Couple of days ago I went to start the bike in pitch darkness very early morning and the starter did nothing.
It just flashed up the yellow dash light, which I'm guessing is an engine light, and the red oil light.
I hadn't ridden it for a couple of days so pumped the clutch lever in case the clutch plates were sticking and a couple of goes later it started and all was good again, so i just let it go.


As I had today off I gave the battery a charger boost for 5hrs, and then I just changed the oil and filter as well.


Before changing the oil I let the bike tick over for 5mins to warm the oil up a bit before draining it.


When I was all done, I turned the key, and it was dead again, with just those two lights showing.


After about 4 or 5 attempts, and some serious staring, it then sprung to life again?


I let it run for a bit then switched off and on a few times and it was totally fine.
As it was an ignition issue I also gave the ignition barrel a good spray with some Contact Cleaner.


Question is, if this happens again and I can't get it going, where should I start looking for faults?


I had issues years ago with ropey starting, and the Contact Cleaner spray worked miracles on the ignition barrel, so I'm hoping it won't happen again, but if it does any ideas why as this specific problem is not something I have encountered before?

TTSIA really.


When i use the side stand, it is standing precariously upright so i tend to lean it against a wall in gear at home or when i pop in the local shops.


My only thought is perhaps it has been lowered to cause this. It does have a centre stand but I'd prefer to keep that for maintenance etc only.


IS there a way i can tell if it has been lowered? I daren't bend the side stand to make it stand at a better angle as that's madness.


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Hello this is an introductory query really. I do have plenty of other questions but i shall start here.


I've tried searching the colour options in which the 1999 Fazer 600 were originally available in (Excuse the wording)


They do not mention White & just wondered if it was a standard colour or if it was a dealer option of sorts, as personally i have never seen a gen 1 white on the road (could just be bad luck or the pepperpot of a county i live in)


IF anyone knows what colours were available as standard it would be appreciated as they seem to list golf black burgundy and silver.


Kind regards.

Hi everyone. I have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 2000's by my son. Back in the day I rode a kawasaki z750 twin (I still have it in the garage and keep threatening to get it restored) which I adored. Just before Christmas my son surprised me with a already restored replica of my cherished bike. As soon as I sat on it I was hooked and decided to get another bike for myself. One week ago I became the proud owner of 2003 gas 1000. My god! What a difference from the days when my local copper would love a quick race up the A3 and a mobile phone was carried in an army back pack! However, I digress, what I want to ask is can anyone recommend a exhaust that I can fit to my bike so it sounds right? I believe that there are now laws that prevent me from being heard miles away and frightening dogs and young children but surely a little grunt won't hurt? Any recommendations would be gratefully received. :thumbup :thumbup

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Taken from my old 600 Foxeye European import simply plugs between two existing connectors below the tank, a kph speedo then displays in mph and records distance in miles. £35 posted.

Hi everyone.


I had a search around and I can find any info on the total load weight of the Fazer 1000.


I have a 2003 with a standard shock (I know....upgrade to the R6 shock - this is my next mod) and 50mm raiser dog bones to help the steering etc. My static sag is about 35mm when I sit on the bike my myself which I think is about right but I would turn up the preload for 2 up to help.


My question is has anyone any experience of 2 up with luggage (panniers) with rider and pillion being a nice comfy weight. I'm 6 foot and about 15.5 stone. The wife is "about" 13 stone but 6.2 ish (not that her height make any difference but she would say she has a good excuse) :rolleyes [size=78%]. [/size][/size]That give us a combined weight of 28.5 stone or 177KG....give or take a good breakfast. Add to that motorbike kit and a bit or weekend luggage and we would be pushing 190/200KG...I pack light![size=78%]

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most of us use bikes less during the winter and topically during the several lockdowns these past 12 months.  lets start by saying i dont need my bikes (3) for anything other than pleasure , however  even during the long winter , I pick a dry day and will give them a 30min ride to maintain usage year round during dec to march maybe once every 4 weeks until spring and from April - November use them all  regularly anyway.
however there might be times , like now where you just cannot use them , unless it genuinely is your only form of transport, its feasible as we have seen before now  than a lockdown can be 3 months or even more.
so how to maintain them for a period of lay off , where as in this instance , its pretty much illegal, apart from if it was your only form of transport.


do you just lay them up accept the situation and wait it out, or do you start them up every now and then ?  I heard that running them up for short periods like 5-10 mins can cause condensation in the header pipes etc.  is it ok to run them stationary for longer amounts of time until the cooling fan comes on , apart from the I.C.E nothing else moves and the oil pump and charging system are on a limited variance of rpm, and ideally you'd want the oil temp to get fully up to temp. then there's the brake calipers that need movement etc ,  how to achieve maintenance during a dormant period of time where the bike can not be ridden as designed to be used ?
a lot of bikes in showrooms get unridden until sold for many months sometimes a year , i think newish bikes cope better with that situation but older bikes i believe need to be ridden at least once a months to keep everything in shape.


what do you guys do , particularly in this lockdown when we cannot ride .