c'mon, own up you lot!
who has a mobile M&P/rizoma catalogue
from rim tape to anodized engine bolts.
luke is clearly exempt from this as his stuff usually isn't bought and bolt on.
for me it's function over form every time so if it doesn't serve a purpose, i don't need it.

I have a fuel injected bike (not a Fazer) that has been standing in a warm garage since June last year. I rode down to Hastings on the ay Day run and the throttle was sticking at around 7k. This seemed to free itself after a few miles and all now seems well except the revs don't want to drop below 2k. :'(

The bike was working perfectly when it was garaged in June.

Could this be a matter of blocked something or other due to the fuel standing around for so long? If it is then what is the best way of cleaning through the system? I am using the bike at the end of June so need to get it sorted what ever it is. Any ideas anybody?

Im planning on fitting a new slip on exhaust on my 08 gen2. removing the exup cables looks doable for a ham fisted clot like me but the geezer in the youtube vid i just watched took out the cat honeycomb with a chisel. This looks a bit extreme to me so is it really nescesary?

A teaser for the full road (or off it even!) test that Moto Journal have done on the MT-09.

I'm looking forwards to next week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOwjOQHtt8s

It's not a Fazer but it's worth a watch

YZF600 Engine disassembly 2nd Gear Rebuild, Full tear down.

Must be the very rare solid silver edition  :lol



http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/bikes-for-sale/searchresults/detail/yamaha/fzs600-fazer/2001/_/R-NXGN-3064778

open heart surgery this week end

see link for result (factory stacks rock)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152180098958800

time to make this bike fly

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God damn it every time I seem to have fixed and run the bike something else seems to go wrong.

Now when it gets warm it decides to blow white/blue smoke after about 3 minutes running on the idle with it blowing every sec or so. It smells like partially burnt petrol so I'm assuming it can't combust enough.

My suspicions I think are confirmed given that I have a small patch of water where it seems to have leaked from the exhaust in a hairline crack (it also seems to steam from here when running). Confirmed?

I am seriously thinking about trading in my gen 1 fazer 1000, which i have had for six years, for a fazer8.
Has anyone else done this? Any real regrets? Will i miss the power of the 1000?

After having slow running problems I guessed that lack of use over the winter months had gummed up one of the pilot jets. The Haynes manual only shows them stripping the Thundercat carbs but it's easy enough to suss out which is the pilot jet. My question is though, what is the brass jet next to the main jet with no hole through it and what's it's purpose?  Running like a Swiss watch again now though.