I am looking to buy a rack and top box for my Fz1. I have removed the original mudguard and now have a tail tidy. I want a rack that looks neat and tidy . I have seen a Shad one on the Internet, but don't seem to get much sense out of the sellers. Does anyone know who else supplies these racks ? Also what other options to I have ?

Hello people,

Has anyone had an experience like the following?

Last night my son was stopped by the police on his 125. The reason given for stopping him was because he didn't have any 'L' plates on. Son explains to the copper that he has passed his test. Copper says he believes him but gives him a producer anyway (fair enough I thought)

He then looks around the bike. My son is told that his back tyre is illegal and is given a ticket that requires him to get the defect repaired (i.e. a new tyre) and get the ticket stamped by an MOT station, before sending off to the relevant authority. No gauge is used to decide it is below the legal limit, just a look under torch light.

Now I know his tyre wasn't illegal, because I only checked them for him at the weekend, but I went out tonight and check them again anyway. At the the lowest point of the tread, which is around the centre of the tyre, my gauge was reading 1.8-2.0 mm.

I know most people start to think about changing at this sort of tread depth, but the point is it wasn't down to the 1mm legal limit.

I'm assuming I could take it to a MOT station and get it checked and the ticket stamped, but how much hassle is that going to cause if he gets stopped and checked by the same officer again, who clearly will think he hasn't had an illegal tyre replaced, even though it wasn't illegal?

Must point out, my son said the officer was pleasant and chatting with him, and was a biker himself.

Hi guys, a mate of mine done this video in Japan with the legend..
New tyres for us to discuss and on one of the best bikes around? 

Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/0L2Qqeo7fwg

Calling all Divers and Adventurers.  (Plus anyone who likes a little challenge [img alt=confused width=25 height=23]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/confused01.gif[/img])

Following up on several months of work by a few very dedicated people I am now able to let this one out of the bag for real [img alt=thumbs up width=25 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/thumbsup.gif[/img].
All being well (I've not seen it myself yet) the February issue of SCUBA magazine (out about now) will run a page on Great Dives.
One of my 8.000 plus dives is the topic this month .. the bit should include an invite to a blog .. remarks, comments, questions welcome.
I just hope the mag 'editorial team' have not butchered things up too much .. as they so often find it necessary to do ? [img alt=scared width=18 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/scared.gif[/img]

I guess not many of us buy this magazine .. so I'm putting this info out as an off topic post .. some of you just might find it interesting?

www.tangotruths.wordpress.com    You might like to grab a coffee and have a read [img alt=thumbs up width=25 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/thumbsup.gif[/img]  Cheers.

Stay Safe [img alt=wing width=18 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/wink02.gif[/img]  Trev

My uncle has a fazer1000 02, and he's having a knightmare with wind blast, he's changed the standard screen to a double bubble and not much better, what do you lot use? He doesn't want to go out and buy another screen and possibly wasting more money.

My engine seems to emit noises that are more noticeable from the left hand side when you are sitting on the bike. It's noticeable on cold starts until it really warms up. When you pull in the clutch, the noise goes instantly, or it will go eventually after 20-30 mins of driving after the bike is really heated up.

It also went away after a carb sync. Unfortunatley, the carbs were out not long after the sync and the noise is back again, so the carbs may be out again after being disturbed. Anyway...question is, is this a normal trait with the FZS 600? The valves are perfect and the camchain and tensioner were replace recently. The noise was there before and after the camchain change and it doesn't sound anyway near like a camchain problem anyway. It sounds more like something going on in the clutch especially when it goes away instantly when you pull in the clutch even a little.

Your thouoghts please...............

Pakie

I cracked the original and I have no back brake as a result. There is a FZR 400 breaking in the same country and it would mean I won't have to go overseas (on ebay) and save on a courier which is nearly the price of the hanger itself!  :eek

Thanks in advance,
Pakie

I'll admit this wasn't my idea, unfortunately I can't recall who suggested it... kudos to whoever it was!
Anyhow, they pointed out that the magnets you can extract from an old hard disc drive are so strong that you can stick them to the thin steel of an oil filter and enough of the field will penetrate to the other side that you could use it to help clean ferrous contaminants out of engine oil.





So I tried it last time I changed the oil.
6000 miles later I hacksawed the filter open and found that
a) a filter that's spent an hour draining still holds enough oil to make a hell of a mess.
b) the magnet had indeed collected a noticeable quantity of very fine black sludge





I think the oil flows from the outside to the inside, so I can't be sure that that wouldn't have been caught anyway... though I suspect it is fine enough to pass through the filter. Even if it would have been caught, at least it made the filter's job a bit easier.
So the magnet has gone back on the new filter.

Just been looking at the hot poop section and there's a bit about spark plug caps, sorry if this is a stupid question but wouldn't there be ht leads? And how would you change just the ends? Would you have to cut the cable? Sorry I can't check mine cos my bike is 20 miles away

Hello Folks,


Spotted this deal and am using it to finally buy myself some soft luggage for our upcoming Euro tour. Saves me £20 hopefully.


It's a £50 GetGeared.co.uk voucher for £30 (if they all go, or £35 at present).


http://www.buyapowa.com/ref/ISbUAu


And even better if they all sell then it saves me a fiver!


PS) Hope I'm not breaking any rules posting this but some kind chap previously posted a £5 off on ebay voucher which I was able to use on some waterproofs so thought i'd return the favour.


Andy