... when refitting your FZ1 rear wheel and need the torque settings, do not look at the owners manual and assume the rear caliper bolts are 40nm, the same as the front.
Because when you dig out the laptop and look at the service manual, the rear caliper bolt should be 22nm and fully explains why the bolt snapped off.  :o

Also Yamaha want to charge over £7 for a replacement (in black). I figured the siver one I had in the garage will fit just fine!

Hello all.


I'm using my first post to seek advice.


I recently acquired a 2001 Fazer 1000 which has done 34k miles. The bike is a one owner machine and is in very good condition. The previous owner has certainly looked after it, and the 34k mileage was accrued 2 weeks each summer on 3k mile European holidays, which I know to be true.


The service history is stamped up for the first 16k or so then the owner said he did it himself after that. Having asked what he meant by that he replied that oil was changed (fully synthetic) once a year - so every 3k miles, chain and sprockets air and oil filters etc all done by him. I took it from that to mean the valve clearances haven't been checked in this time.  The bike runs well however, with no untoward noises or rattles etc.


So on to my question.  I've ridden the bike for the last month or so and in that time have got a feel for it. I'm not a fast rider so for me the handling is still adequate, but I do suffer from a lot of high frequency vibration through the handlebars at 4-5k revs, so much so in fact that my hands get pins and needles after just 30 odd miles at around 80mph.  I'm sure there are a number of possibilities for this, not least the carbs may need balancing, but I've been shocked by the cost of a full service running at around £500.00  The gearbox is also very clattery when compared to my 1200 Suzuki Bandit.


Otherwise the bike is in such good condition I thought of it as a keeper, but now I'm unsure if spending £500 on a service for an eleven year old bike is wise? What do you guys think my options are?

i check the oil and water levels and tyre pressures when i clean the bike, at least once a week. bike is always left in the same garage place on the centre stand so oil level readings are very consistent. i changed the oil 2 or 3 months ago and did my usual trick of slightly over filling and letting some out and it's been fine and very level with the 2 dots on the sight glass since. except for the last couple of days however where it's very nearly at the top of the sight glass!

do you think any of the following or another reason?

- my concrete garage floor has had quite a severe subsidence in the hot weather without cracking at all, causing it to tilt
- the bike has decided to fossilise various engine / geaarbox components and thus create oil
- a mischevious burgler has been breaking in and filling my bike with oil on the sly
- i should commit myself for i am obviously losing the plot

fuzzled as puck.

:car Parked up at the local Garden Centre yesterday, went to start the car and couldn`t release the steering lock or turn the ignition key. Called the AA and the guy had to butcher the ignition barrel trying to sort it out. Ended up with a hot wire system to keep me going.
The outcome is that I need a new ignition barrel and probably a new steering column :'( Imobilisor still works as does all the other electrics except the clock and outdoor thermostat.(fuse ?)
May end up fitting a switch for the ignition and a push button for the starter motor and forget the steering lock and new ignition barrel.

was out on my fz6 (2005) today and a couple of times I got really bad front brake judder when braking quite hard at low speed.
brake disc would have been cold as I'd been parked up for over an hour. It's done it before but then it just stops doing it?
Not washed it for 150 miles, I use a wash & wax but rinse the discs well.

any thoughts?

Cylinder 1 seems to have given up the ghost... Spark plug and cap seem ok and I can't see any other problem. Was hoping to take it to the IoM tomorrow.

What are the usual suspects (apart from the plug and HT leads)?

Cheers, S

Well got knocked off today  :'( finaly managed to get a job and on the 3rd day on way home a lorry stopped on the other side of the road, the car behind him didnt stop so hit the rear of the truck. glanced off and hit the side of the car infront of me then ploughed in to the front of my bike throwing me off it. I had stopped and feet down as it hit me and it had lost a lot of its speed from the first 2 impacts but still enough force to throw me over the front of the bike lol.

Bike seems "mostly" cosmetic, the std stuff. fairing, mudguard, crash bungs, belly pan etc.
forks dont look bent but the handle bars do look slightly out of line, but this could just be a bent fairing frame or twisted in the yolkes. oh and front tyre has a chunk missing from it.
helmet has a small scratch and boots/gloves are screwed.

But the bike gear did its job well i just have a few bumps and lumps. will be sore tomorow lol
really hope they dont write it off but kinda know they will it has so many extras on it (pretty much all declaired on insurance)
the one thing that MAY be a problem though is my insurance is social domestic and pleasure (it excludes going to work) but i started a new job 3 days ago. it was on my "to do" list to inform them but was not a high priority.
kinda hope that wont be an issue.

piss's me right off as this weekend i was ment to be at Castle Combe track day

Folks,

need a wee bit of help, I pick my FZ1s up on saturday (I don't think its got the tool kit with it as there s PCIII in there ?, and I want to be able to adjust the gear/brake levers once I've put a couple of miles on her, so what sizes do I need to adjust these levers ??

Cheers

I entered a competition on the Silverstone website a few weeks ago and today received an email to say have won two race day hospitality tickets for WBSK on 5th August.


To say am over the moon is an understatement

Hi all,
Just bought a 2003 Foxeye 600 after being a sworn single rider - last  bike a SR400 :-)  Goodness it's different!!  Great forum - I'm enjoying the crack and the info is good as well.  Getting to work is fun now - 35 mile commute, half on dual carriageway, half on Northumberland's finest roads. 
Parnas