to meet & watch the "great one" work his magic. Thanks to Richie h for being a great host aswell. ALL IN ALL AN EPIC & UNFORGETTABLE DAY !

esetest · « **Reply #4270 on:** 23 April 2015, 05:22:04 pm »

Went for my first decent ride of the year today , rode to Bibury via Castle combe and Cirencester , stopped off for a coffee and a slice of lemon cake , rode back via Tetbury , Didmarten , Codrington and ring road , Sun was shining , roads had lots of grip , bike felt great , I hope Mike's knee holds out over the weekend , looking forward to getting it vanished after reading all the positive comments .

slappy · « **Reply #4271 on:** 23 April 2015, 05:29:53 pm »

Feel free to flog me a standard mirror if you like.......i could do with a left one after my garden tumble $:\$ .................failing that....have you seen any decent bar end mirrors yet???......this is also an option for me now
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Not seen any decent ones yet, I had some cheap ones on my ZRX which were about 2" diameter, looking for similiar but better quality.

slappy · « **Reply #4272 on:** 23 April 2015, 05:38:25 pm »

Just seen some Oberon bar end mirrors, £35 each so £70 for a pair!

pilninggas · « **Reply #4273 on:** 23 April 2015, 06:31:37 pm »

Dropped the bike, oops, going into work.

Came home ordered some bits; who turns up with replacement OE mirrors Devilsyam [luke] who lives 5 mins from me.

What an amazing FZ1 he is riding.....

thanks Devilsyam.

devilsyam · « **Reply #4274 on:** 23 April 2015, 07:13:00 pm »

thxs piln look on your face "who the fuck is this"priceless

duncans (tex) bike before

top looking few issues ie brake lines to short lol but buck all done

i can defo confirm now that a gen 2 top yoke wont fit a 98/99 bottom even with a hammer

so for a gen2 top to work you need gen 2 0bottom ot 07/8 r1 bottom