I have an advanced riding trainee (female) who needs to lower her new FZ8. Has anyone gone this route or got any advice for her please?
Many thanks
John
I have a Maxton fully adjustable rear shock for sale in immaculate condition which I fitted NEW in August 2010 and has done about 4000 miles from brand new. I had it built for my weight of 80kilos and I went for the more expensive remote reservoir version. I have the Maxton shorter dog bones too, but in some ways they aren't necessary as the shock has an adjustment at the base to alter height and thus castor angle to sharpen steering. I removed these as I had to trade in my much loved Fazer with the dealer. I have pasted the description from the Maxton info that they supply on the Fazer 1000 2001 - 2005.
You'll see I'm referring to the piggy back unit which by the time I bought it had gone up in price to over nearly £700 with the VAT!!. Likewise..the dog bones cost another c.£80 inc the VAT. (The footpegs in the pix are not available for sale)
Anyway, what I can tell you is it TRANSFORMED the handling, improved steering and ride comfort. So steady in the corners and on bumps and didn't run wide any more at all. Totally brilliant! What more can I say...other than if you want to improve the handling, it's unlikely you'd do any better than fit one of these. It's clean and ready to fit which is simple as you probably know. I'm looking for £350 plus p&P for the shock, complete with owners manual and adjusting tool and £35 plus p&p for the dog bones/ tie bars. Of course you can fit the tie bars with your existing shock and it'll sharpen the steering and cornering no end and there's no downside that I could ascertain. And the turn-in was vastly improved. You can call me on 07831 879444.John
REAR The standard unit on the Fazer 1000 is a fairly cheap unit. The damping inside the unit is not too bad it has the correct amount of compression and rebound damping, for the average rider weight. The spring however is too soft, this would cause the bike to sit down under acceleration, this would cause instability at high speeds. We can respring the unit and fit a harder spring to suit the riders weight, this costs £80.00 plus V.A.T. The unit is a sealed unit so the damping cannot be improved, but for what the bike is being used for the damping is O.K. We also supply a replacement Maxton unit is a fully adjustable, alloy bodied, high pressure gas unit that adjusts via shim stack system. The unit has a spring to suit your rider weight and to suit what type of riding you do. The unit is suited to high temperatures because it adjusts via the shim stack not via a needle in a hole system like Ohlins or W.P unit. The unit costs £405.00 plus V.A.T but we also make a piggy back remote reservoir unit that has a second compression adjuster and ride height adjustment which costs £550.00 plus V.A.T. We also supply tie bars to raise the rear ride height, this makes the bike turn a lot quicker and hold a better line out of corners. The tie bars cost £60.00 plus V.A.T a pair. The tie bars are anodised and engraved with the
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.
Only me.. Previously mainly rode a GSX1400 heavily modded and raced enduro's on a husky wr250. Now down to the one bike a 2009 fazer 1000 currently standard even though Ive had it for 2 years (not standard for long, improvements needed now the GSX has gone). The GSX1400.org forum was ace and very very friendly and helpfull so Im hoping you guys will be too as the fazer is a keeper. Ive had a quick look around the site as has useual loads of differing opinions, loads of advice and loads of laughs.
So FCE's, akraprovics and customs maps to ask about (metzler m5's already a personal choice) and getting my head around why I need bits in my exhaust that will rot and cause me issues later will be my intial beggings and pleadings; and Ill go do some profile stuff.
Speak to you all soon, virtualy, hopefully meet some of you at some point.
Cheers..... TIGGR2 aka David
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As soon as i have i mentioned that im going to sell my FZS600 it has developed a sudden misfire. I was having a hoot on it yesterday scrubbing in a new front tyre but i needed to fill up. So, engine off, buy some fuel but when i restart it, it's only running on 3 cylinders.
Plugs are new, all leads are checked and connected properly. I'm thinking that the coil pack has gone kaput maybe? How do i check these things and any other ideas?
Due to me getting the 7g error message I decided to service my exup at the weekend and it looks like ive f*cked it up , when Id fitted it I turned the ignition on,no probs so I went for a ride a few miles down the road the 7g error comes up again , went home stripped it down and refit a couple of times to no avail.
When its all fitted it rotates so far then tightens up and on inspection when I held a straight edge to it its got a slight bevel from the back side bending up. I went to the Yam dealers in Chorley and spoke to a mechanic he told me if its bent its goosed throw it away,then said my best option was to throw it away take the cables of and seal the hole with a bolt,job done. I said as far as I was aware this would have an averse effect on the bikes performance he shrugged and said my options were all expensive.
Rang another dealer just to price a new valve £282+ vat Shit ! Any advice or better still reasonably priced spare valves would be most welcome
As it says in the title gas gas 270 trials bike, recent engine rebuild with all genuine gas gas parts, all new suspension link bearings and bushes, new wheel bearings and brake pads. Nice tidy trials bike with the usual bumps and scrapes you would expect. Advertised on gumtree for £750 but open to sensible offers to forum members.. will post pics as soon as i find out how to
Been making some enqs about a givi fixing fit for a 99t 600 Fazer and seem to have drawn a blank. After a kit to mount a full givi racking system not just a top box affair.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rick
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