Through experience and looking on various web sites I would always recommend “brimming” the fuel tank in other words fill the tank to the max especially if you are going to store your bike outside. As Al correctly states fuel these days has a percentage of ethanol in it (same ingredient as anti-freeze) which is basically alcohol. Alcohol attracts moister partials from the air which will eventually start to corrode the inside of the fuel tank and foul up the fuel system. If you fill the tank with fuel, there will be no air gap at the top which in turn means no place for moisture to collect. Leaving a bike for six weeks is not an issue at all and try out a fuel additive such as Putoline® fuel stabilizer (£5.95 for a 200ml can). http://www.bitzforbikes.co.uk/​-ref-12951-350.htm



Putoline Motor Treatment is a 100% pure petroleum product thatsafely and effectively cleans internal fuel and oil system components, helping your engine run cleaner and more efficiently. Putoline is an EPA-registered product, and will not harm engine components, seals, gaskets, catalytic converters or oxygen sensors.

Putoline liquefies gum and varnish deposits or internal engine contaminants, removing carbon deposits, freeing sticky valve lifters and rings, improving idle quality, pinging and hesitation problems. By using Putoline to eliminate varnish and carbon buildup, you can more accurately diagnose mechanical problems that may exist.

As a fuel system additive, Putoline will clean carburetors, fuel injectors, clean carbon, gum and varnish deposits, add lubricity to fuel, stabilize fuel for 2 years and control moisture.

As an oil system additive, Putoline controls moisture, gum, varnish and residue deposits.



The other items to consider before lying you bike up for the winter is:
1.Lubricate the chain thoroughly especially if you are keeping the bike outside even if it is going under a cover.
2.Purchase a quality battery optimizer to keep the battery in tip top condition or better still, remove the battery all together and store it in a dry mild area and connected to a battery conditioner.
3.Give the painted surfaces and plastics a good old polish with pledge or a water dispelling product such as WD40 (remember not to clean the seat).
4.If you’re parking the bike up on a concrete surface, get an off cut of carpet and place it under the front and rear wheels. Concrete surfaces hold the cold compared to all other floor surfaces and will decompose a tyre caucus in time.
5.Finally whatever you do don’t be tempted to nip out once a week and warm your bike up. Although you think you are doing the best thing for your bike’s engine you’re not! Engine wear is at its highest during the first few minutes of start up. The engine will also create moisture into the oil and exhaust system when it cools down and all you’ll be doing is pouring water into the exhausts collect

All was going well with my R6 shock mod until i started to tighten up the bolts on the shock. I started to tighten up the lower shock bolt and then it happened  :eek [size=78%]the nut started to get loose again. I was not putting much pressure on the nut honest guv, just getting it ready for the torque wrench. I thought i would carry on and tighten up the rest of them and come back to the lower shock bolt later. I was tightening up the relay arm to frame nut when it happened again [/size] :eek :eek :o :o .[size=78%]  So would anyone have any spare lower shock and a relay arm bolts? And any easy way to get a rung nut of?[/size]

[size=78%]I know i must have been a bit heavy handed but i have been tinkering with cars and bikes for years and this has never happened before. Is there anything special about the suspension bolts?[/size]

Looks like i will be doing this today...

The old rectifier connector mod...

One nearly burnt out connector...

Some connectors...


Silverdream...

Hello,

So I've just finished servicing the Gf's bike and I seem to have come unstuck on putting the bracket back on that the fuel tank sits on (seat end). I seem to remember unscrewing the two bolts but don't remember retrieving any nuts or a plate that was underneath securing it to the frame. I've shaken the bike like mad, tipped it over pretty far both sides and not even a rattle to suggest theres anything dropped down anywhere and the garage floor is clear.

Have I lost something or is there nothing to loose and I'm just being a twit and doing something wrong..?

Any Ideas?

Here's a pic of the bracket I mean.
https://picasaweb.google.com/10701982182...6838712690


Any help will be more than welcome!

Many Thanks,

Ben

Hello,

My name is Ben and I ride a Suzuki V Strom!! -

However, my GF rides a sweet looking 2001 FZS 600 which we brought back in September as she upgraded from her Honda CBF 125 which she'd ridden round on for a year before doing her DAS this summer.

I'll be the mug paying for it and keeping it roadworthy so just thought i'd drop a message to say hey!

Cheers,

Ben

Don't "do" much on internet bike forums these days as i'm getting old and already know it all (almost) 

2003 Fazer 1000. Almost standard with 34000 on the clock. An all year rider with lots of commuting, long runs with a local club and the odd Europian tour thrown in for good measure. Had the Fazer a couple of years and it's so good at everything its almost bland in a wierd kind of way. Having come from a Fuel injected BlackBird and more i see of the newer Bikes on offer, i hope the thou stays healthy for a good few years yet 8)

I've been lurking here for a while and look forward to meeting ya'll

Hi all.. just spend the evening in the shed fitting the blue spot calliper I got a few weeks back.. all went well and jobs done.. well happy with the result. Only thing I was worried about was bleeding the calliper.. I fitted the brake line and forgot I had the nipples loose on the calliper.. after a few minutes brake fluid starting running out on its own!
I used an old brake disc to pump the pistons out and it more or less bled itself.. couldn't believe my luck!




A lot better looking than the original!

Matches the front now.


I gather others who have done this mod have noticed the calliper isn't centre on the disc? I used a washer as marked on the above pic to centre it. Does leaving it slightly to one side make any difference?
All in all good evenings work!

alex

mines cracked after an off,anyone got one spare?

Whos buggered up the forum page?
Loads of html and formatting errors on both FF4 and IE9 - text overlapping, misalignment and classic white text on a freaking white background.

My trusted old Motorola V8 Razr finally packed in and went to Silicon heaven (where all the little calculators go). So go me a Nokia C3-00 for xmas - seemed quite good but is sadly lacking, mostly simple features, but things I use often (multiple alarms, countdown timer, can't change display timeout, cannot switch off the damn snooze function etc). No wonder Nokia sales and revenue are in free fall.

So, does anyone have any suggestions? I don't want a touch screen (been borrowing a dreadfull HTC wildfire) - I like the qwerty keyboard bit but don't need the whole email/facebook/msn/app/web browser thing. Well at least at the mo I've no need to check my email whilst riding to work or taking a dump.

Also don't wanna spend a small fortune on it. lol