Believe this to be the same as my FZR1000RU - it's the blanking plate with the bushes, but just need the plate, got bushes.
Anyone please?

I always carry one of those plastic sidestand pucks under my seat for when parking up on soft/uneven ground. I find they can be a bit of a faff though, especially when it's time to pick it up and leave.

Anyway, I came across a contraption called the "Cameltoe" on google (don't ask how I found it  ). We all love cameltoes, but this one is different. Its a stainless piece that fits to the bottom of your sidestand increasing it's footprint. Thought I'd share with fellow foccers as I've established that the one for the KTM 1190/990/950 should fit the Fazer 6s.

http://www.adventureparts.co.uk/epages/d...E%20KTM%22

Can sometimes be found cheaper through ebay

If you change your bike and want to keep your Oberon pegs, ring them direct 02392 481188 and they will sell you the bike specific part to reuse your pegs on new bike, costs about £ 15, not listed on their site and a lot cheaper than buying complete kit.

Hi Guys.

As some of you will recall .. I ride a HPS (high performance sidecar) outfit,  the 'Spanish Dancer'.  It is based on a big fat Honda CB1300S .. the Beaufort end can is set on the right .. not alongside the sidecar and it's stamped up, officially fully road legal .. but it does sound quite 'throaty'  :rolleyes

In February/ March I will become the proud owner of a Swiss Shepard Dog, (All White Alsation) pup .. he will be almost fully grown by summer .. within a few short months.

I have ideas for a fixed harness to keep him safe and comfortable behind the screen inside the open top cheir.  Rainbow Annie (my much better half) will be moving back up .. onto the pilion seat (so the 'navigation system' will get much more physical  :\  )

My only real concern is:  Will the 'music of the motor' damage the dogs hearing .. or are these animals able to shut down and adjust as requred?

Your opinions, advice, expert info, etc will be much apreciated  .

Cheers Guys .. I'll look out for the feedback.

As Always .. Stay Safe      Trev    (The Polar Bear in Spain)

Happy new year to you all Santa got me a simmi race can for xmas and iv'e got a k and n filter to go with it. Im going to fit some new plugs next service and just wondered whether to fit cr 8 or 9 plugs with the new set up. I'm presuming this will lean off the mixture slightly and maybe run a bit warmer ? Im guessing either would be fine but wondered what more experienced Fazer owners would go for. Cheers 

Right, first post and a bit of a long one, but hoped you guys might be able to help me out with some battery/electric woes I think I am having.


Background

Not been using my bike much over the Autumn/Winter period, only a few sporadic journeys.

I went for a mid-week ride back in November, having not taken it out for a few weeks. Trip was about 30m return. I had the phone (sat nav) charging and both the lights and heated grips on full blast, so drawing a fair bit of power. Tried to start it a few days later and found the battery to be dead.

Did a full charge on the battery, took it out for a ride the following week, 120m or so. About 30m in I noticed a fluctuation with the speedo needle, it gradually got worse and by the 60m mark the needle was going crazy, doing 360’s and in no way related to the speed I was doing. On the way home the problem had spread to the tachometer needle and about 2 miles from home I had the lights flickering (including the dash, although the clock/odometer stopped displaying digits, but remainder back lit), engine stuttering and then cut out completely. After playing with the ignition some I managed to get it started and back home. Checked the battery and the screws had worked quite loose, suspect I hadn't put them on tight enough when I’d re-fitted the battery and they’d worked loose, which may have caused the above symptoms?

Took the battery out, trickle charged for a week, back in the bike on the Sunday, took it out the following Saturday. Started fine first time, tried to re-start after fueling up at the local garage (<1m) and the bike wouldn't start as the battery is dead again. Jump start off a mate got me going again, after a 15m trip I was able to start again on my own, then again after another 15m trip (so assume alternator and reg/rec are working?). Took the battery into the local dealer (only bought it Jan ’13) to check it was holding charge and they spotted no problems…

I’d taken it out again weekend before last, stuck it in the bike Tuesday, wired it to ONLY the bike electrics, tested it again yesterday (i.e. it’d  been stood 6 days) and it was still showing 12.80.


Problem

I finally had the time to spend a good few hours tinkering with it last night at a mates, found my multimeter was faulty which didn't help, but got some rather odd findings which I’m unsure whether or not are related to any of the above:

• With only the multimeter connected to the battery, it was showing 12.86.
  
• With the battery hooked up to the bike, but running multimeter in series (i.e. multimeter bridging the connection between negative terminal on battery and negative cable from bike) it was showing 11.5 – with the ignition off and keys out.
  
• With the multimeter in series and ignition on it jumped to 12.83.
  

• Headlight mod, few years ago now, not touched the wiring since and seems to be working fine
  
• Scottoiler, but V not E, so doesn't go near the electrics
  
• Oxford heated grips, but they’re the ones with the unit that is supposed to shut them off if the ampage gets low so they don’t drain the battery. I also soldered the positive wire from them into the ‘bus bar’ (I think that's what it's called), at the bottom of the fuse box, so they shut off anyway when I turn off the ignition.
  
• Charger for iPhone, from Ultimate Addons, is waterproof with rubber caps on the connectors, wired directly to the battery, also has the auto shut off technology I believe
  
• USB charger, female socket with a waterproof cap which I keep under the seat, also wired directly to battery terminals
  
• Micro USB Charger for the Drift, also waterproof, but usually kept under the seat anyway when not in use
  

Having seen a bit of flooding etc over the past few days I cant help but think it would not have been anywhere near as bad if the councils did 2 things.

1. Maintain the roads properly. There is too much standing water on the roads because the council do a shoddy job at repairing a resurfacing meaning it doesn't drain properly.
2. Clean the drains once in a while. Most of the flooding was because the water couldn't get down the drains nit just the volume of it. OK I know that some was due to rivers bursting their banks etc but a good proportion of it round Sussex was nowhere near a river.

While we are on the topic, the number of people complaining that the electricity companies were slow to fix the supplies. Don't they realise when this has happened before they called in engineers from Ireland and France to help but both those countries got stuffed by the storms too so were a bit too busy to send any spare engineers over.

Looking for a destination on a dry day,,take your pick of these places of interest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25465210

after looking on the net i removed the carb heater pipes on my bike, the question is am i better off reconnecting the pipes? , i have the carbs off at the moment to ivanise them so while they are off i could remove the rubber pipes etc to make things look better.

Once my bandit 600 has gone, I'll be after another bike for work. I've got a short list of machines to chose from, and a tick list for those bikes that I've missed or forgotten about.
The list so far in preference order is:-
Thundercat
Foxeye (had 3 boxeyes in the past, fancy a foxeye)
ZZR600
CBR600

If there's any bikes I've missed, my criteria is as follows:-
Economical 50+ mpg.
Nippy (90+ hp).
At least a 1/2 fairing for the motorway stint.
Reliability
It's gotta be fun!

If there's any of you guys have owned any of the above (dont take the piss with the fazer!), or have any alternative ideas, let me know pro's/cons of ownership.