LINK YOUTUBE VIDEOS

FOCU help: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/page,howto.html

JUST POST A LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO:

(1) Open YouTube video in YouTube
(2) L Click on 'SHARE' (lower right of YouTube video image)
(3) L Click on 'copy' or press 'CTL' and 'C' keys
(4) Open FOCU target post (either new post or modify an existing post)
(5) Place cursor in FOCU post where link is required to start
(6) Past clipboard contents into FOCU post ('CTL' and 'V')

Example:  https://youtu.be/hxZF--sDkCM

EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEO (to play on host site) WITHOUT DISPLAYING YOUTUBE THUMBNAIL

(1) Open YouTube video in YouTube
(2) L Click on 'SHARE' (lower right of YouTube video image)
(3) L Click on 'EMBED'
(3) L Click on 'copy' or press 'CTL' and 'C' keys
(4) Open FOCU target post (either new post or modify an existing post)
(5) Place cursor in FOCU post where link is required to start
(6) Past clipboard contents into FOCU post ('CTL' and 'V')
(7) Delete all characters except the link between the two quotation marks.

Example:  <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hxZF--sDkCM" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

http://www.youtube.com/embed/hxZF--sDkCM

The most wonderful time of the year my arse! Please feel free to vent you anger on all things christmassy oh, and while we're on it, Xmas cards are completely pointless.

I have the following motorcycle clothing for sale:

1. Excellent condition, WOLF "Titanium" waterproof sports touring textile jacket (Medium = 40/42" chest) and trousers (Large = 34" waist) both with Outlast removable lining. Full armour with lots of vents. Current list price is £280 jacket and £250 trouser. Will sell for £140 and £110 respectively or £230 for full suit. Full armour in back, shoulders, elbows and knees. Loads of adjustments and vents. Outlast inner can be removed during warmer months.
   
2. As new condition, ISS waterproof sports touring textile jacket (Small) and ISS GORTEX trousers (Medium - 32" waist). Full armour with limited vents. Current list price is £280 jacket and £250 trouser. Will sell for £60 and £80 respectively or £130 for full suit. Full armour in back, shoulders, elbows and knees.
   
3. SIDI Stradawaterproof boots - as new condition. Size 42. As new condition. Price £80- current list price of £130.
   
4. SIDI Strada waterproof boots - some scuffing but still good condition. Size 44. Price £50 - current list price of £130.
   

I'm currently riding a FZS600 "00 pretty decent mileage for the age around 24k it's restricted however due to my license but I can sit my DAS in a months time, my thoughts are to either keep the bike once it's derestricted and clean it up a bit (new pipes/can/forks etc, the works) but would be an investment I wouldn't get back if I did eventually sell. I've been looking at Triumphs a lot recently the style of the bikes really speak to me, and I've been looking mostly at a Bonneville T120 or a Daytona 675R can anyone suggest other bikes to look at or give me good reasons to invest in my Fazer? I've been riding just under 2 years started out on a chinese learner bike Lexmoto ZSB 125 it was a cruiser style of bike but after riding the Fazer for a while now I'm leaning more towards Sportier styles.

I have been quietly lurking on the forum for quite a few years ahead of buying a Gen2 as a planned addition to the stable.(Yes I want a sporty bike that can take some luggage occasionally!) I am writing this note to determine what parts I need to acquire in order to have in stock the bits I need when I buy my bike.


Sadly I recently lost my best mate and riding buddy to cancer and I was shocked that he has left me his 2003 R1 which he owned from new and on which he spent ridiculous sums of cash. It comes with full Ohlins forks and rear shock which I intend to move over to the FZ1S Gen2 next spring. It also has a lovely Akrapovic system with Power Commander but I think that may be too difficult/impossible to move across.


I just need to understand what else I will need, the forks are 50mm it seems, the rear shock has a 300mm mounting gap from the top to bottom points which can be adjusted obviously slightly. These are being kept more for sentimental reasons but will make a huge difference I am sure. Given the R1 will fetch about the same as a Gen2 I can afford to spend a few drinking vouchers on the changeovers. I have the original forks and shock to put back on the bike.


Any advice welcome. Hope to meet up with any Essex or Southern based members next year.


If anyone wants to swap their low mileage Gen2 for a mint R1 drop me a line by all means.

Should have chopped their hands off, that might deter them!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-...g-vehicles

If anyone is still at home and planning on going anywhere near Sudbury, Greenford or A40 around Greenford area......stay at home.
The whole area  is like a car park, with the A40 shut between Hangar Lane and Greenford due to an accident that happened around 4.30am.
Just took me 55mins to travel 5.5 miles, mainly on the wrong side of the road.
In short, it's the worst traffic I've encountered in a very long time.  :eek

Hi all,

I have an old fazer 600 donor engine sat outside.

It's knackered top and bottom, rusty, has no bits of value, is in 4 parts and obviously drained of all fluids.

Is it worth weighing in at a scrap metal merchants? What's it worth? Or do I just dump it at my council waste site?

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Hi

I'm trying to sell my FZ1 and looked around at average prices and put it up for sale at £3,400. It is a 2007 model with some extras and is in a good clean condition.  So far I've had no interest, is the price too high?  What do people think a fair price would be?  It is in the For Sale section.

Cheers

Been very quiet here of late so thought I'd ask people what if any winter projects they have lined up for their bikes.


I'm thinking of stripping the plastics and tank off so I can give them a good clean and also get to the nooks and crannies to makes sure everything is free of rust and corrosion (ACF50 where required), this will also make the electrics more accessible so I am thinking of going through all the connector blocks using some contact cleaner to clean them up and then painting some ACF50 on the connectors to keep the gremlins away. Might also take the swingarm off to give it a good clean and re-grease all the linkage and swingarm bearings. Does anyone have any recommendations for grease to use with bearings, I've just been using multi purpose stuff but don't know if there is anything that would be better.


Also does anyone know if you can get tapered feeler gauges at particular sizes i.e. .11mm through to .30mm as I'd like to recheck my valve clearances (probably next year) to get exact measurements without having to resort to using multiple guages to measure the gap. This would help to accurately figure out what shims I would need to get all of the clearances to the halfway point. I did a half arsed job last year and found that some clearances are pretty close to the limits but I'm not at 50K yet so plan to do a better job probably next year when I will have hit the 50K and am thinking I will need to re-shim.