After uttering every swear word possible this is what happened:

On the way home last night I noticed a high pitched whirring noise, I was only a mile form home so kept going, got home checked a few things and started her up again and all seemed ok.

Started it this morning seemd ok, got about a mile down the road and the engine light came on, turned round and went home but it dies after about 100 yards, pushed it home and called breakdown.

Breakdown have taken it to a main dealer who has just phoned and said that the generator has come apart and broken up and quoted me £800 for parts (generator / regulator / battery) and it wil be another £1200 labour - so a total bill of around £2000 plus they are not willing to gaurantee the work as they said parts of the magnets from the generator could have got in the engine and will cause more damage.

So I could agree to the work, they do it, then start it up and the engine is damaged further and I still owe them £2000

Obviously I'm not happy and a 2007 35k miles FZ1S is not worth investing another £2k in for a 'might fix it' solution.

They've emailed me some pictures which I'll try to post below.

Does this sound feasible to anyone?

Anyone else had a generator break up and ruin the engine?

How much does a replacement generator and rectifier really cost?

I am gutted beyond belief as I wanted to keep this bike until I retired and that would have been my last big bike.

Having had a problem with corroded electrical connectors, I'm looking at getting some Dielectric (non-conducting) Grease to put on them to repel water and keep them clean.
I've looked on eBay and Amazon and there's various silicone greases which apparently can also be used on brake slider pins!
Has anyone used this stuff and can comment or recommend?

Hi,


Does anyone know if there are any swing arms that "bolt on" to an FZS600 (1999).


Answers ideally from anyone who has actually done it.


Searching the forum maybe an Kwak ER6 (2010)? or R6 (Year?).


Thanks,


James

completed full overhaul to both front calipers and replaced the pads.... back to great front brakes...

started on the rear... Not done for some time. Still got some meat on the pads, one caliper pad pin came out with some persuasion.
But the 2nd was a pig.

lots of Plus gas and then a good alen key and pop the key stripped the hex.

Any ideas how to get it out.
I have been looking at bolt removers and even watched video on Delboy's Garage

https  ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSxhvYu-x4g

But i don't have a welder... I do have JB Weld Original anyone tried this...

Does anyone have a good FZ1 for sale please? Looking at a gen2.  Budget it £3-4K but preferably the lower end.
Cash waiting!

Hello Foccers!


It's been a while!


So after years of putting it off due to varying degrees of information about how complicated/successful it might be, I finally changed the bars on my FZ1-N for something a bit higher and a bit wider.


As part of my desperate attempts to help the world at large, I made a video of the whole drawn out, knuckle scraping, head scratching, bike dismantling process!


https://youtu.be/0tL64UX4ti0


It's a bit of a long one, but then the job was far more of a monster than expected! Maybe get yourself a coffee before you start!  :lol


I also changed the brake lines before I started for some braided lines that are about 5cm longer than stock.


The video for that endeavour is here:

https://youtu.be/QFQLR1QlF8w

Looking forward to hearing about what I did wrong/right and what you folks think of it.


Ultimately I'm really happy and the bike is now FAR more comfortable for my wrists, shoulders and spine! It's easier than ever to smash it into the tight twisties with a bit of countersteer.


Also the cockpit area now looks far neater, with all the cables and wires now nestling nicely together.


Cheers!


Andy.

I've. Found a problem today. On my 2001 I can't pull the clutch in fully it goes hard before fully pulled I can engage and disengage gears just feels wrong ..I'm not sure if it's the worm mechanism not working correctly

hey lads removed my rear wheel today to do some cleaning lubricating etc... but with such excitement to be in the shed    I pulled out my chain adjusters from the swingarm not noting what way they came out. I know my left and right. I put them back in as the attached pic shows. hoping someone can tell me if I’m correct or not cheers

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OK, so I've ordered new caps to go on the swingarm but the pivot outer was really scored and pitted on one end - it was gonna chew up the new oil seal in minutes. So I smoothed it with some sand screen (like emery cloth) but it's still not good - see photo. Is there a product I could use to fill this? I was thinking of just using body filler but I don't know if that will work well with the grease and the oil seal rubbing across it. The swingarm is aluminium so it needs to be approximately as soft as aluminium. But it's only a surface for the oil (grease) seal to seal against so it's not super-critical. I just want to get a good seal, basically. Any ideas?


Cheers


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hows things lads/ladies been away from bikes for a few years but recently picked up an 03 blue 600 fazer. Great do it all bike needs some tidying so I’ll be looking for some advise from yourselfs ???