Hi all,

My Box Eye had been laid up for a while and I have now replaced the battery.  She starts and runs fine but carb #3 is leaking slowly through the overflow while running.  I have a fair bit of experience with 40+ year old 2-strokes with carbs and assume the same float valve issues exist on the 4-stroke carb based Fazers too.

Any tips on what to look for and replace when I take a look over the Christmas holidays?  I’m assuming the float valve and float bowl gasket as a minimum.  Would you do all 4?

All the best

Geoff

I was meandering YouTube and came across a video discussing floating discs and how to free them up with a torx driver, brake fluid and a twiddle.
In the 20 odd years I've had the bike, I've never done this. I had a quick look at the bike - too cold to give it more than a cursory look - I couldn't detect any movement.
Not wishing to fix something that's not broken I thought I'd ask the group.

Is this part of your normal maintenance and should you be able to detect any movement?

Hi all,

I’ve had my Box Eye 600 for about 2 years as part of a collection of 5 bikes in total.  I picked the bike up as a stolen recovered spares or repairs but fell in love so opted to repair the damage and also make a few other mods. The fairing was badly damaged so I removed it and fitted a single headlight for a more naked look.

I am looking forward to sharing and learning from others here.

Cheers
Geoff (Powys, Wales)

   

Do the downloads for the Owners Manuals still exist?  I was looking for a U.K. 2004 Fzs 1000 manual.

Noticed that people are often looking for oil coolers. Curious as to why, what happens to their original ones?

I've got a Datatool gear indicator fitted to my 2004 Fazer 1000 but it's becoming unreliable (the indicator, not the bike). I was thinking of replacing it for a new one but then it occurred to me that all I actually need is a light that illuminates when I'm in 6th (to prevent me from trying to change up into a non-existent 7th gear). I don't need to know which gear I'm in otherwise.

I've read about the inner workings of the Multigauge designed by Christian Vieth (Schlumpf) on his info-packed website. Christian has very helpfully shared the ratios of pulse frequencies from the sensors for engine rpm and for speed for each gear - I'm only interested in that for 6th - and as far as I understand, all that would be required would be the means to calculate the ratio in real time, compare it with one stored in a register, and then illuminate an LED or activate a relay when the current ratio equals that pre-stored for 6th gear.

Has anyone done this already? If not, does anyone here have the necessary knowledge?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Added a picture to show the part. Long shot but somebody may have one from a scrap engine.

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Help please.2001 gen 1 FZ1 US model. Red wire was shorted to the other 3 and I found the starter relay module relay faulty and replaced the whole module but same result. Backlight on dash comes on, as well as headlights blinkers, etc. However, no numbers or clock or anything, and no neutral light. Any help or ideas? I started going through the service manual and wiring. Any suggestions?

Update, when pulling the headlight fuse, the dash display (odo and clock) work again, but still no neutral light or crank when start is pushed, even with clutch in. All fuses are good. .

Hi

I have a notchy headstock and need to replace the bearings.

Has anyone had any good feedback from the Pyramid ones for sale on the bay?

I'm not too worried about the bearing themselves, but more whether the seals are the same design as Yamaha OEM.

Thanks in advance

Wanted a rear hugger for an FZS 600 currently have black looking for a blue one pls. 

Thanks 

Mike