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« on: 23 December 2013, 08:53:17 pm »
The head fell apart on mine but the recess goes into the engine so was able to unscrew with an allen key
half of the allen key recess was gone too, so there wasn't quite enough grip. tried to epoxy the bit to it first, but no joy. Thanks for the part numbers, I've ordered them. 
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« on: 23 December 2013, 06:39:58 pm »
It is called an oil gallery plug and plugs the end of the main oil gallery which supplies oil under pressure to the crank bearings.There is also one on the other side directly oppisite. It can be used to check the oil pressure by removing the plug and attaching an oil pressure guage to it. When you replace the plug, replace the O ring also and tighten it to 8 Nm and do not overtighten it as it is easily broken.
This is extremely true. Now supposing a complete donut overtightened it, and the head snapped off, leaving the bolt inside. How would aforementioned donut remove it? All ideas gratefully received! Edit: Trend Pro Grabit. £18 from screwfix solved the problem. Relief!
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« on: 01 November 2013, 04:04:26 pm »
I've been block paving my front garden and pavingexpert.com has been invaluable. Bound to find the answer there
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« on: 01 November 2013, 02:06:50 pm »
I bought the projector lights and modified my existing headlight unit to accommodate them. There was no real effort for the H4 side. But the H1 side needed a lot of Chopping about! I'll explain it more in my project thread soon.
How easy are they to remove on MOT day?
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« on: 01 November 2013, 01:59:44 pm »
Did you take it out yet? Bigger smile when you start her up?
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« on: 23 October 2013, 03:19:05 am »
Life is like oral sex: one slip of the tongue and you're in the shit
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« on: 10 August 2013, 06:41:06 pm »
I just got a set for the car if they are any good I'll get some for the bike £45 delivered.
£26.59 with digital mini ballasts.
Cheers, just bought from this seller. I asked if he could send 1 x H4 and 1 x H1 instead of a pair of H4s, so here's hoping!
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« on: 30 April 2013, 04:47:04 pm »
You need to heat it with a heat gun, get it fairly hot without melting it to soften the glue and it pulls apart quite easily. Then heat it again to put it back together.
Ahh, but you miss getting to see a sight like this: 
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« on: 29 April 2013, 05:47:10 pm »
found this thread whilst searching for 'peeling reflector' - that problem seems to be a fazer one!
The headlight unit is glued together. I bought angel eyes and to fit them the instructions were to put the headlight unit in the oven for 45 minutes. Then using 2 screwdrivers (OK, two knives from the drawer - but don't tell the wife!) it opened up nicely. another 30 minutes in the oven when you're done and it will reseal. I used some black gutter sealant around it too.
The reason I looked for peeling reflector was that my bike failed its MOT due to the light beam. The tester said to remove the angel eyes as they were likely the problem. He said to turn the lights on and test it by holding a board in front. The light should be a flat line which goes up to the left like this:
\_____
Mine still looks fuzzy, a bit like this \__*_ which I thought may be down to the flaking reflector
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« on: 25 November 2012, 06:26:04 pm »
i bought an H4 connector block for £3.50 in halfords just to use the right-angled crimp terminal. Couldn't find them in sensibly priced packs.
So I have 2 spares if anyone needs one to do this mod
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« on: 22 November 2012, 08:22:36 pm »
Thanks, I'll be sure to look those up!
My pet project for my Fazer is going to be the headlamp. I'm thinking of linining the outside and the lower frames with blue or white LEDs, and possibly fitting Angel Eyes to the normal bulb housings. The LEDs would take the place of the running light.
I fitted angel eyes too. It was more about looking good than about improving the headlights, although they are noticeable! Bought them from HereDid a vlog about them, which shows them better than a photo. You can see them from 5:15 in the vid
They look good without headlights, but when you put headlights on, I don't think they notice
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« on: 21 November 2012, 11:48:32 pm »
I've done the headlight mod to have both lights on together. That made a huge difference. Then just put better (osram night breaker) bulbs in.
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« on: 19 November 2012, 01:11:27 pm »
I shouldn't have called him a nob. I don't even know darrsi.
I reacted badly to the rolleyes emoticon. Sorry
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« on: 18 November 2012, 10:36:03 pm »
So you post an incorrect link, and when someone questions it, you call him a nob? Prick.
Why should darssi have to run correcting the link you focced up?
I was here to help the original poster. what have the other 3 posters done? Nothing helpful. my link, even though incorrect, led to the ebay seller that may be of use to the OP Yeah, what a prick I am!
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« on: 30 October 2012, 04:59:21 pm »
Just want to repeat the "not having a go" bit ;-) Fair dos if you're not riding over winter. I was thinking along the lines of give it a wash beforehand to show them you care, or hoovering out the cage before its MOT Slight tangent: I want to get one of these bad boys from buyapowa to aid in changing a tyre. Anyone used the kit successfully? http://www.buyapowa.com/ref/HCNp7u
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« on: 30 October 2012, 04:50:04 pm »
didn't work for me either and i was using the mobile app.
Terms and Conditions of the offer
This offer is open to targeted eBay.co.uk registered users, who must be UK residents of 18 years of age or older.
I think you are one of the select few! Still, I did need what I bought, so no harm done
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« on: 30 October 2012, 10:36:51 am »
Usual preamble before having a go at someone: "Not having a go, but...."
If you knew your front tyre was borderline why didn't you fix it beforehand?
It may have effected the bloke's testing. "if he's happy having this tyre what else is wrong?"
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« on: 29 October 2012, 06:38:52 pm »
I did this a couple of hours ago. Following the guide on this thread http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=181.0It is a very simple mod. After you've done it you'll be glad you didn't need someone else to help.
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« on: 29 October 2012, 04:18:41 pm »
Hi there, I know this is an old old post but I wanted to ask what the benefit is of doing this mod rather than just having the full beam switch on all the time?
Thanks
Will 
If you have your full (main) beam on, you may be blinding the driver in front of you. Or oncoming traffic, who may then put their main beams on and blind you. Originally posted by Moffmeister on 31/03/01
I have just done this mod, took the same sort of time, 20 minutes. I had to drive home the other night along the A27 from Polegate and it was so dark it wasn't funny! Looking to now upgrade the bulbs too. Wondering if using H4s on both side, so that main beam is even brighter is possible Thanks for the effort you went to in posting this guide 
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« on: 27 October 2012, 11:08:28 am »
nice rug phil ,i,ll bid for that if it goes on ebay 
It's my mate's rug, I tried to move it for the photo but it's glued to the floor FFS.
'Stops it moving'
When does a rug become a tiny fitted carpet that's too small for the floor?
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« on: 24 October 2012, 05:02:37 pm »
a pdf of the article mysteriously turned up and then someone pretending to be me is posting this link to it
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« on: 24 October 2012, 04:01:40 pm »
When I was doing my DAS, one of the instructors wore a armour vest and said it was great cos he could wear any jacket he wanted over it
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