Hello everybody, this is my first post and I come to you for your wisdom.


I am a 2x fazer fzs600 owner, racked up >30k miles in total and it's now time for new tyres. My mechanic just let me know that michelin no longer supply the Pilot Road 3s in the sizes we need. This is terrible news, I loved them and trusted them with my life having commuted 40 miles a day on them all of the last winter.


Any recommended alternatives?


I tried searching the forum but couldn't find a topic on this, but apologies if I didn't look hard enough.


Any info much appreciated,


Cheers,


D

Hi, I need a decent replacement tank preferably red for a 1999 Fazer 600.
The one on the bike has had two tank liners in and is starting to weep again from the bottom corner.
I can be contacted on 07720509604.
Thanks
John

If anyone has one in the back of the shed they don't want or need

wanted electoronic speedo drive for 2003 fazer 600

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,23236.0.html


12 bunk spaces with no takers - if these are not taken soon (end March latest)  then I will have to cancel in order to recover deposit on the bunkhouse


if this is the case then this could well be the end of the Spring Meet...

Got him a GS500F Suzuki about 4 years ago, '07 plate, bang on the A2 licence restriction.
My lad's 25 and he passed the last bits of the A2 'jumping through hoops' test before winter set in.
He went out last month and tested a new Africa Twin and an MT09 - he loved them both, but not the monthly payments nor the insurance quotes, nor the likely depreciation and obligatory service costs.
So he started looking at 'older' bikes, VFR800 and XJR1300's.
No real depreciation, no monthly payments and cheap insurance.

His mates at work told him the XJR13 was a pig on stilts, so he started thinking Bandits......Nooooo!!!
Just done a deal for him on a '54 plate Gen 1, 6k miles, 1 owner, standard and still on Metz4 hoops :eek
He'll only use it for fun and best yet, only £200 insurance fully comp.
It'll be 15 years old next year and eligible for even cheaper insurance deals for him.
Future classic bike - oh Yeah!
Sure he'll be on here soon too, give him a nice welcome won't you?
Nice to be back.

Hello all I found the site today and have a gen 1 1000.
I've not had it long and not had chance to ride it much.
Attached is it in its home with its Thundercat mate.  I swapped the Fazer for a ZZR 1200 that I just couldn't get on with.  The Fazer has a lowered gel seat which I will need to change at some point for a standard height one.  The gel seat is comfy though but I feel I'm sat too low.
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Spring is here, the deer are back in the garden scrounging, the air is filled with the sound of baby spadgers squawking for their grub and now the snow has buggered off it was time for my first ride of the year, with my MOT up next week.

Have to say, I had been dreading it (due to age and infirmity taking a grip over winter - the first winter that I didn't even sit on my bike, let alone move it) but once I got over the shock of the freezing tank on my knackers, that huge grin reappeared. It's funny, I keep pondering selling the Fazer, due to aforementioned age and condition (mine, not the bike...) but every time I go for a buzz I just wonder how I could be so stupid as to even consider it.

It's the only bike I've had, where I haven't been wondering how any other bike would be, or yearning after some younger, sexier bit of kit - because there isn't anything sexier than Felicity (my Fazer....). If you ever played Elite: Dangerous (I play it in Virtual Reality and it is gobsmacking) you will know Felicity Farseer, the engineering expert for engines, powerplants and frameshift drives (for warp jumps). Very suitable, I thought.

Unfortunately, there was still a lot of sludge and salt around the roads and the traffic was spraying it all over Felicity - so a very enjoyable ride ended with a back-aching scrub and polish.

This machine is 14 years old - 14! Yet not a single hiccup, from twist of the key to jacking the stand. Yeah, I'm definitely in love all over again.

I wish you all a very happy year on your Fazers - it's time to start your engines 

Does anyone know how to split the headlight open without damaging it?


I bought one off eBay cheaply to be fair (was also advertised on here) with a stated broken fairing mount lug but the seller must not have checked under the rubber bulb seals as the reflector/shield on the near side light is broken and flapping about only held in place with some wire. I bought it as the front lense on mine is heat damaged from having electrical tape stuck to it to pass an MOT as it was wired up wrong, no longer thanks to the headlight mod post on here! So I want to swap the good lense from the eBay unit with the good back housing of mine but as well as the tap/clips holding the two together it appears to be glued or have a sealant which I guess makes sense... got me a bit stuck at the mo

Interesting read on MCN last Wednesday

Wasp Motorcycles built retro using the 2000 Fzs600 engine

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/motorcycl...4877016873