I will be re greasing my 20 year old (21k miles) speedo drive grease but which grease out of these two would be best.

Also - stupid question time with the front wheel out is the balance transferred to the back or do I have to chock the front up.is it necessary to take off the brake calipers or is that just to make it easier - especially when lining up to put back.Also how much grease do I use - a smear or pack it out or in between. 

I have what I think is a Lava Red Gen 1 and would like to buy a tank cover for it.


Can anybody suggest a colour that would suit it, I doubt Bagster make a Lava Red cover?


Thanks

Hi Guys


Tonight I was riding my bike home from work when all of a sudden as soon as I started to get up to about 30/35mph this high pitch squeaking noise started coming from the engine, below 35mph all I can is a rattle or scratching like sound but I have no idea what any of this could mean.


I managed to record the noise on my helmet camera and so feel free to have a listen to the video I've attached (Would recommend headphones).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvky0tIkO4A


I managed to get the bike back home and so will now not ride it until I know what this problem is. My bike is a 2001 Yamaha FZS600 with 43k on the clock.


Really hope you can help me understand what on earth is going on with my bike, thanks in advance.

Hi All.


Just joined as bought my first Yamaha a FZ6 2004.  Looking for advice as it stalls when slowing down to a stop.  Any suggestions on threads I can look at to help sort this out would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks

While taking the wheel out to get my new tyre fitted, I noticed that the ceramic speedo sensor was broken. I know the little ears normally break off, but they were fine, a piece of the cylinder part had come away.
I got a new one on order but fitted the broken one as I needed the bike to the commute to work. I thought it would either work or not, what I got was a working speedo that read low. 6k revs in top is a smidge over 70mph usually, today it was reading 50mph at 6k.

New one should arrive today so will get fitted over Christmas, just thought I would share.

Can we get hand guards for my FZS 600 I would use my heated gloves but my battery screws are not long enough

Hi all,


I am after some advice. Engine is out as I am working on the cafe racer conversion, would i am after would anyone suggest is there any works I could be doing to the engine whilst it’s out of the frame to ensure longevity and good health of the unit? She has 45,000 on the clock but only came into my hands late summer so I am unsure on its service history or check history ie valve clearance etc. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated cheers

Ever since I've had the Fazer there has been noise from the front end, more noticeable at lower speeds when riding with the visor up.

At first I changed wheel bearings, checked the speedo hub, greased everything in sight and checked for loose fairing etc, nothing made any difference. I changed the screen and tried taping things up in order to find the source, but after a while I gave up, and ignored it. I've now done 40 odd thousand miles on the bike. I fitted a new tyre yesterday and it came back, I hadn't realised that it had gone away until the first ride this morning.

For the last 10000 miles I've had a Michelin Macadam 100 that I got second hand with a wheel I got from the bay, these have a ribbed centre tread, and while they pick up road imperfections, had dampened the road noise. The 023 has no centre ribs, and this seems to be the source of the noise.   

Just started to drain coolant and it’s barely dribbling out , no gush as I’d expect. Does this suggest a blockage somewhere ?

Hi Guys,


Bit of a mystery one, I recently fitted a pair of LED spotlights to my Fazer (make a big difference, so thanks to all the others who posted about them).


Buuuuut, they come on randomly when they're turned off; sometimes one (it changes which one) just lights up very dimly, sometimes it's an intermittent flashing (at various speeds). If i flick the switch on and off, it stops but then comes back a while later.


I don't understand how this is happening, I know that LEDs draw so little power that it's unlikely to be issue, especially as I ride the bike every day so it doesn't have a chance to discharge the whole battery.


I've wired direct to battery with an inline fuse, and a switch on the handlebar, nothing fancy but it does the job.


Any ideas as to what the issue could be? Has anyone else experienced this?