Simple. I didnt. The rubber sealing caps were a real tight fit into their sockets, so i didnt feel the need to blow any crap out since there wouldnt have been any crap there.

Good work

Just to clarify, you rode the bikes for 2000 miles with the brakes binding? Just be aware, there is always an amount of drag present, the front wheel will not rotate endlessly when spun by hand, pistons do not retract all the way back to the bottom of their stroke. Check youve not too much fluid in the master cylinder. With the cylinder cap off, you should be able to push the pistons back fully if there working ok. Just watch for fluid spilling out of the reservoir

Quote from: agricola on 26 June 2017, 05:14:16 pm

Chuff me, had a look at the manual, reads like a major task. Remove tank/airbox/radiator etc. Anyone know of any short cuts?

Supposedly, if you have reasonably small hands, you can actually get in from the sides and, with a bit of fiddling, do it without removing lots of bits. There's a description of the technique here: http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/fz6-fz6r/361128-how-replace-your-sparkplugs-20-minutes.html

I think (although I've not tried it yet, that you could just unbolt the radiator and support it to give better access without having to take the whole thing off, but do that at your own risk!


Looks like its worth a go then

Is that £1,400 write off value, and then you have to buy it back. If it is, you need to find out the buy back cost now

You have to turn the key anticlockwise, hold it there, lift the back end of the seat and slide it backwards as it hooks under the rear of the tank

An assessor should come to look at the bike damage. He'll sent the info with an estimate to the insurers. You will be made an offer. You can refuse the offer and try to get it revised upwards. You should try this as the insurers will try to get away with the least cost to themselves. They are not interested in you. They are just trying to save money.

Good luck with it

motorbike insurance companies and brokers. Thieving robdogs

Doubtless, we all have our own reasons for voting Leave or Remain. I voted Leave. I was born in the early 50s, and went to schools in my local village/town, because a place was created for me at birth. My parents did not have to trawl all the schools within 50 miles to try to find a vacant desk, or move house to do so. When I left school, I had a choice from any one of umpteen major employers, or nationally owned utility providers, and hundreds of other companies. Todays leavers have little hope of finding work, so are encouraged to stay on at the "Acadamys", or encouraged to go to University and then compete for the non existent work opportunities. As I grew up, we explored the local areas, and it was indeed rare to find a field, anywhere, that did not have a crop of some description growing in it. Today, I can walk through field after field of scrub or grass, with our food now travelling half way across Europe. I walk through my local streets, and see dog shit, litter, blocked drains that flood every time it rains, because councils have insufficient funds as a result of EU imposed spending targets. I could go on, but wont. Cameron attempted to try to get the EU to reform, which may have led to doing things differently here, so that we may try to re-capture our lost identity. The EU was having none of it. It will never reform because it cant. It encouraged the Ukraine to come closer, then turned away when the Bear bared its teeth. There will be negative impacts should we finally extracate ourselves from the rotten corrupt EU, but I dont recall my parents, or all those other citizens who rebuilt this nation after after the war, complaining like todays never had it so good generation. Lets just get on with it

No difference at all at the bar end, apart from being lighter to pull.

Hi All, I recently lowered the rear end, bought and fitted the mounting piece the connects the shock to the swing arm complete with new bearing and seals. Have to say I haven't noticed any difference in ride quality or performance, and I can now get the balls of my feet down both sides (I know, short arse). Had an absolute bastard of a job getting the steel bush out of the arm bracket, finished up red heating a 10mm bolt and placing it in the bore several times to transfer some heat to it, and soaking it in plusgas. Two days later of this treatment, it started to come out, all good in the end. I like the bike, rides real smooth, nice turn of pace, good riding position. Throttle a bit snatchy when snapped shut quick then back on the gas, mirror vision is poor though. Are they any good for a track day?

just got rid of my 2008 FZ6 S2 had it for 6 years it was a cracking bike traded it in for a new Yammy MT-09 still have the Fazer Haynes manual if your interested.

Shame, Ive already got the Haynes, but thanks anyway