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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: Falcon 269 on 06 January 2012, 04:26:38 pm
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Went on a lovely ride along the coast today (sorry, 25c and sunny - had to be done ;) ) and reprised a photo shoot I did back in Jan 2006. There's been more than a few changes to the old girl over the years since we moved to Spain and since I first got her back in 2002.
From this:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/Mazarron.jpg)
To this:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/NewBars1.jpg)
Followed by this:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/NewYearsEve2006028.jpg)
And this:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/P1070758.jpg)
To arrive today at this:
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/My%20Fazer/06012012070.jpg)
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/My%20Fazer/06012012068.jpg)
Almost ten years old, 44k miles on the clock (yeah, must try harder :lol ) and she runs and rides better now than ever before.
Which is nice. :D
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So wheres the one of you looking older :lol
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love the disc's mike looks good
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So unfair, I bet you didn't need heated gloves on your ride!
Looking good, Mike! I think I'll have to look into some USD forks for mine when the money's available, and some wavey discs, and some colour matching and some.....
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Liking the R6 shock, too, Luke. First impressions are good. Supple and controlled. Not as firmly sprung as my Ohlins, which is over-sprung for my weight. I specified a stiffer spring thinking the Soup Dragon would be coming aboard as self-loading baggage, but that never happens. Probably as well - my kidneys couldn't cope with the constant thumping at 50 mph and above. ;)
Heated gloves? Err, no ... vented leathers, in fact. But it was unusually warm today. :D
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Palm tree in front of the boat is a bit taller.
Are those LSL rearsets fitted? They look very similar to one I have fitted on my XJR1200.
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Glad you like it mike been a very good mod it is now international as i have just sent two to singapore 85 quid shipping :eek
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Palm tree in front of the boat is a bit taller.
Are those LSL rearsets fitted? They look very similar to one I have fitted on my XJR1200.
Lucky the palm is still there. Thousands have been destroyed in the last few years by a red weevil. :(
Good spot on the LSLs. :)
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Such a nice bike Mike...
Good series of photo's too...
Wishing for some sunshine here in chilly UK...
Mike... what style belly pan is that? as i am looking for one now for mine... and that one doesn't look to pointy toward the front wheel like other i have seen...
Colin
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lovely bike mike....wished mine looked that good.
131k now on mine and seems to be going better than ever...i am certainly enjoying just as much riding it now as day 1 maybe even more.
imho best bike i have ever owned and definitely the best all rounder as if you spend a few quid on the suspension it really is a SPORTS TOURER as it does both jobs so well.
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But when are you going to paint the air box side covers? :lol
Plastikote silver is a perfect match ;)
Then it will be finished.........................probably, or maybe not :b
Looks good though, 1 year newer than mine, same colour ( fastest blue ) 15k miles more and mine
looks like I've ridden through a swamp!! :(
Must wash it tomorrow :eek
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You know i was expecting to see a massive hotel in the 2nd photo and the bike still the same, just goes to show what good bikes they are :)
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The belly pan is from MBD in Germany. http://www.mbd-superbike.de (http://www.mbd-superbike.de) Website was down when I checked just before posting but try again later. Also, check out German ebay as that's where I got mine in the first instance. :)
The airbox side covers are staying black. Or maybe carbon. Or then again, I might just get suckered into fitting pod filters for the hell of it. :lol
It never really ends, does it? ;)
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I think carbon rad guards and air box covers would finish her off nicely ;) Lovely looking bike :)
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Looks like a lovely sweeper of a corner aswell. Slightly off camber.
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Very nice mike and only the blue ones look the fastest.
Now i note from the last pic ! your using clear fluid pipe on the master cylinder so pressume your setup is without res container because like yourself i have the LSL sets and i note they sit slightly higher, so did you have probs with the stock res container and pipe!! when you fitted the lsl sets, i myself have moved the res as far up as possible but i do think it sits slightly low in conjunction with the position of the lsl sets and as ive put no miles on it id rather dress the problem if there is going to be one before i do use it.
Dave :)
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Good spot, Dave. :)
It's a genuine HRC brake fluid pipe, the sort used on race bikes. Simply a green tube but holds enough fluid to do the job. I fitted it because the mounting bracket on the TCP undertray for the original reservoir fractured.
Nothing to do with the LSL rearsets, just that the moulded-in bracket wasn't gutsy enough. :)
Ad, that nice curve is a full 360 degrees, mate. Most roundabouts - even Spanish ones - are like that. ;) :lol
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12 years old with only 44k miles? you need to get out more
;)
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How fick am I?
I thought whats the chances of the same fishing boat being moored in the same place years apart :lol
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12 years old with only 44k miles? you need to get out more ;)
'Bought back in 2002' ... someone needs to stay in more and work on their sums. ;) :lol
I am getting out more, though ... it's just sharing the miles with the R1 that's the problem now. :D
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Examples of nice everythings on those photos! Bike,area,weather etc,all better than Wolverhampton.....
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:moon
how many on the R1 then?
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I think we in the UK are all envious of where Mike lives, especially this time of year!
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:moon
how many on the R1 then?
:lol :rollin :lol
Err, in total it has a mere 13,100 miles since it was first registered in Jan 1999. About 1,300 of those have been since I got it in June 2009. In my defence, feeble though it is, I had two R1s to ride in 2009/2010 and this one was the designated 'keeper', so I put more mileage on the other knowing it would be sold eventually.
Transferring UK-registered bikes onto Spanish plates is a bureaucratic chore and expensive so I put off doing it for a year once the UK tax and MOT had expired. I finally got around to re-registering the keeper last November. Cost nearly 600 euros and took 3 weeks of visits to the MOT centre, the tax offices and the Policia Trafico department in Alicante. It all has to be done in person and the sheaf of paperwork required has to be seen to be believed.
Worth it, though. :)
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Hi Mike
The bike looks great. Have I missed the dropping of ur exup on the forum ? I like the look of the clean pipe all way to the can, really cleans it up, instead of the rusty iron collector box.
From the photos it does look like a lot of weight over the front wheel, almost a big attitude change to stock ?
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Hola amigo :)
The Akra full system went on at the same time as the R1 forks, which was Dec 2009. Where did those couple of years go ... ?
Looks and weight-saving alone made it worth the swap and the absence of the EXUP makes no practical difference on the road. Power delivery up to 4k rpm is a shade softer but is only felt in 4th gear and higher. Snapping on full throttle in 5th/6th at 3k rpm results in audible resonance in the exhaust. Answer? Don't snap the throttle, roll it open and the motor will pull cleanly enough up to 4k rpm at which point it's hey-ho, we're off to the races! :lol
I'm guessing with the R1 forks, Akra system and other bits removed (eg centrestand) that the dry weight of the bike is now comfortably under 200kgs, probably closer to 190kgs in fact. Riding a mate's Gen 1 on standard suspension recently was a reminder to me of how mine used to feel. Just pushing it around the garage the difference is clear.
The R1 front end does change the geometry a lot and it turns much quicker now. For those of shorter inside leg like me, the R1 forks and R6 shock with Luke's dogbones helps lower the bike overall by about 1" at the seat. If there's a compromise to ground clearance, I haven't found it yet. The whole plot feels balanced and responsive. I couldn't ask for more. :)
Cheers!
Mike
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hey-ho, we're off to the races!
:lol
And very nicely put. Brought a big grin to me face.
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Ta mike, I was very taken by the lean rakish lines of ur bike from one picture in particular.I will consider an akra for sure in time, but as my exup still Ok ( fingers well crossed)...no plans to change just yet. My fazer is primarily a tourer, so some of the mods guys look at doing dont always rock my boat , but anything to make the bike look cleaner and leaner is always a good thing.
what I would love to do is a custom paint job....probably change the color to blue with black and white speed blocks on the tank...its my next mod for sure.
As a total aside, I just got an email from Triumph telling me the new speed triple R is going to be selling at £11,300 OTR... feck , thats some cash !!... makes the ( really good handling ) stock bike look cheap at £8600!
and makes my fazer look a complete steal for the performance from the money its cost me.! :)