I've recently fitted some r&g crash bungs to my fzs600.

Had a problem when replacing the m6 and m8 engine mount bolts.

there is a metal spacer in the m8 tube which doesn't line up properly which meant the new m8 would not go through without pushing the spacer out. so I have left out the spacer.

is this bad? If so, any suggestions?

Before the recession came along, I didn't even know the price of petrol. But boy, I do now! I've become one of those sad price-watchers. It's ridiculous!

At weekends (weather permitting) I tank up 2 or 3 times and that now means £40 - £60! PER WEEK!! The other night, I pulled into a petrol station, stuck the nozzle in the tank, squeezed the trigger and turned around to look at the pump display - it was already at £2.30 and I had barely blinked! FFS

Stainless Steel Goodridge Yamaha FZS600 FAZER 98-03 Brake hose kit front & rear


I bought these to put on my Fazer, but have now sold it on





Brand new in the boxes £55 including postage to your door 

I got a letter with a link to a photo of me doing 51 in a 40. Grrrr after all these years of being holier than thou, I guess I'm in for a bit of payback.

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Hello everyone I'm Ian from Kent (nickname of bozboz...its just stuck!), thought I'd join the forum as I have just bought a 1999 Fazer 600. Its black, a little tatty, with a Stainless exhaust and bad paint but has its test certificate with a few new bits and I thought was a bargin for £850! I've not long left the world of despatch riding and always liked the fazers after riding a mates in town -its good to finally have one of my own! Anyway look forward to cleaning her up over the coming weeks and shouting out for help on this forum when I get stuck!

Cheers! Bozboz 

One of those Ebay "I'll stick a cheeky offer in, you never know" type affairs, boom, now the owner of a 2000 DRZ400 SY.

Only slight issues was it was in London, so flight booked yesterday at half twelve, flew down at half two and met the dude at the airport, bike mine by half five.


After bungeeing the original exhaust system, my backpack, laptop and spare gubbins to the back off I popped up the road.

Was great fun zipping through London, which I seemed to spend a fair bit of time doing...
:o

Found the A1, bimbled along at a pleasant 70+ and all was good with the world.
Until just outside Derby when she decided that she was spitting her dummy out and anymore than a 1/3rd throttle was gonna result in no fuelling and some rather loud farting from the gutter masquerading as an exhaust.
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So, 47MPH and a bottle of Redex from Derby to Scotch Corner where I lost patience and kicked her, to my amazement she cleaned her throat and we had great fun on the A66.
Some of those bends don't have sneak up on you in the dark mind you.

M6 and she choked again, another 46MPH run from Penrith back home to the 'Weeg, so about 12 hours from finding the A1, one numb arse but still a grinning Mel.
Work on an hours sleep wasn't so much fun mind you, but hey.

So, any of you other fine buggers got such a toy lying around in the shed?
If so, anything to watch out for or must do mods?

Aegis

Hi everybody,
Made the decision to sell my bike, pics below. 15,335miles with history Brilliant condition, brand new tyres, long MOT and Tax.
Offers over £3,000 only.  If I get a high enough offer then I'll also throw in a full luggage system.
Any questions don't hesitate to get in touch. PM me or give me a call.

Thanks, Dave.
07788598110

Hi.

Just bought my first bike after passing DAC, so I don't really know what I'm doing yet or what I need to look for! The bike is a '98, it's done 26,700 miles although just over 1000 in the last 4 years. The previous owners haven't ridden it in the last year (May '11 the tax ran out), but they've kept the servicing up apparently. I took her out for the first time on Saturday and in the 8 miles I covered to Hein Gericke, when I got back on the back 3 mins later (shop was nearly empty) I needed to bring the choke out again then it dropped the revs of completely and stalled when I tried to leave! How long does it take to warm up, and what should the idle speed be? It's about 1200 rpm on tick over and 3000ish with choke! Could it just be bad fuel in the tank, it was nearly empty when I picked it up, is it poss that I've gunked up the carbs? Or is it just a case of the noobs?

Ooooops just received the dreaded letter throught the post got caught by camera doing 97 on a dual carridgeway near south milford hotel might not be riding or driving soon :'(

Hi there. I was in Lidl a while back & picked up a can of Baufix Brush Cleaner, as the tin stated it's suitable for machine parts/bicycle & motorcycle chains etc. I didn't think at the time whether it would be suitable for O ring chains though. I don't suppose anyone has tried using this stuff?

The gumph on the tin states it contains aromatic hydrocarbons, esters, ketones, alcohols and xylene (isomers). I have no idea what all that means but would any clever people know if any of that is NOT suitable for O ring chains?