Looking for another Fazer FZS1000 Gen 1 as mine was written off, I thought I had one sorted but, sadly, it didn’t happen, so I have the money waiting. Looking for a bike in reasonable condition, although I’m quite capable of doing a bit of work if the bike has the potential.
With the COVID restrictions, I’m not sure how I am going to go about seeing a bike, so ideally something fairly near to me in Bristol or we can work something out for when things change.
I joined the group at the end of December, but I've had my Fazer since 1994.
I have a 1986 Fazer that came pre-crashed with only 1800 miles on it. The guy I got it from had 2 Fazers that had been crashed and the one I got had the better parts of both and was actually in pretty decent shape, mostly just scrapes on the pipes and missing the fake air scoop on the right. I rode the Fazer for years, mostly as a commute bike, and put over a hundred thousand miles on it. Great engine, but spooky handling because of the little 16 inch front wheel and 15 inch rear wheel with fat tire, and long chassis. Nevertheless, a great commuter because of its smooth, linear power delivery, decent gas mileage, great tire life, and reasonably upright riding position.
It had about 103,000 mile on it when the bearing on the transmission output shaft went out. I found out the only way to fix it was to completely tear down the engine and split the cases, so I just parked it in the back of the garage. After I retired, I finally got sick of seeing it sitting in the garage taking up space, so I decided it was time to either fix it or get rid of it. For some reason, I chose the former. Fixing it turned into a year long project removing the engine, tearing it apart, chasing parts (some are very hard to find, all are expensive), and finally getting it back together. I can now say, I have seen virtually every part in that engine.
It now has about 1,000 miles on it since the overhaul and has held together for a season of drag racing at the Wednesday night bracket races at Sonoma raceway, so I guess I can call the overhaul successful. :lol
Here's a picture of the Fazer the day I rolled the odometer over, near the Golden Gate bridge.
Guys, I need to get another Optimate (current one is being used to keep my car alive) and there's a surprising number of different models now.
Presuming none of my vehicles have lithium batteries (3 bikes and 2 cars) newest being a 2016 but I checked and that has a lead acid type battery, which Optimate should I go for?
When I bought my current one there was only a choice of 6v or 12v so it was an easy decision to make.
I would need to use the new one on my FZ1S and a 2012 Audi so it has to do both - any recommendations?
Hi, my FZ1 came with some gold foldable aftermarket levers, I've just changed back to OEM purely because I don't like the colour. The levers always fitted ok and look well made but is there any way to tell if they are cheap Chinese copies or a reputable make like pazzo?
I only ask as this would determine their value to sell them on.
Hi Guys
I will have full sets for sale soon , just going to try a full set soon to make sure they all fit as they should then i have some to sell , to see what interest there is , gen 1 1000 only
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[color=rgb(24, 36, 48)][/size]Hi i have no spark at the plug and have carried out the below checks:[/color]
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[color=rgb(24, 36, 48)][/size]no spark with plug removed and ground to engine body, plug cap resistance taken all within the correct ranges.[/color][color=rgb(24, 36, 48)][/size]Primary and secondary reading taken from both coils again within correct ranges.12v being supplied to the coils when engine is turned over but no spark at the plug?(12v feed at primary connectors)TPS wires belled back to plug at the CDI/TDI all clearany suggestion what to test next[/color]
hope some one can help, im looking at replacing my CDI unit info on the unit(J4T095 72 5DM-01 2X08) and was looking at second hand units. All the info is the same on other units except the last four digit(on my unit 2X08). My question is are any of the other units interchangable ie: 2000 model to a 2003 or 1998 to a 2003.
I cant seem to find and info to say they are or are not. :'(
