well im one not to turn a bargain down and was offered 3 x 4ltr tubs castrol power 1 10w40 fully synthetic for £45 and 3 genuine yamaha filters for £15, i know some peeps say fully syn is waisted on the fazer however at that price i thought its too good to turn down, so ive got enougth for 4 oil changes .
 
 
 

Oh i probably opened a can of worms with this question, however i noted some foccers buy car spec oil, and whilst ive been tinkering with cases and now need to fill the engine up with oil, i have afew options.
 
bike spec comp4 10-40 semi syn £39
bike spec comp4 10-40 fully syn £47
 
car spec mobil one 10-40 semi syn £29
car spec mobil one 0-40 fully syn £26 (special offer in halfaurds)
 
Now in the past ive always put comp4 semi syn however if i can buy the same product but cheaper than im game
 
so who puts what in the engine and would you recomm fully syn!! bikes done 12k
 
 
THX Dave 

can you post up or pm the guys details where you had it done please??
 
Cheers  Colin

 
No probs:  http://www.customseats.co.uk/   melvyn hunter and his son ross do the foam mods and gelastic inserts and than they have someone make the cover, they do the work from home and your more than welcome to visit em, melvyn's a nice chap and likes a chat, turn around is 3 days approx well every seat ive had done is about that and ive had about 7 done, i  take my seat to em when im working that way and explain what i want and material, as the design and some of the material you see there is slightly different to the designs on there site but still cost the same.

you silly old foccer     
 
 
 
ONLY JESTIN .

Bloody hell, how many years has he had that now looks exactly as the day i sold it him, and watched it ride out my street and me standing there thinking i should have not sold it     the gearing is stock apart from the rear as i think at the time thats the only size sprox i could get and going up on the rear the speedo read exactly as per the twat nav so is bang on i think.
 
taking into account i did spain on that bike, bilboa back home so he cant have done many miles .
 
strange how my old bikes turn up, i had 2004 blade before that gen1 and the other day that appeared on ebay with only 1000 miles added to it since i sold, and still immaculate, however that gen 1 was the start to the only bike ive owned 3 of so must be GOOD.
 
 
Dave.

Ayup justy, i dont think the multi is at fault however i do think its more sensitive, i think the tank sender is/or was the problem maybe not set up correctly, the way its set now the tank float is mm from the base of the tank and there is still 1-litre left in the tank but the multi gauge now reads 0 so its probably about right now nxt step ill ride it till dry and see if it correctly set up 
The 2nd gen1 i had also had similar probs with the stock gauge misreading what was in the fuel tank and i had to set the sender up on that bike as well.
 
 
Dave 

Ive owned a GS and im sure JP will    value for money its by far the best i brought mine new in nov 2010 was the latest DOHC engine vastly improved over previous years much more GRUNT twas a pre-reg so good saving i did 2500 miles around germany in may for 9 days, and 3500 miles going to imola (italy) for 11 days end of sept-oct, and the odd weekend ride outs and i took all my bling off and just sold the bike all i lost was £600 over the price i brought it new i doubt there is any other bike that holds its value as good as a GS, it used some oil as all do till about 30k i thrashed it a real goodun and it never let me down once.
 
Minced with sportsbikes to and fro italy with ease as you find you can ride a GS faster in the twisties than a spastic rocket due to the confidence it gives 

 
 
I was going to Replace it with a Multistrada a full dancing n singing pikes peak or s-sport but they got serious issues no rear brakes, gearbox jumping out of gears, eletronics locking you out the list just goes on and on, so if any one is thinking about a used one think wisely no extended warranty can be taken unless you have owned from new , (however bmw will extend the warranty on there bikes to any owner as long as bike serviced upto date and its not expensive for what you get) so tbh i dont think a MS is good value unless you prepared to loose a sh1t load of wonga, used MS bikes aint selling.
 
 
Dave 

Just buy some light weight wheels and you will get many benefits not just weight saving either.
 
Less tyre wear giving more miles on a set of tyres due to the rim weight  inertia - Lower unsprung mass provides better tyre grip and reduced tyre wear - Quicker acceleration, faster cornering and later braking- much less rider fatigue- Quicker and more responsive handling . [/font]

I set the TPS so the tach needle flickers between 5 & 10k rpm.  A small amount of advance over the stock setting. 

You could also do Ivan's dynamic method which is described on Pat's Site, too.  You'll end up with the ignition advanced again.  I find my way quicker and less likely to piss off the neighbours.

Mike, ive got a ignition advancer fitted so would i need to be firm as to where the tacho needle ends up!!
 
Karlo, thanks for the offer ill let ya no .

Hi chaps, i sorted the trim panels and they no longer rattle, i filled the bars with tiger seal PU adhesive that dries like rubber i did this with the bars on but forgot about the hole in bar its not pluged, it was for the left hand switch gear and guess wat    i had sealant coming out my LH switch gear    and it fecked now i could not beleave i made this mistake so i got a replacement off the bay.
 
Mike have you a link for doing the carb synch!
 
I called the man at oberone again today he said the heavy stainless bar ends are back in stock as there been alot of peeps asking for them but, so apair is on there way to me. http://www.ducati-products.com/acatalog/Motorcycle_Small_Universal_Bar_End_Weights.html
 
 
 

Ayup chaps, now since i changed my fairing inner pans to carbon ive noticed ive got very light tingling vibs in the bars not sure if it was already this as ive only rode the bike twice since changing the bars to renthal, and at the time oberone had no large stainless weights so ive got the large ali ones and the carbon pans seem to vibrate this did not happen with the stock plastic ones however i had lined the backs of em as well, so my 1st call is going to be line the backs of the carbon pans to eliminate the rattle/vib, now when it comes to bars, ive done a tinternet search and peeps seem to fill the bars up with silicon or expanding foam any one tried this!!
 
Tar Dave 

Ayup solorider, ive done the ais removal on 2 gen1 nows the 1st kit i used is the one you have in you post and the other one using justy's kit, now my opinion i prefer the ebay kit because it leaves the area free of all plugs and looks neat, and at the time i could not find the link on ebay    so went with justy's kit and if your not aware the quality of his stuff is A1.
 
How the ebay kit works you push the cap in and in the other end is a ballbearing as you tap this in it pushes the wall of the cap out making a perfect seal and is pish easy to fit.
 
Dave