Hi new family! I have just recently bought my first 600 Fazer after having 1200 Suzi Bandits for last couple of bikes. Have i joined the club now by registering or am i supposed to be handing dosh over? It'll be really nice if someone answers my post here then i'll know where i am with you all. My name is Rich or biker name Fatherbiker....Adios for now!

I bought a Cyberpower PC in December 2008, finally replacing my ageing 550Mhz, 768Mb monstrosity. The PC has given me no end of problems and has now died. I do not expect this from a PC which cost over £1500.

Dec 2008 Got PC (two internal drives)
June 2010 First hard drive (boot) died, replaced
Oct 2011 Second hard drive died, replaced
Dec 2012 Graphics card died, replaced
Feb 2012 Power supply died, replaced
March 2012 Replacement drive (boot) from June 2010 died, replaced
September 2012 Replacement drive (boot) from March 2012 died

Got some PC engineers to look at it. Reported today that the motherboard is F*cked. They have never seen anything like it. It is drawing all sorts of different voltages. They reckon it's been dodgy right from the start.

So replace it, or replace components. It's a Coolermaster case, i7 920 Asus P6T Deluxe, 6GB RAM. The replacement graphics card Radeon HD6850 doesn't work with Windows 7 (used to be Vista).

Not sure it's cheaper to get new motherboard and CPU and pay to have fitted, when I also need new hard drives, another graphics card.

Sigh

Hi guys 'n' girls, as the title says! " would you use part worn tyres?" i'm gonna be needing a new rear tyre soon but funds are getting tight! i don't think i would use a part worn front but deffo on the rear. But I was wondering  :rolleyes  if its ok to mix 'n' match them? I know radial with radial & cross-ply with  cross-ply,but different manufacturers would be ok,wont they?? :evil .


Cheers Ray

Total gutted my beauty bike took a nose dive this morn bloody oil on the road ....... Broken fairing and f/break leaver broke :-( ........ And scratch exhaust .... Gutted is not the word ...... And a sore knee :-( .looks like a nice bill coming my way

Hi everybody
Back in Spain from a trip through southern France. My Gen1 behaved perfectly and Im even more happy with it (if that´s possible). The trip went smooth and incidentless but for my girl dropping the bike while parked (the bike was a little over leaned, and with all the luggage it didnt need much movement to fall). No damages thank to bumpers and saddle bags but a clutch lever broken tip.
So, considering that she is feeling guilty  :evil  I might be able to make her pay for an upgrade: any suggestions? To be honest, I was already thinking about changing them cos my hands are smalish and cant really ride with "two fingers" on the brake as I am used to


Cheers!

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Here's a great idea I've just seen mentioned on another forum.

If you want to change your oil, rather than faffing around with trying to unscrew sump plugs and then getting oil all over your fingers etc, these people have come up with a replacement valve that allows you to drain into a container (via a hose if you want) without removing a plug.

You just lift a lever, rotate the valve and you're sorted. You can even just drain part of the oil if you've over-filled it, rather than having to drain the whole engine and start again.

For £20 it looks like a really helpful little gizmo.

They don't list one specifically for Fazers, but there's an enquiries link you can send details to and if enough people ask, I'm sure they'll be adding it to the list!

Apart from the few times Ive dropped the bike because my foot slipped/ground sloped away when putting on side stand. usually with an audience!...The MOST EMBARRASSING & POTENTIALLY LETHAL was when I forgot to turn my left indicator off and then made a digital gesture to some poor old fella who started to pull out from a side turn into my path. Guess the moral of this tale could be "This is going to hurt me more than you!" :eek

Than 30 years early in the next!  Yesterday teatime had to travel my local city roads in rush hour-something I can usually avoid- to visit sisters house to check all ok as shes away on hols. There was a huge hold up with most of us sitting patiently in queue,except the "LOON IN THE BMW" who overtook everything the wrong side of keep left bollards at speed past supermarket entrance,shop,pedestrians,bus stop, completely ignoring all road markings. :eek  He got to the hold up @ least 2minutes ahead of the rest of us,then had to sit there because NO-ONE WOULD LET HIM BACK IN! :lol

i had my forks done one year ago at mtc. it felt great at first. new oil and springs. also  cut down a bit for better cornering. now it wants to bottom out. no leaks. is this something that needs to be done each year.

Just had the carb/vacum sync done on sunday set it at 20 with four bar carbtune just had one that was four levels out and a couple with 2 bars reset ,now it seems to run a bit smoother not as much buzzing around 6-7 thou and i can see through my wing mirrors at 80mph, seems weird feels more powerful  [img alt=:eek]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/shocked.gif[/img]