Screwed up my poor Fazer again. Doing a track day over in Folembray, France and balls it all up on the last session pushing it too hard and ran out of skills. Video of action here:


https://www.instagram.com/p/BXhfPhAB1Bq/...innerbiker


Too wide on one bend, kissed the grass and threw me all out of shape for next chicane. Was on grass when I should have been doing me braking, chap overtook my inside and going spot fast, whole combination just messed me up, bottled it and decided to just run off. But was going too fast to keep it up right on grass. Doh! Bike went down, I just went sliding and came to rest sat on my ass - thankfully no injuries.


Straightened forks, bodged front back together with duct tape and cable ties and rode bike home (though Autoroute at 80-90mph was hard work with no fairing or screen!). Fairing shattered into loads of pieces. Fairing bracket super bent and about to snap now we pushed it back. Light cluster in one piece but lost many mounting lugs. Clocks took a bash, fuel gauge no longer works. Mirrors and screen intact. Small scuff to tank and can. Crash bars protected engine, and Renthal look straight still.


Now I've a dilemma as what to do next, do I:

1. Patch it up: combination of new fairing, bracket, possibly lights, clocks, plus whatever 2nd hand parts I can find. Reckon about £700-800.
   
2. Street fighter it, big single light on front, faff about trying to mount clocks to yoke etc. Prob about £200-300 odd plus time and faff (I don't have fabrication skills or tools).
   
3. Stick it on ebay and hope to get £400-500 spares and repairs, plus sell off choice bits separately. Then get another bike.
   

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£3500


Please message me for details, just typed a nice detailed advert out and it's disappeared on me!

The wife is selling her Smart Fortwo Pink Passion.
It is a 2006 model (06).Excellent condition inside and out.
64000 miles.
Full Service History

£1900 OVNO.


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Sad to see one of the True Heroes Racing Team, Mark Fincham lose his life yesterday at Thruxton.

A tough blow to a group who are so involved in the rehab of soldiers with life changing injuries from war, restoring a sense of direction and focus to them when they were entering the dark days after their medical rehab had finished.

RIP Mark and thoughts to his family, he died doing what he enjoyed.
My thoughts also go to his teammate who was involved in the same incident, but not injured.

It's impossible to view the oil level on my pals FZS600. How easy is it to change the sight glass.

Looking for a headlight unit for a 2003 FZS foxeye. Anyone got one or can recommend a breaker website who might be able to help?

Based on experience, if a jet is completely blocked with varnish, how long will it need soaking in carb cleaner before you can blow the crud out?


Or am I wasting money on the cleaner and better off buying new jets?

Ok, so my sons FZS600 has been sat around for far too long and as a result the carb jets are all blocked with lovely green varnish.
Soaking in carb cleaner doesn't seem to be working so I am trying to locate replacement jets but struggling to identify what each one is called. Last time I took a carb apart there were only two jets (idle and main) but fowlers seem to have several listed and the exploded diagrams do not seem to help much.


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From their website I think the one with the yellow circle around is #14 (jet main # 115). This one is now clean and clear of varnish.
the purple circle is #7 (jet, pilot #12.5)
the orange one though I am struggling a bit with. I think it is #8 (jet, main 0.6)


This is where the trouble begins. I can find #115 and #12.5 on various sites selling jets but cannot find 0.6. Any suggestions?


https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/416...carburetor

Loading up and heading north next saturday - up to Carlisle, then sunday on up to Inverness for a hack round parts of the NC500 for a few days

Any recommendations for a decent cuppa and bacon butty on the way and up round them parts gratefully appreciated, ta

Hi all hoping for some advice. Clutch bites very late with no progression. Almost like a on/off switch.cable has been adjusted at the lever but still no progression. Been to 2 mechanics, 1 suggests a new clutch pack, other recommends adjustment under the tank. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance