I got home Thursday night with oil all down my right leg, boot and back half of the bike.  The oil filler cap had gone :-(.

A ring and drive around the local dealers resulted in none in stock.  I popped into a local mechanic that I have used a few times in the past for mot and tyres and once for some work, bit I am by no means a regular, just on the off chance he had one on the shelf. 

Although he did not have one spare, he took the filler cap from his own bike and gave me that to keep me going until he can get a new one on Wednesday - he knows I use the bike to get to work and he is away with the family until Wednesday so not using the bike.

Last time he did work, he had a 3 week wait until he found I was going touring in 1 week, so he snuck me in so the bike was good to go.

Bloody nice bloke, good mechanic and reasonable rates too.  If anyone is looking for a mechanic, tyres or MOT near Uckfield, East Sussex, I can highly recommend Terry Everest at Everest Motorcycles.

Hope 'advertising' is ok, but it is rare to find people like this.

I have a brand new pair of official Yamaha crash bungs that fit any FZS600 '98 onwards. Comes in original box with all fixtures & fittings and an instruction leaflet. Looking for £50 + p&p, £5 for UK.

If you'd like photos or more info let me know.

Claude

HID kit for 98 to 01 Fazers. It replaces the H1 halogen bulb of the dipped headlight, goes straight in and is easy to fit. Bought it last month and removed today as I'm planning to go to Europe soon and I'd like to rule out being stopped by any police I might encounter! Good light, really makes a difference.

In as new condition, the only change is that the bulb holder has been trimmed so it fits straight away without any further modification. I'm looking for £25 + p&p.

This is exactly the same kit as mine:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XENON-HID-Head...588b4be5c7

Any questions, just give me a shout. Thanks

Claude

although i am a horse of a man i am a bit thick  :b . can anybody give me any ideas on the correct wording to ask a bank/building society if i have had ppi from them in the past. i can't manage to get it looking right and all the templates i can find on tinternet are not what i want. i really just want to say "hey you,did you sell me ppi in the past cos i can't remember and i would like it back please. but better than that. ta very much

Hello everyone. I recently purchased a 2002 FZS1000, it seems I am only getting around 30-35ish mpg. This is not what I was expecting! Is this figure unusually low? And if so, can anyone suggest a possible cause/fix. It has a scorpion can fitted but I'm not aware of any other mods. Thanks.

poole key tuesday anyone fancy it

In good nick, please.

PM if you have one or know of any for sale!

Cheers

Tanz

Does anybody know of any tricks to sucessfully bleeding the back brake? i have fitted a new hose and used the traditional bleeding method, i have no air bubbles coming through but its still not near as good as it was!!

Hi everyone. Just picked up my 2007 FZ1S in time for what looks like a failrly miserable easter weekend. I'm new to forums as well as fazers but looking forward to getting some good tips, good advice and maybe a few chums along the way. First mod on the go this weekend - fairly simple - fender extender. Bye for now!

Hi All

looking for a bit of help , i recently bought 03  fazer thou
so i was getting the error code for exup valve when ignition turned on ( rev counter going to 700rpm)
so found that exup valve was seized
so i striped it down and  greased it all up now moving freely with hand
but when i tightened up all bolts to torque setting found that valve was very hard to move
so i took it out again i found that the spacer was missing 

( see spacer on this pic, red arrow pointing to it in pic r/h top )
http://www.cartestsoftware.com/fz1/image...ance05.jpg
and first part on left in this pic http://www.cartestsoftware.com/fz1/image...ance04.jpg

so i want to make a spacer for it

so my Questions are
is this spacer the same diamater as the bushing thats inside it
what i mean is , is the outer diamater larger than the bushing thats inside it
( this bushin doesnt normaly come out when valave removed its not in any pics

thanks for any info kerb