after 3.5 years of living here i can actually put my bike in the garage................until she gets back from holiday and spots the space just waiting to be filled with her crap essential items.
on the bright side i found all the pingfuckits for the KTM gearbox after a cat knocked it off a shelf

no, not Jose!
My Fzs1000
rough spec is
2003 Fzs1000 (27150 miles)
R1 5JJ front end with 5PW yokes
R6 rear shock
aeroblade screen
renthals 758!!
spazzo type shorty levers
ivanised
quill exhaust & standard pipe
genuine yamaha belly pan
hugger
one off footrest risers (back 40mm up 15mm)
givi top rack and wingrack
HID lights
new battery
stainless engine bolts
led front blinkers
Genuine toolkit
passenger grab handles (not on bike atm, the rack is)
just had new pads and tyres 2500 miles ago (2 weeks ago), valves, oil and filters, plugs done at 24300

exup valve serviced every 6 months, suspension linkage bearings changed when i first bought the bike and greased every winter since.

basically it's had every sensible mod going!

it's not immaculate, in fact one could be cruel and say it's a little rough around the edges (engine corrosion, some bolts etc)

will have 13 months test and 4 months tax

what will this cost you.............

£2499.

haven't posted any piccies yet as i haven't cleaned her properly after the italian job, but happy to send some dirty photos over.

swmbo has said SHE needs something more comfortable, so it's get rid of the bike or the misses!

i dont know where my fuses are for a 2003 fzs1000 and i,m in rome with no lights or blinkers

the item pictured below has a specific job to do on my bike. it's not plugged into anything, doesn't pass through anything.
what does it do?

shlapped the angel on the front with a diablo strada on the rear (don't want to wear the new angel out before the rome trip).
took her out for a 'bimble' this morning and found myself dragging my knee/peg around my fave roundabout
it does make me wonder if we use our tyres to anywhere near their limit.....which is a good thing really, i like a safety margin.
anyway, it would seem that pirelli road tyres can be mixed and matched without too many problems!

why is there so much predjudice about buying a cat d/c bike.
some poor bloke is trying to sell a very nice fazer and he's getting 'that's far too much for a write off'
well the fact is lads (and laddies) a cat d isn't a write off, it's just been recorded on the insurance database as having a claim on it. how many of you have had a bump in a car and got it sorted yourself, or dropped your bike and put a new mirror/indicator on yourself. do you declare that to a potential purchaser?
Cat C on the other hand is 'beyond economical repair', but if you wreck the fairing (£200 + fasteners) tank (£820 + decals) rear surround (£400).........that's a write off.
project shoestring was purchased with a dented tank and dark grey fairing and a very shiney standard can.
a bike is worth what you're willing to pay for it, and someone, somewhere will be seduced by it's charms.

















and it's far too white for my liking

bloody robbin' barstools. taking the crust from my babies mouth. how can they justify this when i'm a low risk rider on virtually a classic bike now!!!!!!.
supppose i'll just have to pay the .............













£68

i hope nobody from here paid nearly £200 for that!!!!!!!!

anyone got the bearing numbers to hand for these little blighters (not the sussie linkage, the actual swing arm) so i'm not bike less for too long waiting for whispered promises to be delivered

TIA
 

£50 delivered

.................not that you sick puppies!
fazer came out to play as we had had at least 5 hours without rain. 1/2 an hour on the fazer after a winter driving coaches really changes your perception of closing speeds

are we going to B-o-t-W again?

"my rev counter is reading wrong when i start the bike up!"

The rev counter acts as a basic diagnostic and shows different rev readings for different faults

3k is TPS sensor

5k is tank sensor unplugged

7k is exup valve problem

9k is tip over switch

"when my bike has been idling in neutral for a while, the fan kicks in. is this normal?"

yes

"what can i do to tune my bike?"

most people here have an Ivan's kit fitted to their carbs, some have gone further and fitted a decent 4-1 system and got even better results. But if you're looking for 160hp.........you've bought the wrong bike!

"the bike is running quite flat low down/reluctant to rev but no 7k fault is showing?"

quite possible that the previous owner has disconnected the exup cables as the exup has seized, usually shut, occasionally open. If the bike is unwilling to rev above 8K, make sure the underseat airbox intake is unobstructed.

"i've snapped a bolt/all three trying to free the exup valve!"

welcome to fazer ownership

"the suspension is a bit soft/bouncy/non existent! What can i do?"

there are a plethora of options available. for the front, a simple respring/re-oil to USD front ends. for the rear, new springs to R6 to ohlins units.

"my bike is running on 3 cylinders!"

don't panic. the fazer has 2 paired coils, so if only 1 cylinder has failed, it's more than likely the connection between the HT lead and the plug cap is fubar. it's usual to trim a SMALL amount off the HT lead and then re-attach the plug lead.

"what tyres are best for my bike?"

black, round ones

"which colour is fastest!"

general consensus of opinion is the dark blue is!

"what were the differences between the years?"

at a glance, the early bikes had a light switch, even numbers only on the speedo, light grey/silver frame and yamaha on the tank
later bikes had no light switch, all the numbers on the speedo, dark grey frame and a tuning fork logo on the tank
later later bikes had black engines and then black swing arms. obviously colours changed from model year to year and there were minor fuelling changes as well (2003>)

I hope this has been helpful, and perhaps some of the more 'experienced' forum members could add their own.

fit them yourself i mean.
apart from the last pair of pirelli's (£90 new), i can't remember the last time i bought a new pair of tyres. just plopped on a strada rear with 6mm of tread for £13 delivered. usually in the summer i get a p/w set of diablos for £60 and spoon them on for the 2 days of dry weather we call summer.
am i alone in this penny pinching or do others here partake of the tyre levers?