Assuming steering dampers are intended for higher speeds would they also, as a side benefit, improve (FZS1000) rider comfort & handling over rutted and broken up road surfaces?.......which are now common place on our roads

....just to add to this for original question-

FZS600s don’t lend themselves to hand guards but it can be done...….a TDM or Versys for example or other bikes like them are easier as the front fairing is narrower.
So that your Fazer hand guards don’t foul the fairing when turning the bars you’ll want to buy some slim...ish hand guards as your starting point. Once you’ve fitted them and fine tuned the position - dremmel or cut any remaining part of the hand guard which makes contact with the fairing when turning the bars.

What you get in return is gloves that will dry out more quickly after riding through heavy rain. From my experience the benefits of stopping wind chill on your fingers aren't as good as one would expect but it certainly helps…..and depends how cold it is etc.

The other issue is that they change big time the styling/appearance of the Fazer but if hand guards are what you want then you have to get used to that.

Not sure if its anyone's FZ1 on the forum but this sprung to mind.. TKC80 tyres

Of course I realised a lot of fun could result from this thread

Any reason you don't just go for the commonly available rack and side rail fitting kit?

Yeah I could easily do that. Not that fitting panniers bigger (Givi TRK33s anyone?) than Givi's specified E21s has ever overstressed anyones Givi side rail fittings (obviously Givi simply cover themselves with their stated E21 pannier weight limit for the PL349 side rails).

According to Givi the Wingrack together with its FZS600 fitting kit weighs a massive 7.5Kg (don't know the figure for the Thou) so it lends itself better to an 02-05 Thou than to the 600. But it does turn the 600 into a load lugger instead of the fun bike that it is.
But sure - around 7.5Kg of racking even on the Thou is a lot of weight at the far back of the bike to be carrying every time the bikes ridden.
Yup, looks like the PL349 side rails are the way to go on this Joe 

fazersharp, darrsi - replies much appreciated.
I've got the Ring version fitted more or less as darrsi mentioned.
But as I've got an original (and boxed) Stebel version which is their all-enclosed waterproof version I wanted to fit that one instead but on the exterior of the bike much like can be seen on some naked bikes. Sure I can always look on some mods forums of naked bikes but thought I'd start my search here? You never know - a '98-03 Fazer owner somewhere might just have a Stebel dual Air horn fitted to the exterior (engine region) of their bike?

Has anyone fitted a 'Ring' Dual Air horn or 'Stebel' Dual Air horn (and theres a waterproof version) onto the part of the FZS600 just forward of the engine on the side? that would be somewhere below the front indicator? I've seen naked bikes with horns fitted in that area of the bike so wondered if any '98-'03 fazer owners on this site have also done that?
...cheers in advance,....

ah.....Limax, Freeware,...just saw this - thanks for the photos.

I need to move my charger socket away from my LHS infill panel to give the twin air horn more space (& btw if you ever only do one mod then let it be a twin air horn)

I've been told that bike electrics should reside on LHS of the bike so they are protected from rain when bikes on the side stand. But has anyone had success with fitting a charger socket in the RHS fairing infill panel being as I said - exposed to rain when the bikes on the side stand?

Is anyone able to post photos of their FZS600 which has a cig lighter charger socket next to the ignition switch?
I believe there is actually the space to fit one there, but I could be wrong.

Thanks...all good replies.
But does anyone know which spray lube will blend in the best with Scottoil that already coats my chain? Sure this will be against the rules of the 'Scottoil bible' but auto oilers are not the 'fit and forget' systems that they are marketed as.

This has been out for a while now but at what point did he loose balance of his bike? The grounds pretty level so no worries there. Maybe not enough leverage pushing his foot down on the stand/with extra help with his hand?
Centre stands are a good thing for all year round bikers right? Or perhaps not in this case? How could it be so easy for that to go so wrong? 
 

Ive got a set of pannier racks on my 2002 if that helps???

.....cheers RMT1983.....Though that directs me to Givi customer services to try to find out if the 2002 bike is incorporated in their described 2003-on PL349 pannier frames. But Givi Customer services are a waste of time.

Have a look on www.cmsnl.com and look up the part numbers for the hangers. Any difference it will have a different part number.

.....ste131...Yup cheers. 'cms' has the Netherlands at the foot of their web page....but I'm on about UK bikes...I'm sure it makes no difference but at any rate I cross checked it on AJ Sutton schemic diagrams which seemed to confirm pillion hangers were the same size from 2001-2005.

"Pre-2003 the lights were switchable.  After that they went to permanently on"(Falcon269).....Yup cheers...also I found out that the wiring inside the switch remains in place whilst the pre-2003 switch is simply blanked off on post-2003 bikes.

"There's no reason why the 04-05 model should have lost one kilo in weight. If anything, it should have gained weight because the final year of production included a small cataclysmic diverter in the exhaust"(Falcon269).....Cheers again. And indeed what you said must be right so as I said it must have been a Wikipedia 'variable' with their information source.
Apparently the date of birth of the founder of Wikipedia is incorrectly listed on Wikipedia's own page about him....so I heard.

As on the old Fazer site which listed all the year on year detail spec changes for the 1998-2003 FZS600 - does anyone know if there is (and where) there's a similar list for the FZS1000 (02-05, Gen1) either on the old Fazer site or this current site?
Cheers