Quick MOT question for you guys... is it a fail if the bars/controls touch the faring?  On full lock left the throttle cables just about touch the faring because a little bit of the stopper thing is broken off.

Ta

Should I change to a 1000?
Whats sort of MPG are you guys getting, I currently get between 52-58 out of my 600 doing a 160 miles a week commute filling up once.
Be interested in any comments form owners who went from a 600 to a 1000 about handling, comfort, performance etc..
Sell it to me!

Hi All
  As you all guessed new to the forum and its looking good so far
 
I am pround owner of a gen1 fazer 1000 which i use on sunny days ( not much in last couple of  months  :'( )

but ride a old school Suzuki GSX1100G daily and my good lady also owns a Gen1 fazer 600 as well as a Kawasaki er5 ( daily Transport )
been riding on and off for 30 years now

Steve

Hey guys, I bought my '03 Fazer and it came with what look to be mountings for some sort of crash bungs. (See round chunk of metal at the bottom right, near the downpipes) I believe that the previous owner took this down the road and then took the bungs off because they looked scruffy. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can get some more? Just the bungs, not a whole set.

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Folks,

got a FZ1s (2007 in case its relevant ?) that has a PC3 fitted in what I assume is the usual place under pillion seat in the wee doochit the tool kit would sit, however I miss this wee space to put things mainly puncture kit ( noo that I've said it I'll need it next time I head out).

So is there somewhere else I can locate the PC3 I did think about at the front under a fairing panel, but from what I can see I don't think the cabling would be long enough, or they maybe interference issues with running the cabling over the engine ?

....Any ideas ??

NOw a question when I bought the bike it came with the PC fitted guys stated it had been setup on a dyno but I had my doubts, as it has a Duke map loaded onto it, which you can get freely but I've read mainy people all stating the samething if you don't want to damage your engine then get it setup on a dyno.......?

my question is if the PC plugs into the ECU and complements the factory fuelling, surely the PC can only add fuel at certain points and not subtract/limit fuel if this is the case then even if you don't setup the PC on a dyno you not cause harm as all the will happen is the engine will run rich or I have missed something, I understand a correctly setup PC done on a dyno will give the best performance.....

Bike has just done 8500 miles and MOT time as it has reached its third birthday

Back tyre was flat in the middle and down on its uppers so a new rear required as I had changed the pair last year and done around 3-4 k in the last year.

Checked the front tyre usually two rears to a front right? That was what it was last time but this time my front tyre has worn strangely.



Looking at the tyre the middle is fine, the nearside is round but tapering a little in mid tread and the right hand side is worn flat between the middle and the sidewall- I remember the last front tyre went a bit that way.

I am pretty good at keeing my tyre pressures correct and guess if I rode it down on pressure I would have a worn mid side tread but then it would be equal on both sides wouldnt it? not one rounded and one flattened?

Any Ideas?

Bike mechanic said its because Powys roads have a pronounced camber because of the heavy rainfall  :o Yeah right- anyway I usually ride in P3 (just inside the centre line for the non Police trained riders) so should have a pretty good flat bit there.... probably equivelent to a long weight (wait :'( ) and a rubber hammer or a tin of elbow grease  :o )

OK, I've been here a month now and I'm frigging bored.


* Everyone rides Harleys. Everyone thinks they're great
* Everyone is retarded
* I tried to rent a bike. All they had were Harleys. I didn't bother.
* It's getting to the point where I might bother.
* I need a Michigan bike license to buy a bike
* To get a Michigan bike license I need a Michigan car license, since the bike is an entitlement on a car license
* Everyone is trying to sell me something
* Can't go to the pub, because there are no pubs
* Can't get bladdered because you need a car to get anywhere
* If you *do* go to a bar there's always a lad in there, so it costs a dollar to take a piss.


Miss Blighty, miss my bike, and I miss people with a properly developed sense of proportion.


What's been going on 'round here, then?

Hi, anyone have a redundant standard radiator guard for a gen 1 1000 fazer, condition not important as long as it is straight.Please P.M me if you can help. Thanks, Gilbert.

I've got me dad looking after Black Bess while I'm in the States, and while she's there I thought I'd task him with a bit of maintenance.

The bolts that hold the exhausts onto the engine, does anyone know what size they are and where I can get a nice set of rustproof stainless ones, with a gasket, too?

Derbyshire county council are trying to get Matlock Bath a pay to park area - sign the petition to stop them
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/n...EPI-137282

Pass it on..