Had another problem develop this afternoon.  Coming home from work I filled up with petrol, same petrol station as usual (same pump even) but when I went to restart the bike just cranked over and over and didn't want to fire.  Tried a few times, then waited a minute and tried again, more cranking, then it fired up the instant I pressed the button!  Remainder of the journey (another 45 miles ish) it was fine.  When I got home I switched it off and tried starting again and it did the same thing.  It'll just randomly start working and when it does it fires up straight away.  Big backfire out of the exhaust on two occasions but that's just down to all the fuel going through it and not being burnt off I guess.

To add to this, I went for a quick run down the road and when I was turning round in a layby, sitting still in neutral it just conked out - not like a stall, but like I'd turned the ignition off.  Once I'd got it going again it rode home perfectly, plenty of power, no missing or anything.

Now this definitely sounds electrical to me, but what could it be?  It was wet this morning, but it was wet last week and had no issues then... anyone got any ideas?  Need it for work and I can't really afford to have it off the road for any amount of time 

Ta very much 

Fitted my SatNav mount tonight. Simply drilled a hole in the yoke and fitted the ramball mount shown below. With the SatNav fitted, 0-20mph is obscured by the device, but there's a true speedo reading on the TomTom anyway.

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Just renewed with Motorcycle Direct...not heard of them before but under-cut Hastings by about £20 and with only a total excess of £50 (£200 less than Hastings) it seems a good deal. There was some bad comment about Hastings earlier this year so have had a change.
I guess you only find how good they really are if you need to claim?


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.... that blocks the hole road.

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Just wanted to say hello to all here. I will be more a lurker until something goes wrong!

Seems a good community forum. I'm new to biking through DAS last month and picked up a 1999 Fazer FZS600 in immaculate condition locally. I was torn between getting a CBR 600 or a Fazer for my first bike but so glad I chose the Fazer.

I'm based in Portlethen, near Aberdeen and will be out and about as much as possible trying to learn everything I can. May try and come to some of the Scotland ride outs but the missus and baby are not agreeing

Love the Bike. Pics to follow.

Folks looking for a starting point here, I bought the fazer with the idea of inticing the good lady onto the back of it, since she wasn't a fan of the previous K12s.


I've got a descent setup for solo (all recorded on >>this<< handy wee doc I made up) but would appreciate what others settings are for 2 up riding no luggage or very little luggage, so I've a leg up on getting it tuned in

cheers

Are the commercial tar removers any better than using petrol?


If so what is a good one?


Cheers,
Andy

hi guys i have a fazer fzs600 as my first bike and i,m well happy with it ,but is it right that at 60mph it should rev at 6000rpm ?.as far as i know its standed gearing

Hi, my name is Tim and I am collecting my 2001 Fazer 600 next weekend - excited! This is my 'back to bikes' machine, after some time riding scooters. Previous m/c was a Yamaha Divi 600.

Today I removed the front decals on the Fazer. I think it looks better in plain black. I just might remove the back ones too. Oh, and I fitted the Yamaha Tourer Screen.

What do you think??



Tom

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