http://www.cartestsoftware.com/fz1/index.html


AIS easy done with tap and grub screws, no need to buy little covers that fit over, you can get all from ebay for a few quid. Tap just needs to be turned using a spanner due to space limitations. Cutting fluid and nice and slow/careful

That's a good site that has been linked to.  I've pulled the AIS off - need to check valve clearances anyway to see if that's a reason the bike won't start - got a huge backfire out of it earlier - I really suspect the head will need to come off at some point, but looking at the state of the exhaust studs, I'm hoping not!

Happy tapping and blocking the exhaust fittings, are you saying you don't block the airbox pipe hole?

This is how it looks at 5pm today when it rolled off the van  - the picture makes it look nice!


fazer by d.a.thornber@btinternet.com, on Flickr


I've so far found one of the coils is arcing out, there's coolant sitting in the rocker cover where a coolant pipe enters, the coolant is pressurising when I try and start it - looking head gasket ish to me at the minute :-(


Question - how the heck are you meant to get to the rocker cover/spark plugs with all the gubbins that sits above it? I've not seen so much stuff on any of my other bikes.

Thanks for the welcome.


Bike arrived late afternoon today.  I'll get some pics up soon.


Not done much, but unfortunately found out the pump does work, and the carb floatbowls where also full, so not as simple as I'd hoped :-( 


There is also a spark, but only tried on a new plug - I need to whip the plugs out and compression check the engine. 


Ignition switch needs a good looking at or replacing as it's stiff as anything.


I'm sure there'll be a lot more needs doing.....  but first thing is seeing if the engine is good.

Hi all,


I've Dave from Preston, Lancs.  I'm 48, and have had bikes all my life.  Recently bought a Mk2 triumph speed triple that I just can't get along with, so it has to go, so......


I've just bought a 2002 Fazer 1000 as a project - non-runner with a suspected pump fault - I'm waiting for it to be delivered later this week before eagerly getting the spanners out.


Other bikes in the shed are a 1982 Yamaha 350LC that I've owned since 1991 and a 1996 Honda CB1000 (owned for about 12 years) that is in the process of been ripped apart for a big overhaul (hole through frame rail).