It's time for a brake refresh - new fluid and caliper seals. Fowlers want £145.52 for  genuine seals for the fronts alone, any recommendations for alternatives that are as good before I splash out?

Hi All, towards the end of last year I picked up a yellow and black 2011 FZ1 N. Not had it out much over the winter but yesterday I gave it a service in preparation for using it in the coming weeks but I already know I love it! I was having a look around it and noticed two loose cables tracing back to a wee box between the tank and the battery...might be a totally stupid question but what are they for? I attached a photo of the box/cables in question!

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Very close to getting my (new to me) yr 2000 Fazer FZS600S!! Yippee! So far I have new tyres for it (BT-023), sprayed the rear wheel and ti bolts for the rear rotor. :-)


The only thing is it does not have a rear hugger. In our lovely climate I think this is essential and therefore I am on the hunt for one.  A popuar auction site has a 2002-3 rear hugger for good money on it but I know there are differences between the mounting points between this and my model. The question is can I mod the 2002/3 one to fit my version? Has anyone done this?


Cheers in advance!

Hi Everyone,


I'm new here and thought first i should say hello all.


About 2 weeks ago i notices my head lights pulsing when the bike was warming up, very slight but you could see it.
i checked the battery and gave it a charge, a few days later the same thing and found the battery was not being charged so went down the stator route, the stator itself was not putting out any voltage so replaced it.
but... same issue, after checking the outputs of the rectifier i replaced that and the battery as it was a bit old.


And here i am, new stator which is putting 72v AC and the rectifier is putting out 14.2volts DC at 2.5k RPM.
i have pulled the tank off and tested the ground cable from the rectifier and the battery, cant see any damaged or warn wiring, rectifier plus seems ok, i get a reading from the battery via the lead but when it's all connected up and bike is at 2.5k RPM i'm only seeing a rise of .50Volts DC and at idle im loosing 0.03 Volts every few seconds as if there's a drain. i'm stumped only thing i can actually find thats not right is the resistance off the 3 white wires from the stator is 0.8 ohms.


i'm outta ideas. anyone wiser than me have any clue?

Hi All,
bought with an engine from a guy that couldn't get the engine bolts out :lol  I don't need it anymore but it's perfect for anyone who's doing an engine rebuild and wants to mount it up on their bench to make their life easier! Based in Hertfordshire, gimme a tenner for it? I've cut the side stand off so it sits flat on the bench.

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ok so after searching the forum today some old posts talk about using 15w oil in the front end for a better feel
HOWEVER
no one seems to say what they have settings at for preload, compression, rebound
anyone out there using the 15w oil with altered settings (mcn settings go out the window with thicker oil)
forget town riding as i will live with whatever it is - i want it set for when i ride hard and fast so anything as a starting point on settings will be an improvement to its current state (oil change is needed so will do it as soon as oil is here)

Anyone know the size, pitch etc of gen 2 front and rear brake disc bolts? I need to reaplce them all with stainless and dont see the need to pay stupid money for 'motorbike' ones when any high tensile stainless bolt will do the same job.
Thanks

does anyone on here have any experience with these? Just got one for my FZ1, connected up to laptop to check what map was in it but won’t communicate as it needs external power. so I took sellers word that the map is off a FZ1 and an Akro can, can’t do any harm . Wired it up to the bike and fitted the o2 eliminator plug, bike won’t start. Just cranks, pc leds flash then go off. Tried to connect to the laptop with it on the bike, won’t communicate.
Have connected 9v battery to pc3 and tried to communicate with laptop, no deal.


Am at al loss really as it’s plug n play and the seller assures me it was fully working.


Seller is from Stoke way so fairly local, I’ve asked him if he can help.


In the meantime can anyone else help?

Screw fix are having a sale on some of their security stuff.
I've just picked up 2 ground anchors and 2 chains for £17!
I know they aren't anything special (I already have a decent chains and disc locks) but with summer aiming it it can't hurt to have a bit of extra security for the bike, even if it's a visual deterrent. At these prices is rude not too

https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-g...60mm/8955p

https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-h...10mm/2502g

Might be good for some of you ?