spend some of the evening perusing the content of youtube as usual
came across this little jem !
whatever bike you ride, this is a must watch (not made by me)
PERCEPTION - Reasons NOT to ride...or are there?

Ordered a 25mm jack up kit and just finished fitting it.
Wasn't sure if it was wise to do it after work as I could have buggered it up and left myself without wheels for the morning.
Anyway, all went well with no dramas and I quite enjoyed doing it. Even cleaned and re-greased bolts, bushes and bearings.
Old dog bones centre of hole to centre of hole were 144mm. New ones c2c were 140mm.
Just sitting on the bike, suspension feels a touch firmer (good) but not ridden it yet.


If I'm honest, I'm a little underwhelmed as I can't see any real difference to the profile of the bike and my feet seem to touch the ground to the same degree as before, so can you guys spot the difference?


Before and after shots below (not necessarily in the right order). Didn't replicate camera angle very well though, sorry.

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eBay ad here. 50mm slip on and link pipe for 98-03 Fazer 600 but can would obviously fit other bikes though link pipe probably wouldn't be suitable.

Was going to change the oil tonight but opened a bottle of red wine instead 

Hey folks,


I'm new here and I don't even own a Fazer!!  It's ok though, my missus does. 


2003 FZS600 in blue - 22k miles.  Lovely bike, so much so that I'm considering jacking in my Honda Firestorm and getting an FZS1000 for myself!


Anyways, I'll be mainly posting in the technical section as this one appears to have suffered from the traditional Fazer disappearing front sprocket trick...  :rolleyes


Matt.

Has anyone used EBC organic brake pads ?  any feed bck on quality would be great. Any other suggestions on brakes? Know brembo are supposed to be the best but too pricey at min.  :lol

do not buy pattern brake seals...the fekkers swell with contact to dot 4 brake fluid and the pistons are then wedged so tight you need 4 weetabix and  a crow bar to get em out ...get yamaha oe  any thing else at your peril

i usually averaged 45-50 and i now know why  :rolleyes  previously i was filling the tank right to the brim. As it was on the stand/sloshing around fuel was leaking through the overflow pipes onto the airfilter.

Since filling up correctly i'm getting 55mpg

hay

i know this is cheeky and i hope admin don't mind mind but... i wanted to put a link up to my "just Give" page.

Me and 4 others (probably 3 others actually) are doing the Shropshire 6 summit challenge in June to raise money for Caner Research. We chose this charity due to quite a few of my other half's family suffering from various types of cancer, plus one of the lads doing the walk has a 14 yr old who has been diagnosed. (the world can be a cruel place)

In a nut shell we've got 10 map coordinates which will lead to 10 check points, we have a time limit of 14 hrs to complete the 36.9 mile walk which covers the 6 summits of Shropshire.

Thank you

http://www.justgiving.com/Six-Summits-Team

How reliable are they please? I sent a couple of the last week or so, but not sure if they were ever received. Thanks