what did you do with your fazer today ?

[lew600fazer]

Rode roads like this today, 6 of use in total had some fun with a new guy in our group he was on a Honda 600 Hornet, them wee bastards can shift, his skills are greater than mine but we had a buzz. Heading towards the Jalon valley. The weather this week is to turn nasty so glad we got out and about today.
Lew

[Hedgetrimmer]

371 miles: from Carterton, Oxfordshire, to Chesterfield, loop (with nakedadder & andybesy - cheers fellas!  ) including Snake Pass, Cat & Fiddle (done it at last!), round by various very enjoyable roads to Matlock Bath, and home again. And discovered both up and back that A361 between Banbury & Daventry is a cracking little twisty road - pity the sun was in my eyes both god-damned directions!
 
 

[slimwilly]

Nice one Nick,,winter is coming

[Hedgetrimmer]

Nice one Nick,,winter is coming

Hey Lew, any winter jobs down your way? 

[garyb]

Cleaned and balanced the carbs - went for a spin and bike running so much sweeter now!

[nakedadder]

371 miles: from Carterton, Oxfordshire, to Chesterfield, loop (with nakedadder & andybesy - cheers fellas!  ) including Snake Pass, Cat & Fiddle (done it at last!), round by various very enjoyable roads to Matlock Bath, and home again. And discovered both up and back that A361 between Banbury & Daventry is a cracking little twisty road - pity the sun was in my eyes both god-damned directions!

There's a fat bloke with a silver helmet on who seems to be trying to find out where the road disappears to 

[Hedgetrimmer]

There's a fat bloke with a silver helmet on who seems to be trying to find out where the road disappears to 

Thought you'd got fed up with the Triumph and was going to walk the rest of the way - shoulda stuck with a Fazer! 

[nakedadder]

There's a fat bloke with a silver helmet on who seems to be trying to find out where the road disappears to 

Thought you'd got fed up with the Triumph and was going to walk the rest of the way - shoulda stuck with a Fazer! 

No chance of that Nick     the growl from that 1050 triple is addictive, get yourself a test ride on one, you know you want to 

[bristol banger]

Stripped and cleaned the exup valve, only one sheared bolt. Drilled and cleaned up thread then copious amounts of copper slip all working a treat

[lew600fazer]

Nice one Nick,,winter is coming

Hey Lew, any winter jobs down your way? 

Hi Nick, loads of work , my wife has no bother finding me jobs to do around the house. Her version of DIY translates Destroy IT Yourself.
Muggins here has to pick up the pieces. 
She has got cute to me now though she starts doing something and I will try and get a rise out of her!! usually I can through a hissy fit and say had enough I am away out on the bike, she hid my keys the other day
Lew

[midden]

371 miles: from Carterton, Oxfordshire, to Chesterfield, loop (with nakedadder & andybesy - cheers fellas!  ) including Snake Pass, Cat & Fiddle (done it at last!), round by various very enjoyable roads to Matlock Bath, and home again. And discovered both up and back that A361 between Banbury & Daventry is a cracking little twisty road - pity the sun was in my eyes both god-damned directions!

How long did it take Nick

[unfazed]

Replaced my front Blue Spots with a set of 2003 R1 Gold Spots.
Will post a picture when I get to take it out of the garage, started raining as I was finishing up and did not get a chance to take it for a spin. They look good on the Fazer
The pistons are black and look like a teflon coating just like the Fazer 400 Brembos. They are supposed to be the best of the bunch before they changed to radial ones

[Hedgetrimmer]

371 miles: from Carterton, Oxfordshire, to Chesterfield, loop (with nakedadder & andybesy - cheers fellas!  ) including Snake Pass, Cat & Fiddle (done it at last!), round by various very enjoyable roads to Matlock Bath, and home again. And discovered both up and back that A361 between Banbury & Daventry is a cracking little twisty road - pity the sun was in my eyes both god-damned directions!

How long did it take Nick

Carterton to Chesterfield took from about 7:20 am to 10:30am. But, had to stop once to remove pinlock which actually made things worse in early morning cold. Also, 2 leisurely coffee breaks - got to services just before meet point nr. Chesterfield at 10:00 am. Did the loop by 5:00 pm ish (?) - not really sure. Again, we didn't go fast and stopped a few times including longish break for food at Congleton (?) and another longish break (for more food  ) at Matlock Bath.
 
Snowdonia next? Approx 200 miles each way plus play time whilst there. Will need a very early start, might have to wait for longer days again next summer.
 
No sore ass, I swear to God it's cos of merino wool boxer shorts!

[dBfazer600]

Whilst I was away on a Pan Europe for the weekend A friend fitted my new can

Details 9 Simon fitted new can to my bike 2013

9 Simon fitted new can to my bike 2013

[Hedgetrimmer]

Nice one Nick,,winter is coming

Hey Lew, any winter jobs down your way? 

Hi Nick, loads of work , my wife has no bother finding me jobs to do around the house. Her version of DIY translates Destroy IT Yourself.
Muggins here has to pick up the pieces. 
She has got cute to me now though she starts doing something and I will try and get a rise out of her!! usually I can through a hissy fit and say had enough I am away out on the bike, she hid my keys the other day
Lew

Lew, please tell me, how much does this housework lark pay? 
I would suggest hiding spare keys all over the place. For a small wage, I'll come out and ensure there's always a set she doesn't find...

[noggythenog]

Replaced my front Blue Spots with a set of 2003 R1 Gold Spots.
Will post a picture when I get to take it out of the garage, started raining as I was finishing up and did not get a chance to take it for a spin. They look good on the Fazer
The pistons are black and look like a teflon coating just like the Fazer 400 Brembos. They are supposed to be the best of the bunch before they changed to radial ones

Yum yum unfazed, this looks like a tasty mod,


Now please tell me how easy it is to do & how plentifull these bad boys are.

[unfazed]

A direct replacement, only extra was 4 copper washers for the banjo bolts on the calipers. They even take the same brake pads. The longest part of the job was bleeding the brakes afterwards
I got them on ebay from Germany for £120 incl postage. I was looking for about a month, but they seem come up regularly enough. They are from the 2002/2003 R1. There were plenty of them available in the US at the time.
 
 

[mickvp]

A direct replacement, only extra was 4 copper washers for the banjo bolts on the calipers. They even take the same brake pads. The longest part of the job was bleeding the brakes afterwards
I got them on ebay from Germany for £120 incl postage. I was looking for about a month, but they seem come up regularly enough. They are from the 2002/2003 R1. There were plenty of them available in the US at the time.

how are they different to the OEM "Blue spot" calipers? is it just the colour, or are the pistons etc a different size?

[unfazed]

The major difference I could see was the pistons and the only cosmetic difference is the colour.
 

[bigbluebear]

Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet

[Hedgetrimmer]

Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet

Malaig road is the one with all the speed limit signs on the tight bends - dual carriageway? Foc me it was windy when I did that road! Good ride tho'.

[bigbluebear]

Glasgow to Malaig and back, 340 miles.......the mighty Fazer Thou didn't miss a beat..... Brilliant day out, pissed down big style on the way back and glad I put Dunlop Roadsmarts on a few weeks ago, great grip in the wet

Malaig road is the one with all the speed limit signs on the tight bends - dual carriageway? Foc me it was windy when I did that road! Good ride tho'.

I think you remember wrong Nick as there are no dual carriage ways to Mallaig

[red98]

that will be the A830.....rode it this summer from mallaig down to fort william...single carriageway with tight bends around the rock face.....dry day for me,fantastic road   

[Dead Eye]

Went to go out yesterday for a long overdue play in the aim to rack up a few hundred miles but alas it was not meant to be. Got out to the garage and faffed around a bit checking out the air filter... then the bugger wouldn't start again. Spent 10 mins figuring out what was wrong and... the kill switch had been knocked again *sighs*

So left late, then got about 3 miles away and the bike started to splutter and come to a halt... crap... god damn fuel pipe is kinked under the tank and I forgot to bring any tools with me. Half hour later my house mate turns up and I get the bike running again. By this point big black clouds have come over and are looking menacing so gave up and rode home - it just wasn't meant to be. Turned out that the rest of the day was actually quite nice with no rain but I bet if I'd have continued it would have thrown it down just to spite me :P

[bigbluebear]

that will be the A830.....rode it this summer from mallaig down to fort william...single carriageway with tight bends around the rock face.....dry day for me,fantastic road 

That's the very one and it was dry for me too, it didn't start raining until Crianlarich all the way down Loch Lomond side then cleared up at the Erskine Bridge