Been looking into getting a fuel cut eliminator for my 2007 FZ1, has anyone got any opinions on whether to bother or not? Can you still get them? Are there any alternatives?


I'm thinking about it as it can be a bit skitty at the back when you re-apply the throttle while going round a bend.

I have been given a 20 year old Raligh prestige pioneer bike never used since brought, needs new  tyres and tubes the size is 28x 15/8 x 13/8 (700 x 35c ) the valve is a presta.

I am looking for the cheapest tyres I can find but dont want to end up with total useless rubbish that constantly picks up punctures or somthing. When I look on Halfords for 700x35C tubes I get a shreader valve hit for that size but for a presta valve I get 38-45c. The valve in it at the moment is a presta so I am guessing that the wheel is too thin to fit a shreader ? And will the 38-45c fit.
It may help to explain the riding I will be doing, mainly hard cycle paths (tarmac ), canal tracks a little road.

Any help and advice appreciated.

Thinking about buying one as space is bloomin tight on carb 3..


A few different ones on flea bay, anybody use one, or waste of time ??

(I've posted this on the Facebook forum too)

I was trying to balance my throttle bodies today on my FZ6-SA 2006.


I hooked all the gauges to cylinger 1 to calibrate them and worked out the differences in readings. no problems.


But when I came to actually trying to balance them, I did have a problem.

Here's the set up...
I'd checked the idle speed, tweaked the adjusters on the adapters so the needles on the gauges were just not jittering, blipped the throttle a couple of times then let them settle, but no matter what I tried and how much I altered the throttle screws, for some reason I simply could not get much movement on the gauges and certainly not enough to get the readings even nearly the same


I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Anyone got any helpful suggestions?

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Living in Wales I have not been able to ride further than five miles from home during the lockdown. The First Minister has announced that from Monday July 6th unrestricted travel will be allowed, so long as the Covid-19 situation does not deteriorate. In the letters section of MCN this week a contributor has stated that he had a puncture 250 miles from home and called out the AA. Fortunately the AA operative was able to fix the puncture but stated that had it not been repairable he could have taken the bike to a chosen destination but not the rider. The rider cannot get in the cab of either the van or a low loader, so where is the bike taken, and of course the rider is left stranded miles from home. Some breakdown services talk of taxis and hire cars but as a non driver this is not an option for me. 99% of my riding is done alone, so I can't even ride pillion to get home. I had not thought about the issue until I read the letter, but as things stand I wont feel comfortable riding again from July 6th. The prospect of being stranded is a real worry.

Lifelong biker from up North. I've had my 2nd Generation FZ1S from new in 2008.
The wind noise has annoyed me from new. It's really annoying when doing long continental trips.
I got an MRS screen a few year back and I might as well have taken £100 out of my wallet and thrown it into the wind.
I bought a new helmet recently and the wind noise was atrocious. I stretched up a few inches and it stopped.
I took a hacksaw to the MRS screen so it just covers the fairing. Now it's brilliant 80MPH, with earplugs in, is whisper quiet.
Mods I've done to the bike:-
                                      Taper roller steering bearings. Why aren't they standard?
                                      The front pads clunked on the bike from new. EBC ones cured that.
                                      I fitted a Scottoiler straight away and still have the standard chain.
I didn't like the doohicky that Scottoiler sold to oil both sides of the chain. It looked like an accident waiting to launch itself into the rear sprocket
so I drilled 2x 2.5mm holes, diametrically opposed, in the rear sprocket in the corner of the step where the thickness changes.
The holes have to be cleared out with an airline every so often but it keeps the far side of the chain nice and wet.
                                        I have an Airhawk inflatable seat thingy. The standard seat is a torture device after less than an hour and
I couldn't ride without the Airhawk seat pad.
                                        The std can with the butterfly valve is a big, heavy, ugly piece of crap. I have never stalled a bike so much in my life because
the damn thing is gutless at low revs because of the butterfly valve. I left the catalytic converter in the pipe and fitted a Beowolf can.
No change to engine mapping in any way. It sounds brutal. It pops and bangs like a bastid but it goes well and has done for many miles.
                                          I've had a couple of batteries. I tried a Motobatt gel battery which was great when new [size=0.7em]but[/size] after a couple of years it just stopped working.
It's weird. I still have it in the garage and I use it to test bulbs, horns etc, but it won't turn the engine over. Very strange.
[size=0.7em]So that's my bike in a nutshell. Without the wind noise and with the comfy seat I absolutely love this bike. The half fairing is enough to keep the draught off and,[/size]
[size=0.7em]at 63, the bike is quick enough for me. It's a bit thirsty. The fuel light flashing and the odometer zeroing is useless if you don't know how far you can go before it stops. [/size]
[size=0.7em]I've been meaning to run it dry with a can on the back to see how far you can get but hey, I've only had it 12 years. Give me a chance. [/size]

I've change the plugs for Iridium ones and the consensus is that they are an expensive waste of time. All I've done to the engine in 30,000 is change the oil and filters.
If I have the tank tilted up I will pull the plug caps off and squirt some WD40 at them. I've seen them seize on and end up being destroyed trying to get them off.

are they sill for sale ??

Hello, been a long time since I was on here and I wish to remove my profile as I no longer have a Fazer nor do I use the group anymore.
Can you advise how I delete my profile and stop receiving emails?
Thank you.

My 04 FZS 1000 for sale. 40k miles, R6 shock, wilburs progressive fork springs, flat bars, bar end mirrors, originals to go with the bike.I'm near Northampton, price is £2k.

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The Forces' Sweetheart has sadly passed away aged 103.


Part of a remarkable generation that gave so much in the cause of freedom and peace.