Do the 08 forks fit 03 yolks?

yes, mine has 03 bottom yolk and fz1 top yolk.

found the fault.....striped back the covering from the ignition switch wires and found that the black alarm wire which is connected to the live in wire had melted itself to the sidelight wire making it live. Bikes got no alarm now , i cut it out years ago, so i'll remove the alarm wire from the ignition insulate the others and she should be good to go. 

havent seen this before but .......noticed the lights stayed on behind the clocks now when the key is taken out. If you then put the side lights on (no key in the ignition here) it activates the starter relay and dash warning lights, as well as putting the lights on, and you can push the starter button and crank the motor over. SoI pulled the block connecter (one of two) conected to the ignition switch under the tank which seems to disconnect the side lights and dash lights and the bike then behaves normally without the side lights/dash lights and rear lamp of course.
so....ignition switch or maybe the light switch ? or could it be a relay at fault ?
When the ignition switch is in the off position the system should be dead yes ?
I'll carry on the head scratching here but cant get my multimeter till the morning so any things to check letme know
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Modded by Diggers seats. Mods to the seat are slightly lower and wider with the front built up slightly to stop you sliding into the tank. Just needs the std seat catch attaching to fit. Much more comfortable than the std seat. More padding to pillion section too.




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there does seem to be quite a big range where the bearings are fine, mine i like to do them tight, so the bars wont flop to one side when the front wheel is off the ground (on the stand). As long as theres no back/foward movement front the front end they'll pass themot but I always go for a tighter set up. If you try to set them without the front wheel in, the movement needs to be fairly stiff cause when the wheel goes back in adds a lot more weight. Used to set my supermotos so you could feel the notchiness of tight bearings then slacken by a 1/4 of a turn, spot on, cured a lot of bar flapping.

my corbin is like that at the front, never bothered me though 

mityvac is good as long as you put a turn of plumbers tape on the bleed nipples threads, or it'll just suck in air. Large syringe works good too...push the fluid up from the caliper to master, will take a couple mins to do the whole job with the 2 line. With any way though you'll probably still need the loosen nipple,pull clutch in, tighten nipple repeat method to get the job right. As said tape clutch lever in overnight, should force tiny bubbles out the system

used motobatt now for a while on my bikes and cant fault them, still got a yuasa 14b on the fazer and its been spot on too. Its been on for maybe 2 years and starts the bike straight up even when its left standing for weeks.

you could always use renthal 658s too, i tried them but found the riding position a little aggressive,over the front of the bike kind of stance rather than relaxed if you know what i mean

me....i just like the usd look over the std jobbies........"i bet you think this song is about you...dont you....dont you" lol

'spose we're talking in a perfect world here, there maybe the tiniest bit of movement but I cant see how that will make any difference, when you fit the extenders they dont drop on and rattle about, my pics make the extenders look as they are too big but the top of the fork increases in diameter just inside the bottom of the extender, the forks will more than likely move in the clamps too as they cant be a perfect fit either but that never worried me. I think the point is the forks arn't going anywhere. I am 100% happy with the way this is fitted, if your happy with using a drilled out r1 top clamp and a low bike then theres no need for this mod anyway

Ok...so this is another r1 front end conversion, nothing new really  but thought i'd post up pics of the fz1 tope yoke mod supplied by devilsyam, fits str8 on with no issues and totally solves the problem of the front being too low. Forks/yoke and spindle from an 03 bike. I'll run with this for a bit unless an '07 on set of forks/calipers appears !

going to put a set of bar mounted mirrors on and was wondering what others have done. The right hand looks simple enough using the mount already there, is that reverse thread in there ?
Left side was thinking one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bike-Universal-Motorcycle-Mirror-Mounting-Bracket-Suit-22mm-Bar-10mm-Thread-/310475330568?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item4849c59408 which I assume will be normal/right hand thread.
Now then.....If I buy a set of yamaha mirrors will they both be left hand thread, both right hand or one of each ? 

any help welcome........