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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: slimwilly on 05 February 2017, 04:34:51 pm
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So i have a spare bike and after doing two trackdays last year I thought I would gather up some spare plastics and a tank and make a set of track fairings and take off the original blue plastics and keep safe incase I wish to revert back to tidy roadbike.
So first was the collection of plastics and tank
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Odd line up
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A steel frame for the Gixxer tail end
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Then to flatten the front fairing, blank out the light holes
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https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjY8p3Eu_nRAhUHCsAKHbo7ADgQtwIIIDAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQuoKNZjr8_U&usg=AFQjCNH687UNJIrDvlXddfTL3k9ucYsIUA&sig2=DlIFRXsMOMM_my-9ZzosKg&bvm=bv.146094739,d.d24 (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjY8p3Eu_nRAhUHCsAKHbo7ADgQtwIIIDAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQuoKNZjr8_U&usg=AFQjCNH687UNJIrDvlXddfTL3k9ucYsIUA&sig2=DlIFRXsMOMM_my-9ZzosKg&bvm=bv.146094739,d.d24)
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Filled in with form foam
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I got lucky , the Gixxer tail slipped over perfect,
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Fibre glass , filler , what else is there to do in January
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Frame fitted and stuck
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Seat filled in
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Looks ok
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Poor bike,,xxxx
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Lots of filler,sanding , well a bit ,does not have to be perfect
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Rattle cans !!!!! yes , five cans of yellow,,, yum yum, I like the smell in my shed ,lol
I decided aerosols would be fine and easy for me to repair if needed
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Sill picking out Yellow bogies today :eek :lol
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Looks awesome. A job well done 🖒🖒
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Looks good, looking forward to seeing more as it progresses 8)
Chris
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Bright yellow
Then black stipe
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A bit rough and ready but from the other side of the road it will look ,,umm ok :lol
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That's it up until today, stickers and pinstripe arriving daily,
Cleaned the rear brake caliper ,degreasing everything now,makes less mess when changing wheels to wets,,yes I have also a spare set of wheels with wet tyres on ready,needed them at Cadwell in November , cold and very very wet
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You have redeemed yourself by painting it yellow :D
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You have redeemed yourself by painting it yellow :D
Thanks you lovely old Fokker
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Bloody brilliant bill , great idea too!
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has anyone come up with a mod for retaining the rear brake caliper holder still allowing for it to slide when adjusting the chain ? thay=ts when you remove the rear wheel of course
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Nice job mr willy :thumbup ..........i am a bit puzzled though....why would you want to restrict a track bike ?
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Great idea. Did you not know it's the law that you have to have speed blocks on yellow Yamahas though? :lol
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Decals are on going
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Hey Slim, what a great idea. How much did you pay for the track plastics and tank? I did 3 track days last year and have been thinking of changing the Fazer for something more track focused. I might just save the money and do what you've done
Mickey.
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Started doing the Speed block pattern but in an easier style also put wheel tape on. I am quite pleased what you can do for such little money.
The plastics are all originals I have collected from breakers , see first posts,, I then aerosol painted them.
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Hey Slim, what a great idea. How much did you pay for the track plastics and tank? I did 3 track days last year and have been thinking of changing the Fazer for something more track focused. I might just save the money and do what you've done
Mickey.
Hi Mickey, I paid about £240 for all the parts and tank, £50 for paint . I had some raised bars on the Fazer so I have turned them over to get a bit more of a racey riding position, works well. might move to clip ons.
See the first posts and see the panels. I have done three track days on it with the standard panels and it rides real nice, I love it.
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So the kiddy bit,,stickers, yes stickers to break it up a bit ,
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And the finished bike,,i think,,,apart from some maintenance
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I have also got myself some spare wheels complete with the wet's I bought at a wet Cadwell park , they are amazing to ride on in very very wet conditions, I could not believe how fast you can ride with them on with standing water everywhere
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Looks fantastic Slim, really striking, got to paint the bellypan yellow now dude. I had a black one on mine and it just used to blend in. Ayellow one just jumps out on you and contrasts so well with the black frame and engine.....Do it....Do it :lol
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You my old tich are correct,,i forgot I still have to make one,,yes , make one, the blue one on there is my tidy one, its coming off,,may use it as a mould and extend it,,it sure will finish it off, I will try with fibre glass, as its hot underneath near the pipes, will try and make a race safe one 2"deep and complete,, a bit of a head scratcher I think
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Looks excellent job Bill, will pop over and give it full inspection when weather picks up :)
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Hi Jerbear !!!!! I forgot about you me old mucker, sure , pop over , I have the bike road legal, new mot etc so may call by while having a shakedown run, see what falls off,,lol :lol
Just got to laquer coat some of it to stop rubbing pinstripes,
Be time to get the bikes out soon ,
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Always welcome Bill, yes, can't wait for some decent weather.
If you come on the Fazer ...give us a nod....get the sunglasses on :eek
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I like it and you will have loads of fun riding around the outside of all the race reps.
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Took it for a shakedown this afternoon , it went well, looking for the dry spots on the road.
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Love it😍
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Made up a fibre glass belly pan, here it is before finishing
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Hi Slim, Nice job looks really cool. I know you can MOT a bike as a daytime ride only, so no lights needed does that also go for a rear brake light as I noticed you don't appear to have one?
Just asking the question as I'm not sure I would not want to ride on the road without one, seems a sure fire way of getting tail ended.
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I think it looks terrific - good work! It's truly amazing what can be achieved with some time and good ideas.
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Hi Slim, Nice job looks really cool. I know you can MOT a bike as a daytime ride only, so no lights needed does that also go for a rear brake light as I noticed you don't appear to have one?
Just asking the question as I'm not sure I would want to ride on the road without one, seems a sure fire way of getting tail ended.
I am not sure Tommy, I got the MOT done before I started in January,,lots of bikes with no lights on the roads , have been out for a spin and forgot to put my barend mirror on, that would be a help.
A couple of skims of filler and paint on the pan , should get it on tomorrow night. :)
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Hi Slim, Nice job looks really cool. I know you can MOT a bike as a daytime ride only, so no lights needed does that also go for a rear brake light as I noticed you don't appear to have one?
Just asking the question as I'm not sure I would want to ride on the road without one, seems a sure fire way of getting tail ended.
I am not sure Tommy, I got the MOT done before I started in January,,lots of bikes with no lights on the roads , have been out for a spin and forgot to put my barend mirror on, that would be a help.
A couple of skims of filler and paint on the pan , should get it on tomorrow night. :)
It looks absolutley brilliant who would ever have believed it started of life as a tourer. :woot :thumbup
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Got the belly pan painted and fitted
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Bloody hell Bill, with all your fibreglass skills you'll be knocking up a Reliant Robin soon :rolleyes
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This bike is starting to remind me of one of my old girlfriends. In the right light or from far enough away, she looked pukka. :lol
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Bloody hell Bill, with all your fibreglass skills you'll be knocking up a Reliant Robin soon :rolleyes
Or a golf buggy,, I messed up really, only second time I have tried fibreglass, I used the finish thick coat instead of the thinner resin to paste the fibreglass, so its thick and glulike, so it had a rough finish so I smoothed it with isopon. :lol
I am out with it on Saturday at Pembrey race circuit doing my ACU race licence course and riding with the clubs test day there on Sunday.
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Well that went well, now have an ACU race licence :eek
Did some good wet riding on track,sorted a few of them boy racers out,,and some not,,some guys ride so fast and smooth, lovely to have them sail past and crank it over into a corner in front of you,,Fazer went real well, on speed,acceleration it is fine, fast enough for me, front wheel up loads of times.
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Well i did my first race ,Oulton Park, test day went well,,then race day Saturday 8th April,
Got my lap times down to 2.03 minutes, lap speed average 78 mph , I was well happy with that.
I have never ridden that fast on track before,sure makes you concentrate.
And the bike went real well,apart from brake judder in second race, must have cooked the pads
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a good lean
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Brilliant stuff Slim. So what you using on the road now ? The Blade ?
Am down your way this weekend with my brother on his Frankensteined ZX9R.......Wanna race ? :lol
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Hi Dazza, i have not been on the roads lately,what with building this bike,and of course on track time.
But yes the blade is on the road,,give me a call , may be able to get out for a spin.
Maybe look up Ogri !!
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Two dry days racing at Donnington Park , Fazer went well , by no means last, 26th from 38 riders. We form a group of riders with similar lap times so you have to keep repassing them straight away , frighten them back.lol :lol. Had an R1 pass me though, took two laps to retrain him.
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First pic you can see them trying to pass me,
second pic they are following me down the craner curves
and third pic is the chequered flag with them still behind me. Bloody brilliant fun.
On second to last lap I thought I was getting a bit near my limit so thought if no one too close to me I will be ok,,so I took a look behind and hell,,right there were 8 bikes, hell I had to hold on tight and make no mistakes, it worked though,,
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Well I am spending a couple of days in hospital, had a brilliant 3 days racing at Caldwell park, then last race,last lap the bike behind decides to do a suicide move inside a corner taking my back end out, me up in the air and flat onto road, two broken ribs, a bit sore.
Bike both sides and top so need some spares, will kiss the next two races and my trip to assen to see moto gp
I will be back🤣
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Sorry to hear this Slim. There are some things that are out of your control, this sounds like one of them. Hope you mend soon and get back at it.
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Yes, miss a couple of races but will fix me and the bike, cheers dazza
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What a shame, but keep at it. It's great to see someone riding something other than race reps :)
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Yes,spoilt a good weekend, had 4 good races inthe two days before the accident.
We all think we go fast on the road but until you get on the grid with 35 other bikes Ang go into that first bend then you realise what a bike will do.
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This is oulton park
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Those last three were donnington park
This is the top of the mountain at Cadwell, the bike behind took me out a lap later
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Just out of interest do you get any compensation from the guy who crashed into you? I know you take risks with racing but since none of it was your fault and presumably your gonna be at a financial disadvantage then I didn't know if he had an obligation to compensate you at all?
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I have not asked as I guess the rider will always deny it was his fault.
A mate tracked down the blokes Facebook on which he claims he was punted off by the fazer ,it is open page so I asked how he got punted off to which he answered that I rode dangerous lines a rode a bike too fast for me, lol
All the lap times are on the club's results page and the rider did his fastest lap of the weekend on the lap he hit me and the one previous, so he had not been that speed before and then he got brave,,,chnt
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What a chnt . I hope you recover quickly and with no long term effect's. I'm doing a track day at Caldwell next month. Any tips?
Mickey
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Tips, haha, we had practice day on Friday, fastish but careful, 1.53
First race Saturday 1.51
Second race 1.46 and same both races Sunday.
We are on race tyres 190 ...60s so a very big sidewall and using warmers, the road tyres 50 or 55 are less tall bigger flat area for roadriding. Smaller sidewalls.
Anyway it's a fast track off the start, needs power,back off slightly into the first uphill lefthander but push as soon as you turn in, it's very safe but the next right is blind so turn very fast two corners very late apex, keep the speed up.up to fifth flavour back straight, brake at 250 marker, it's fast haha, make corner right then it speeds up and up, on the power with a good lean,,,you will love it, brilliant f
Track.
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Well I am spending a couple of days in hospital, had a brilliant 3 days racing at Caldwell park, then last race,last lap the bike behind decides to do a suicide move inside a corner taking my back end out, me up in the air and flat onto road, two broken ribs, a bit sore.
Bike both sides and top so need some spares, will kiss the next two races and my trip to assen to see moto gp
I will be back
Late to the party, but just spotted this. Unlucky mate, but ribs are minor :lol I would have doubted there are any claims to be had; all at rider's risk?
Good to see you really getting into this, wish I could afford to, financially and physically! Always wanted to do Donington since watching Schwartz and Merkel battling it out - GSXR and VF - oh, aeons ago :rolleyes
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Yes Nick it is crazy fun, with these tyres we are cornering at amazing speeds.
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you need to report rider to your club secretary. you had an orange bib on which means novice racer. if he doesn't understand that and tried to be a hero (or not be beaten by a novice more likely) then he is a danger on track and should not be allowed to compete.
Racing is risky.........but you don't need stupid chnts making it dangerous too.
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Tips, haha, we had practice day on Friday, fastish but careful, 1.53
First race Saturday 1.51
Second race 1.46 and same both races Sunday.
We are on race tyres 190 ...60s so a very big sidewall and using warmers, the road tyres 50 or 55 are less tall bigger flat area for roadriding. Smaller sidewalls.
Anyway it's a fast track off the start, needs power,back off slightly into the first uphill lefthander but push as soon as you turn in, it's very safe but the next right is blind so turn very fast two corners very late apex, keep the speed up.up to fifth flavour back straight, brake at 250 marker, it's fast haha, make corner right then it speeds up and up, on the power with a good lean,,,you will love it, brilliant f
Track.
I'll try to remember all off that but I've a brain like a sieve. I'm doing a track day the week before at Bedford to ease me into Cadwell, so hopefully I'll get in to the swing quickly.
All the best again for your recovery.
Mickey
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Looks great slim love the colour mate.
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Thanks Mel,
Now i have recovered, ribs 90 % no pain, will miss this weekend races at castle combed, Wiltshire,
So will start to dismantle it and see how deep the damage is, I put in some serious sub frames under front and rear fairing so they are nearly intact, just cracked.
Hope it has nor damaged frame.
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Cracking project mate.
GWS!
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Now i have recovered, ribs 90 % no pain
I found the first time I broke ribs, they recovered with no residual pain. Also on the next two occasions I cracked them. But the next time, well, I still have pain from that one :lol
This has been a good thread to follow Bill; hope we'll be seeing more soon :thumbup
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Hi Nick, hope you are all good and the bones creaking :lol
Had a look last night, I think I can salvage the master cylinder, just need alloy cap, gasket,washer, screws, it all got ripped off, threads still work as stubs of screws unscrewed ok.
Got to remove fairing, brackets twisted, rear wheel had a dent inward on rim, 3" long, I can bash this out, these rims are very soft, have banged dents from front and rear ones.
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The crash bungs did there job, got scuffed but no bike metal damage both sides hit tarmac and upside down, just screen and brake fluid cap