Had the bike a week now..
Some good miles driving it home and used it on friday for the 70 mile round trip to work with no problems.. Washed it during the lunch break as it was a wet trip up but dry home.

Sunday morning run planned so walks it backwards out the garage onto the road.. Felt a little stiff, brakes binding a little. Thought the 3 miles to meet the mates would loosen it up... It didnt.. In fact it got tighter.
Decided to pop into the local halfords for some brake cleaner. When i got off the bike noticed the back tyre was kinda soft.. Puctured with a bit of windscreen glass bugger.
Got the brakes loosened off a little but no perfect. Still feel a slight drag.. Strip in order when im home.
Fixed the puncture with one of those plug kits and decided to drive the 35 miles to edinburgh to one of the dealers for a better repair or replacement.
A slow trip later i gets there to find the workshop aint open.. Phoned two other dealers with no luck so back home..
Went to take the front wheel off and it needs a special tool.. Dont have it..

Not a giod day at all... Severely ticked off..

Budgie


sent from somewhere beyond the rim.

Hi all, looking for a set of gen 1 uk model indicators, front and rear, must be in perfect condition, for my 2005 1000, anyone have any ?? martin.

My son need a top box for his Ffazer 400 for college and since there are no racks that I could find made specifically for the 400, I modified a part of the givi 340f mono arm kit to fit and made up a new bracket. I documented how I did it after a fellow from Greece asked about fitting a rack to the Fazer 400 and uploaded the file to: Downloads » Manuals » Fazer 400 » Fitting Givi rack to Fazer 400.pdf.
The only extras I added to assist the fitting was a used pair of rear indicators from the Fazer 600 as they are longer than the 400 ones helped when fitting the mono arms

Hi,has anyone got a fz6 genuine yamaha rack to sell.I am looking for the type that clamps around the passenger grab rails.Thanks Brizz.

Ive had my fazer a while now, my only gripe is that the front brakes are pish. Not good considering they are known to be very good usually.
I have renewed the brake fluid and thoroughly cleaned the pistons back like new.
Still got the original lines and pads on it.
Will a pad change sort them, and do brake pads degrade over 14 years?
Any recommendations on pads?

Has anyone ever had braided brake lines fail or degrade on them?


I've ordered some new front lines anyway, but was just curious if anyone had any experience of this at all?

I own a FZS600 which I bought new in 2003 and now has 72000miles on the clock. 3 weeks ago my 5th sprocket nut failed, this time taking all but 2 threads on the shaft with it and the last 2 nuts were the modified nut, even though Yamaha were supposed to have fixed it in 2005. Dubious of the ‘repair’ at the time I tapped the holes in the 2003 sprocket cover to take the plate and damper from the 1998/1999 sprocket cover to prevent the sprocket falling on to the shaft and leaving me stranded again
Seriously pissed off I contacted Yamaha and under no circumstances would they do anything about it, not even supply me with a new shaft, head and base gaskets free of charge, for me to to replace it myself. They even suggested I spot weld the nut on.
I spoke to my bike guru friend and he recommended I cut a slot in the shaft and put a circlip on it or drill and tap a hole at the end of the shaft and put a washer and bolt on it to prevent the nut falling off. I did both as a sort of belt and braces job.
I uploaded what I did with some pictures and since I did not know where to put it I put it under
  Downloads » Manuals » FZS600 Fazer » How I fixed my Sprocket nut problem
Hope it helps

I've been getting some slightly unnerving weaving from the rear of the bike once I get over about 60mph, I thought it could have been wheel badly balanced perhaps but I then noticed the preload on the rear shock was at about half way so I wound it fully up and things have improved. Is this normal? is there any thing to check over the winter or a mod / new shock? :\

Cheers Andy

Has anyone got a luggage rack they want to sell. Any make  

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