I went for a ride with an old mate who has a Suzuki GS1000 with shaft drive. Its a W reg bike circa 1981 and goes like stink. He rebuilt it a few years back and it had a re-bore. Now my point is, what is the problem with shaft drive? I wonder what a Fazer 1000 would be like with a shaft. Everything else the same but a shaft instead of a chain? How much power would be lost?  I mean the Divvy 900 isn't a complete waste of time.....Is it?






Mickey

Hi, my name is Michael, I live in Stirling in central scotland.....and I am Fazer owner.


I bought the bike in 2010 as a return to bike ownership after a 9 year break. Currently the bike is on SORN, and I am in the process of repairing a small crack in the fairing and giving a basic service all ready for the 2013 season.


Hope to see you on the road.


Michael

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Had a KFC for the first time in beards. [size=78%]3 pce meal, went large too...[/size]

[size=78%]Does anyone else think that the chicken portions have got tiny lately? Or is it just me?[/size]

[size=78%]Hmmm should have made this a vote perhaps [/size] :rolleyes

Walked into one of the offices at work today to be greeted by three woman asking me how to jump start a car (its because 1 of the had a flat battery last week).

So...i told them.

They then showed me some sites that they were looking at and asked why they show the jump leads being connected in different orders.

im pretty sure they were looking at these sites, (they all show a different connection order!!)

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/store...eId=851420

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/bre...leads.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Jump-Start-a-Car

this got me thinking........i've always done it the halfords way. (strating with "+" on the flat battery). ive always let the batteries settle before starting the donar car (and letting it idle).....but am i right????? its always worked 

Well after five years and five winters 4 bikes  and 85k miles later i now own a car  :rolleyes

Strange as i'm more paranoid about crashing the car in this weather and i felt safer on the bike  :eek

So i'm now in the fair weather bikers club  my fazer 03 will be getting a full strip down soon.

hi chaps ,my mate has just bought an 07 triumph speed triple  and just wondered if anybody owned or ridden one .how does it compare  to the fazer .i currently on a 04 gen 1 ivanised which i've had from new and am still very much in love with.ur thought gents
cheers
bash

Managed to upload part of todays rideout - don't forget to change the quality to 1080p (or the best your pc can handle).


Sorry about the slightly wonky angle, stupid Gopro accessories are fiddly to fit and tighten up.


Rideout with IAM

Here am i.Who am i with?

As the title says i`ll start it off pics are always good

Daytona heated grips
evotech tail tidy
fz8 tank pad
beowulf rad guard
air box mod
k&n air filter
ais mod
head light mod
Dan moto jisu slip on
Shorty black levers

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Thought I would give a quick introduction, I recently passed my test and bought my first bike.  Its a 2004 FZ6N, its got 43,000 miles on it but its been well looked after.
I've only ridden it a few times and still trying to build my confidence on it