stopped my egine t the lights to ay only to notice it takes two turnovers to fire the engine hen its hot. previously the bike wud fire on the button. cold starts are on the buttom. seems strange it not doing this previously

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/l...ctims.html

Is anyone going to the bike show this weekend?  I'm going with a couple of friends on Friday, riding up (weather permitting) from Kent if anyone is interested in joining us.

any wisdom on whether this is any good please?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150745688734?s...1423.l2649

the next price up seems to be around 20 posted, i guess that a genuine yamaha version is around the bag mark.

i have a mint 2003, foxeye 600cc, 4,500 miles fazer, and the standard black wheels, i was wondering if it would be worth the money and mither, to have these powder coated in metalic silver ,to match bike. does anybody know the rough cost of having front & rear wheel powder coated in metalic silver, or am i just best leaving them alone ??  not seen a late fazer with silver wheels, only the later ones,soi thought it might look great. many thanks for any replies. Roy

Hi all,
Been a while since I checked out FOC-U and it appears that I missed the dawn of the new site. Apologies for missing the migration from yuku.
Anyhoo, registered here on this swanky new forum about a week or so ago and thought that perhaps I should post in the intro section.


Still in the Glasgow area and I still have my FZ6 S2. Though she's been up on her stands since about October :'(  but it'll not be too long until I get to bring her out and onto the black stuff again.


Aims for this year are 1) get more miles on the clock, 2) win the FOC-U photie comp :eek  , 3) talk more rubbish and 4) get slagged off for No3.


Cheers all.


Iain (aka dweez)

Spoke to my in  today turns out they have onely sold me 6 months ins not 12 months no happy .

I was happy at £260.00 full comp .

but it turns out that was just for 6 month on an transfer from the old pol .

so I asked how much is it for 12 month they said it would be £750.00 :eek

I have 3 years no claims when I had the cg125 on a provisional license.

but they said now that I have past my full bike test and have a full license that its like starting out like a new bike rider and them 3 years no claims are worth bugger all

they said I am  more at risk on a 600 bike with a full license than my 125 bike on a provisional license  :eek :foc

hi all does anyone know the firing order for a 98 fazer600 on the coils from left to right is it 1324? :rolleyes

  Hi all,

I just got my fazer back on the road after about 5 years and I’m having a few problems. First major problem is monumental clutch slip. Initially when I got the bike back on the road, the clutch was fine, but it seems to be pretty bad now. Tried all the things on the clutch slip thread, i.e. making sure there's no gunk behind the front sprocket cover. Taken out the clutch push rod and autosol'd it, so it can move freely (however when returning the push rod into the engine, it feels a bit 'notchy'/ like there's a bit of resistance there). Normal?? Adjusted the clutch free play on the lever, as per the manual to give it 25mm free play, which seems to have made it worse.

Thought it might have been the oil (oil with friction reducing agents), so dropped the oil and put fresh oil in with wurth wet clutch engine flush, suitable for bikes. Then put Halfords 10/40 bike oil back in, all to no avail...last thing to do I’m guessing is adjust the clutch on the engine side. Silly question, but is the adjuster screw and locking nut found behind the front sprocket? Or is it the other side, near the clutch basket etc?? Maybe it’s the case that the clutch plates/springs need changing. Slip seems to get better when the bike is warm

Problem number 2 - carbs!

Took the carbs off, cleaned out the bowls and ultrasonically cleaned all the jets at work. Didn’t take the mixture screws out. Should that have been done?? Put everything back together and had massive over fuelling from carb 1 and 2 (2 left carbs), so gave the bike to a bike mechanic, who sorted that issue and he also balanced the carbs (he said), but idling still doesn’t seem to stable. Engine tends to bog down when pulling away and when shutting off throttle at a junction for instance, the engine takes time to return to idle. At idle it tends to rev on its own sometimes. Also when starting the bike with choke, full choke makes the engine sit at around 4-5000rpm, and I have to fettle the choke to get it to sit at around 3000rpm. Is 4-5000rpm a normal engine speed with the choke on? Pretty sure I’ve got the choke and throttle cable round the right way...reset the TPS also, which I think improved things a bit. Plugs were changed just before I took the bike off the road a few years ago, do they degrade even with little or no use over time? Lastly, the inlet rubbers have a few minor cracks, but nothing going all the way through. However if the engine is pulling unmetered air in through the inlets, it might contribute to rough running. I don’t fancy paying 75 quid for a new set, so maybe a repair with araldite. Any ideas would be greatly received or if there’s any fazer riders on the isle of wight, please give me a shout. 

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