Last Friday the zapper got slightly wet.  I stopped at Tescos (3 miles from home) and when I went back out - zippo nothing.
Got myself picked up, went home and tried to dry it out.  Nothing so a quick call to the RAC and they recovered it home.  Alarm going off all the way into our sleepy village.


Why do they let water in - where should I keep it handy for starting up - how much for a new zapper - or should I have the alarm removed?


Go on then  tell be about it......  Thanks

iv  come across some more of my old fazer spare parts and want them to go to someone who needs them,parts are starter motor,pair of ignition coils,cdi unit and some engine cases,all was removed from a 99 running donar bike so not in new condition! pm me if you need anything,collection from hull preferred but will post cheers mark

undamaged OEM bars for the 600 wanted!

Hi everyone!


My name is matt, I live in Bristol and have recently bought 2003 FZS 600


Just wanted to say hello and thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge on this site! I have learnt a lot about my bike reading the forum!


Also! Thanks to John Silva for recommending me this website!


matt


 

What a ballache of a weekend.


I'd not had any issues with the exup valve, although it has been starting to squeak the last couple of weeks when I switched the ignition on.

Strikes me that you either attack this exup valve and deal with the consequences of dismantling before it breaks, or do it when it breaks. Either way, it would appear that if bikes got more than 6k miles on it, chances are its gonna be a nightmare, so may as well do it sooner rather than later, IMO.

Anyway, not sure what has happened with this valve in the past, but the cover is fixed in a bit of a Heath Robinson fashion, spaced out from the valve by large nuts , with the cover securing bolts obviously passing through these.


That's the first oddity.


I have been soaking the exup bolts with penetrating oil  the last week, so thought I'd give it a go yesterday.  Had the blowtorch on the first one for a good while to heat things up.  First bolt (bottom left) finally began to shift.  Second bolt (top left) had the same treatment, and again came out with not too much trouble.  The third bolt (the one on the right), no such luck.  Blowtorch on it for ages, didn't feel like it was happening. More penetrating oil and then an hour later, more blowtorch action for ages.  Then finally....snap. :'(  Fuck it.


So, was able to get the exup valve out.  Looked clean enough, although was definitely dry and squeaky.


Took the cable pulley off, and there's a big chunk snapped off it, doesn't affect operation, also the centre bolt has clearly been had a pop at previously, as the thread was fucked inside the bronze valve spindle end.


So yeah. I think someone has had a crack at getting this off, or has done something to the valve in the past bearing in mind the above.  Perhaps the bolt that sheared was the one that they'd tried to undo already without the oil and blowtorch, maybe weakening it...I dunno.


Went and bought myself a tap and die set and rethreaded the valve end so the bolt will fit it properly.

A then I began the painstaking task of trying to drill out the old bolt.  Fuck knows what is going on with this, as it simply was not happening.  I've burnt through more drill bits than I can remember, and whilst I did manage to get a small hole forming (ie: nearly drilled through), it was just eating drill bits at an alarming rate.  Nothing I've read suggests you'd need diamond tipped drills to do this!!??


Anyway, gave up with it, the reason being that once the valve is relocated in place, the circular bit of the end plate fits snugly into the exhaust, and doesn't seem to be going anywhere with the two left bolts holding it in place.


The concern I had is that the cable bracket is held in place by the top left bolt and the one on the right...which I don't have anymore, as its buggered.  Again, whilst it seem to be held in place in a fairly secure fashion, I was concerned about the leverage exerted on the one bolt, and that the cable bracket would eventually creep round. 


Took the cable bracket off again, and went delving round the shed for a bit of metal bar I could use.  My plan was to fix the bar to the 'missing bolt' bolt hole on the cable bracket, which would then be fixed at the other end to the lower cover bolt hole.  I should've taken a picture, but quite frankly , I just needed to get it all back together ASAP.


So, pop rivetted the new bar to the cable bracket, bolted everything up and it seems to work fine and the cable bracket is just as secure as it was originally before it all went to shit.


Everything is copper greased, and all new bolts are stainless.


Took the cover off and adjusted the cables and there's no squeaking anymore and everything seems to be working ok.


I can't decide if I should take the bike somewhere and see about having the buggered hole drilled out properly and re threaded, or just leave it and see how things work out?


Any thoughts please chaps?


Oh, I serviced the bike yesterday too before all this aggravation!

Hi guys, going up north for a week, thought I might get my seat modded whilst I whist away.Idea is find a place and get done, then pick up on way back. Any northern foccers know any where?
Thanks all.

hi peps  i have a problem with my fazer 600 its got a charging problem ......
i can charge the battery up and it holds the charge fine ,i can get on the bike after a week and it will still start up fine ,i can ride the bike all day with no probs off and on all day ,but if i go out and drive with my lights on and go out for a hour or so and then turn the bike off its then flat wen i come back to it its flat ..........
if i turn the lights on in my garage and rev it the lights brigthon  up then go dimmer  so i think the alternator is working .....its been in to a garage and its had a new regulater [as they thought it was that but no ] 
any idears  would be a big help  :'(

Hi everyone,


Can anyone identify this make of bellypan? It's the only one I've seen that I really like the look of but can't seem to find it.










Cheers




Simon

Hi looking for a sports rack or the rear L brackets for the givvi top box rack i have the bars and plate but no rear brackets that fit though the rear tail.its for an 08 fz1s

Hi all,
Spending a week oop North in Bewick upon Tweed, and I thought it might be a good idea to get my Fazer thou seat modified whilst I'm not using the bike.
Any one had work done / know any where near?
Cheers all.