just had my mot , passed but with advisory on front wheel bearings . guy said to avoid cheap wheel kits as they will not last. suggested SKF or FAG bearings, but on ebay i cant see any of those specific makes theres mostly NTN that seem cheap on price and kind of what he said to avoid, theres some CHALLENGE kits £30 and various more pricey kits from USA germany.
as SKF  and FAG dont sell directly any advice on good bearing kit makes and where anyone has got them from before? any help appreciated


TIA 

This is only way I can describe this. Any gear when applying throttle, all I can hear and slightly feel is CLUNK :rolleyes , CLUNK :rolleyes ,CLUNK !! :rolleyes :eek :rolleyes :rolleyes !. Clutch in and free wheel - no clunk.  The clunk is getting slowly louder, don't know how long it would last before Clunk goes to Crunch !!. When just sitting ticking over all is ok, just when you are moving creates the Clunk. 
Any ideas on where to start looking welcome and will be big help. My problem too, is time, if this is strip engine, could be long fix.
Oh, if just sitting and first gear, front brake on, slowly let clutch out , will pull no problems with no Clunk, only when moving does the clunk start.
Peeved as it great day for run. :'( :'( .
Oh, 2001 FZS 600 with just over 64 thousand on clock.

Hi All, has anyone got any carb rubbers they no longer need?  Preferably new.  Cheers

Hi All,

Has anyone on here purchased those cheap carb rubbers off Ebay?  If so, how did you get on, are they worth the money or is it best to just swallow £70 for ones from Fowlers etc?


Cheers

MY03 200miles of 55k.

Replaced the headers probably 8-9 years ago cannot remember with what but they are SS and looking ok for thier age.

But this week i started to notice at startup an odd noise at idle. I stop at a set of lights 1/2 mile from home every weekday and by then the noise disappears until the last few days.

So it's definatly turned into blowing headers.
The nuts are SS and holding up to the year round weather that is thrown at them but this is the big but

the studs (90116-06475)

look like they have rotted with corrosion can this happen to a 55k 16year old bike.

Will I need to replace the studs with new one's which i know can be a knightmare.

may try and put a photo on tomorrow.....

Hi guys,
browsing the internet for quite a while now, i couldn't find any appropriate info about R1 forks swap from these particular year, 2002-2003. 99.9% info is about swaps taking 2004 and later years R1 forks.
Have anyone tried fitting 2002-2003 R1 forks to FZ1? What parts required, etc.
2004 and above option is not available for me.
Thanks!

AGV K3 any good?

Any other recommendations?

So I noticed today that my brake light was constantly on. Gave a wiggle to the rear brake switch and out it went, thought I would fix it later as late for work.
Got to work and it was permanently on again so gave the mount a wiggle again and it didn't go out. Sprayed a load of WD40 as I  thought it might be sticking and pulled the rubber boot off and sprayed load in there as well. Thats when the smoke appeared!! Disconnected it for the return home.
So does it just need a good clean, the clips look reasonable, or should I just replace it? The plunger moves fine with the pedal, but if it smoking is something shorting


Also if I wanted to change the piston seals on the rear calliper, do I need to split the calliper itself, or can it be done whole?


Cheers
Nick

Started it at the end of March, just got to find a nice old table and a sofa. Chuffed with it.

Hi All, just dipping my toe in the water to see what is about.


Is anyone selling am FZS 600 Fox eye?  Preferably red, or yellow.  Blue owners need not reply, I couldn't stand the ribbing off the LOFOs  :rollin 


I should add, I'm in Kent, I'm willing to travel a bit but places like Scotland and Cornwall could be too far  :b


Cheers in advance.


Harry