Richfzs, I love your idea about the mains electricity! One time that I wouldn't mind being woken up by chavs shouting 


But yeah, it's underneath a lamp post chained in place underneath my bedroom window.. I can't believe I didn't hear the little shits. I'm leaving my blinds and windows open tonight and leaving my PC monitor on overnight so it looks like someone's awake in the room. Should be a deterrent I hope! My dad's looking into getting some TORX-esque things to fit on the calipers for me.


Failing that, Cable Tie's idea sounds pretty good!


Never gunna ride off without testing my brakes again =@

Yeah, it's bloody annoying. Stupid thieving shits =@


Cheers for that Packie, that's what I was after! I sent off a message asking for prices on some of their Armour-Caps.


Ollie

Really sorry to hear that. Glad you're ok though, that's the most important thing. Plus it sounds like just cosmetic damage, which is good.

Just realised I dont have a decent outside shot of the bike since it was repaired.


This is as close as ive got - need to take more



Can and Pan by lazaruscs, on Flickr

That's a lovely Fazer! Love the can =)

Cheers Darrsi,

That's great, I'll grab a replacement 54 or 55 (need to look at the bike again after work!) and a couple of clips then. Thanks for all the help with the diagnosis 

Ollie

Ahh ok, yellow anti freeze makes more sense.
And yep, I'll take your advice on the rad flush, cheers!.

Sorry for all of my questions, never had a liquid cooled engine before! I came straight from a GS500 (imagine my surprise when I yanked on the front brake on the Fazer for the first time  )

I'll keep ya posted.

Ollie

Hello folks.

I thought that the overflow tank was where I was supposed to be topping my coolant up (it was empty yesterday), so I went outside and topped it up to full last night.. =/

Anyway, I only really do 2 mile trips on the bike to work and back every morning and afternoon and it leaks religiously when I get to work and when I get home. I took the bike for a proper blat this evening (40 miles) and there was no leak at all.

I took the tank off and couldn't see fluid anywhere and I took the radiator filler cover off and it was all nice and clean inside.

Is there any chance that this random coolant weep is being caused by such short trips on the bike every day?

Also, no I've not got the centre stand on yet! Turns out that it can't pivot due to the position of the exhaust. Gunna deal with that shortly 

Hi all!

I've noticed recently that after running the bike on short journeys there are lots of drips of green liquid on the left hand side of my engine casing. (I'm assuming it's coolant?) What's the best way to locate where this is coming from?
I've had a good look around but it's such a rats nest of hoses etc. around there that it's difficult to see where the problem lies.

Thanks,
Ollie

Hey Darrsi,

Thanks for the offer but I got it sorted now mate! =D

Ahh that's a great idea! I'll go and have a look now, thanks. Not heard of ajsutton before!

Hi all,

I've just bought myself a centrestand on eBay for my '98 FZS600, but it didn't come with any of the fittings (springs, nuts, bolts etc)

Where would be the best place to get these remaining bits? I've tried WeMoto, eBay, cmsnl.com etc but not found them yet!

I rang my local Yam dealer and he suggested that he could kit me out for £50, which seems a bit steep to me.

Cheers,

Ollie

Yep, just checked and mine has a code of 100 (Netherlands). So I guess it's done a lot less miles than I imagined..

Which means that the bike was an absolute bargain 

Thanks for the link to the thread, that's interesting!

Hi all,

Just went for a little blat to Bristol and back while the weather was k, and noticed that my trip meter is measuring in KMs not miles. Does this mean that the bike's mileage is not 42,000 miles, but 42,000 KM? ('98 FZS600)

Apologies for sounding thick, but I'm a bit thick