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General / Re: PHOTOBUCKET PROBLEM AND WORKAROUND -- STICKY??
« on: 14 September 2017, 06:53:14 am »
Often you can get to the original Photobucket image by using the FOCU page mark-up:


In Chrome browser, right click on the Photobucket image, with the 'update account message', and select 'Inspect'.


In the window that opens on the right, right click on the link for the image, and select 'Copy link address'.


Open a new page in Chrome and delete the current address in the address window at the top of the new Chrome page.


Paste ('Control' plus 'V' keys) the image link address into the Chrome address window of the new Chrome page.


This should get you to the image in Photobucket. You should also be able to select the Photobucket account holders other images by using the left and right arrows on the Photobucket image (place cursor on the image to see the arrows).


The above procedure is for Windows 10 and Chrome browser, but the general principle would be the same for other operating systems and browsers.

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: sudden brake failure
« on: 28 August 2017, 01:46:56 am »
Quote from: Davie70 on 15 August 2017, 09:12:26 pm
bikes a 2003, I've had it for 10 years, think the hose have never been changed. Would that cause the lever to go completely slack and leave no brakes ?


You should renew all the brake hoses as soon as possible, preferably with the metal braided type.

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General / Re: What Fazer did you spot today?
« on: 12 May 2017, 09:55:36 am »
Not today but 4th May Weston super Mare (first Bike Nite of 2017)

Immaculate, business-like 02 thou (carbon fibre finish frame) in bike park on sea front:

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: what do you fork gurus reckon?
« on: 11 May 2017, 09:12:20 pm »
Quote from: Fazerider on 11 May 2017, 08:04:50 pm
Quote from: stet on 11 May 2017, 06:55:19 pm
Shame to contradict on my first post, but the stiffness of a round cross section torsion bar (spring is a coiled torsion bar) is proportional to the fourth power of the torsion bar diameter. As a result a slight increase in diameter results in a large increase in stiffness.

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That would make the thou spring about 17% stiffer if all other variables are the same. And even if you do measure the spring rates it probably doesn't help much since the springs are different lengths and the FZ6 one looks as if it'll hit the stiffer rate a bit sooner.

Yes the thou spring is 17% stiffer, but I recon the thou is roughly 14% longer, so the effective base rate would be about the same for both springs. As you say, it looks like the FZ6 would hit the stiffer rate sooner.

There is another aspect too: the FZ6 is the weaker (mechanically) of the two springs so I would not recommend using an FZ6 spring in a thou, although this is based on theory rather than any practical experience with the two springs.

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: what do you fork gurus reckon?
« on: 11 May 2017, 08:34:58 pm »
It is not intuitive- I had to look it up. In fact I thought it was the third power. :)

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Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner / Re: what do you fork gurus reckon?
« on: 11 May 2017, 06:55:19 pm »
Shame to contradict on my first post, but the stiffness of a round cross section torsion bar (spring is a coiled torsion bar) is proportional to the fourth power of the torsion bar diameter. As a result a slight increase in diameter results in a large increase in stiffness.

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