Anybody doing any Fazering in the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire area this weekend? What's on?

Going to be doing my first oil change soon, couple of quick (and probably stoopid) questions:


1) I'm in the habit of using copper grease on any bolts I remove. Should I grease the sump plug before I put it back in, or do I risk contaminating the oil? If so, copper grease or lithium grease?


2) Which way to turn the sump plug to undo? I've heard people say its the other way than usual because it's upside down, but that's confused me. Don't want to thread it.


3) Will an old washing up bowl be big enough for draining the old oil? Otherwise I'll go asda get cat litter tray.


Sorry if these are dumb, just building up confidence to do these jobs myself (managed to do brake pads successfully but had em checked by professional to be safe, he said all good!).


Thanks in advance, Andy

hi all. i managed to chip a bit of paint off the tail of my bike today bringing it out of the garden so ive been thinking of getting the fairing re done as its faded, the belly pan and the tail. how much would i be looking to pay to get it done?

good evening everybody, been biking best part of 35 years now, time, work and money prevented me livin' the dream, but now I do,  you can see my bike at Yamaha Fazer 600 - livin' the dream  hopefully this pic will upload

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Hi,
new member to the forum here, hoping someone may be able to offer me some advice regarding a problem I'm having with my rev-counter.
the unit keeps cutting out, needle drops back down to zero revs, then flicks up to 3000 revs, runs as it should for a few seconds, then cuts out again. Keeps doing this constantly (also seems to affect the fuel gauge too, but none of the other instruments).
Apologies if this subject has already been dealt with on the forum, I did have a look through to see if anyone had asked about similar problems but drew a blank, any help or advice on this matter would be gratefully accepted.
Thanks in advance for any help you folks may be able to offer.
Jools

Im thinking of buying a set of these as you can get them for about £50 for a pair as I cannot connect my sat nav to the oxford bike mike are they any good, can you talk and charge them up while you ride and how good r they upto cruising speed of 85 ?

Anyone got experience with HP colour laser printers.
The black came up with the usual getting low messages and then very low print may fade message.
It tells me this every 100 pages some 400 pages ago and still it's printing. Is this normal or do I have a magic toner cartridge!

The red one is looking like it's empty according to the display so will that do the same I wonder?

My Fazer 600 2000 model downpipes are like swiss cheese!!! Is anyone selling any? I really dont want to shell out 200 quid to be true!?


Thanks

Hi,

Quick question about the FZS600's mirrors, they're attached to the front fairing which is different from my previous bike and may make storing it a problem (I have to get it down a ginnel then back it up into a tight corner).

Is it possible to fold them in somehow?