So i was in a shop a while back and I saw the mechanic has a tank prop made out of what looked like a pneumatic car hood prop (see below) and I wonder if there was a shorted one for motorcycles..? Or Will have I have to make one out of a small gas strut & some rubber feet..?

- https://www.amazon.com/Performance-Tool-...648&sr=8-2

On the hunt for more parts for my 2007 FZ1 -

• chain and sprocket kit
  
• complete rear wheel bearing set.
  

        A reasonable condition decal from the swinging arm that I can get copied. These used to be available new from Fowlers Yamaha.  Part No 5LV-21668-00.  But alas now N.L.A as many Gen 1 Fazer parts are rapidly becoming,  :\  (The Gen 2 decal is available)  If someone has a knackered swinging arm, the decal can be removed with little damage, see you tube.

   
       

So I just got made aware that I have a non-standard rear suspension wishbones and dogbone on my recently purchased FZ1. So I am on the hunt for a stock items if anyone has them?

This is the part I am referring too - https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/648...a/rear-arm

• part 21 & 22
  

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Hi everyone.

New member here from Norfolk. I've posted a little already. Thought I should probably introduce myself. Picked up this little cafe racer/flat tracker modded '99 FZS600 not so long ago. Absolutely love the engine  Gonna be trying to connect the original speed sensor and tacho to the aftermarket speedometer soon. I can post a little howto if I manage to get it working and people would be intereted in that?

I purchased a modified Fazer back in September and the previous owner put flatter bars on it. The front break master cylinder reservoir is not parallel with the brake lever. This means that now, when the bike is upright, the reservoir is sloped at an angle and not parallel with the floor.

I found out the problem with this the hard way. I went to drain the brake fluid while fitting new brake hoses. Took the cap off the reservoir and got covered in brake fluid. When replacing the fluid I had to lean the bike over to make sure I could put enough in without any spilling out.

Has anyone changed to flat bars? If so, did you do anything to make the reservoir level with the floor when the bike is upright? Maybe replace it with a different one from another bike? Or are you just careful when replacing fluid and bleeding your brakes?

I have a pair of forks which were off the second version of the R6 (2003-2005 5SL model) although it gained bling gold USD forks in 2005.  They were on my Gen 1 for about 9 months until I upgraded to R1 units. They certainly perform better than standard forks. One of the forks has a leaking oil seal so you'd be looking at Right-Way-Up fork seals for the 5SL model made during 2003-2004. These are about £25 per pair. There are some marks on the chrome tubes where they have been clamped in the headstock. I think they are worth £150 plus postage. Anybody interested?

due to an external hard drive crashing i am needing to take new photos for a new business im setting up
unfortunately i have no dirty carbs left and no photos of the clean ones before i cleaned them
so if anyone has a set of carbs and would like them given a FREE multistage ultrasonic clean and even a soda blast then let me know
you will get my address and my email so i can send you some pics.
you send them to me and i will pay for postage back probably within 48 hours (need photos quick and run out of friends with dirty ones)


all i ask is you yourself take some photos before posting and after you receive them back -maybe a bit of sending people my way :lol


im on here most days , so let me know either below or DM

So how many FZ1 owners on here, have or have had PR4's on their FZ1..?

I'm asking as the new bike has them and on the way home at 70-80 I was noticing a slight wibble. I have yet to check the pressures that were put in by the bike shop, but I can only imagine to high if anything.  At low speed the bike is rock solid and below 70 I don't notice the wibble at all, I don't believe and it doesn't feel like the wheel is out of balance.

As we have a few thread for common tasks that get repeated threads, I figured it would make sense to create a sticky with links to all of these threads. I will update this OP as I go, so welcome suggested threads to be added to this sticky.

Gen1

• General techniques: Cleaning brake pistons - link
  
• Fork overhaul procedure - Regular user, link -Technical user, link
  
• FZ6/8/1, FZS(6/1) - Blue Spot caliper service - link
  
• LED bulbs for the headlight - link
  
• Power/Voltage drop tweak/fix for headlight - link
  
• Exup Valve - link - depending on per-year mileage, this should be done every 3 months or twice a year.
  
• Wheel Bearing & Seals - link
  

• Mirror mod, FZS mirrors on FZ1 - link
  
• Spongy brakes on ABS gen2 - link
  
• Replacing ignition keys - link
  
• Changing the handlebars - link
  
• Engine warning light on & fault code 34 - link
  
• Generator rotor rebuild - link - but its safer to just replace the rotor - link
  
• Generator rotor bearing/s replacement - link
  
• Wheel Bearing & Seals - link
  

• TFT Dash project - link