someone may buy one if they want a fz-1 but cannot afford the insurance on one,mostly young riders,but yamaha prices are a bit ott though,even their parts prices are expensive as i have noticed as i have also a honda vfr750

Doing a quick Google the FZ8 is insurance group 16 with the FZ1 coming in at 15 or 16 so insurance between the bikes isn't going to be an issue..........

Good condition, ideal to put back on a bike you're selling so you can get a better price for your aftermarket shock, or to put on your bike whilst you get your shock serviced. Open to offers email me at pie dot eater at blueyonder dot co dot uk.

email me - pie dot eater at blueyonder dot co dot uk - I think I still have the originals left over from fitting my jack-up kit and would be happy to part with them.

Call me Anal but wouldn't this be better in the General section?

I've just come back from my first post "Full Monty" ride ande am very happy, the bike feels like its lost a shed load of weight, it revs a lot more freely and pulls harder throughout the range. I guess due to the less restrictive airbox and loosing the rubber blanket that sits over the lid it not only goes better it even sounds better too.
 
So I'd also like to add my thanks to Mike especailly as he took the time and trouble to fit me in even though it meant a rediculously early start for him on a Sunday morning, it was much appreciated. It was great to finally meet him and watch him make a series of pretty complex operations look simple.

I used to love loud cans or even straight through pipes on my bikes, but I'd make sure I kept the noise down in residential areas. Sadly a lot of local bikers dont have the same consideration and tear up and down my local roads (urban 20 MPH) with no baffles which makes me cringe, as a biker as I can only expect my neighbours judge me as a biker based on the behaviour that other bikers display. I'd say that well over 50% of the time I'm out on my bike I'll see a young kid spot me and then defensively put their hands over their ears expecting to be deafened (even though I have my baffle in), and I can only think that excessively loud bikes being ridden without consideration are not only putting these kids off riding but enforcing a negative image of bikers with their parents, other pedestrians, and residents. Because of this I now only ride with my baffle fitted.

I had the same advisory this year (different test centre to last year). Looking back through the old forums I noticed that exactly as TMW says it seems to be a common occurance and replacing all of the bearings and bushes in the linkage wont eliminate the play.

Forums like this will not exist in a couple of years time ......we will not be able to modify our machines in any meaningful way......

From what I've read the propsals are not due to come into effect until 2015 and will only effect bikes manufactured from when the proposals are enforced. I believe that manufactures are already pre-emptively attempting to introduce emission reducing technology which may exceed these requirements making the proposed legislation redundant. Add to that the instability of the EU I'm not sure that in 4 years time they may have bigger concerns to worry about. I'd be grateful if someone could point out where the proposals suggest that vehicles manufactured before 2015 cannot be modified. In all honesty with 185 BHP and all the elctronic aids you could wish for currently available I don't think another 4 years development is going to produce motorcycles that need a great deal of modifications that will negatively effect emissions.

Yup that's the EXUP fault code, have you serviced the EXUP recently? Incorrectly tensioned EXUP cables or a stuck valve is probably your cause, have a look here - http://www.cartestsoftware.com/fz1/exupmaintenance.html