Evenings guys,

Looking at buying a set of Givi E21s and side racks off a fella on here, and had a couple questions about them? In the photo he's sent me, the indicators have been relocated up onto the topbox rack, and then there's a metal brace going between the pannier racks through the indicator holes? I'm sure I've seen givi panniers on bikes for sale though with the indicators in the usual place, so is this back brace not really needed, or is it a different type of rack or something?

Ta

Joe

Looks good that stuff, found the S3 case so asked a seller on ebay for a price for the case, a handlebar M8 mount and a connecting arm to link the two together - should be just what I'm after once I know how long I need the arm to be!

Hey guys,

Anyone on here got a RAM satnav setup on their FZS 1000? I'm lookin at getting one myself for it so I can use my phone as a satnav, but wasn't sure what mounting type and arm length combo to go for?

Ta

Joe

How many miles on them mate?
I want to fit a multiguage at some point, might be easier to just wire it up to a set of clocks off the bike rather than have to be without transport whilst i do it!

Thanks - but they are Silicone and I dont want Silicone hoses.
 
Regards
 
Tom

Any reason why not mate? Think you might struggle to find a specific fazer kit to be honest apart from Yamaha's own - all the aftermarket ones are silicon as far as I'm aware!

After something to lower the bars on my FZS1000, it's got what I'm 99.9999%sure are renthal ultralows on at the moment, and I still seem to be sitting far too upright compared to what I'm used to!
Had a search and it didn't come up with a lot of info for the 1000 other than the GTYR lowering kit, which is bloody expensive new!
Was wondering if there were any other commonly used options available to lower the bars? Ideal situation would be a set of clipons to be honest, if anyone has ever experiemented with those?

Give it a couple years and Yamaha will have made their cross plane crank triple engine, put in in a sportsbike, and then taken it out and stuck it in a Fazer-esque machine. Voila, triple engined fazer

And don't use the last liter or so, as it'll probably have a load of water in it, which will then result in you needing to strip down your fuel system to clean it out!

Search function has thrown up that I need a C1/C2 ZX9R clutch lever and perch, so hunting myself down one

Well went for what was only supposed to be a viewing and a test ride today, and ended up coming away with a new bike
 It's a 2003 Yamaha FZS 1000 Fazer in silver, had noticed it on eBay as being slightly cheaper than the rest, with a bunch of mods fitted that I'd have done anyway, and advertised as being in excellent condition.
 Turned up, and the bike was totally mint, all the consummables were great, it had a full service history and all the paperwork checked out.
 Took it for a test ride, and was very impressed with it. It's bloody cold out so I can't really hammer it around yet (and the upright riding position seems REALLY weird at the moment), but the engine feels very strong at low revs indeed, to the point where if I opened the throttle quite quickly at about 3k revs, it would spin up continuously. You know it's probably not too bad when you're in 6th at 30mph and it's pulling strongly! Brakes are also very good, which actually gave me a bit of a fright to start with as I was worrying I was going to lock them up! Only bit I reckon I made need to sort is the suspension, on the very tentative ride today I had it seemed "right", which probably means when I want to start pushing it, it'll seem a bit bouncy.
 Not the colour I wanted, but at the price, condition and with the extras, I just couldn't turn it down!
 
 Even had a bit of a result with adding it onto my insurance, initial quotes I had were about £160 to add on an 03 model. Rang up Carole Nash and asked about adding it on, and then asked about modifications. It's not got a LOT of mods on it at the moment, but as the insurance company didn't pay out for the last lot as I hadn't declared them, I decided I was going to declare everything I could possibly do to it, just so when it DOES get done, it'll be properly covered. Weirdly, adding all the modifications to it dropped it to £125, and I managed to get my £500 excess protection insurance thrown in for free
 
 
 Just ordered myself an alarmed disc lock, need to get some heated grips sorted too as my hands are fecking cold (never realised quite how effective the 9's fairing was at helping with that!) and then need to sort out a topbox, and then I'm done for now

So now I've got it, are there any jobs I should do to it that'd help improve it? And what would modifications would people recommend?
 

Doe anyone happen to know where you can buy the LED gear indicator featured in the "articles" section from? I've never seen one look so nicely integrated into the dash before!

Being new to Fazers, whats the difference between the 1000 and the 600?

Well guys, finally had my insurance payout come through, so looking to buy an FZS. Was just wondering if there was anyone in here that was thinking about selling? I've had a nose at all the colour schemes now and decided I can't live with either a yellow or a blue one - I don't like the colour blue for some reason, and I find the yellow one just too loud!
As said before in my wanted thread, the ideal colour scheme would be the black/red later models, but i also quite like the gunmetal grey of the later ones too. Would much prefer a black painted engined bike if possible . Also willing to pay more for extras that I'd be wanting on the bike anyway (aftermarket shock, fork work, ivanising and a topbox are the main priorities).
So, who's up for selling?