Thought I had a coolant leak the other day. But wasn't sure. Came home from work and decided to balance the carbs...warming the bike up a bit I realised there was lots ans lots of liquid on the floor.... switched off... had a sniff.. (was worried it was fuel) Coolant pi$$ing out of a a narrow bore hose at the base of one of the carbs. Whipped it off, cut it back and cable tied it...job done. Carried on with the carb sync, and whist blipping the throttle noticed more liquid!! This time from the other end of the hose!!! Could get my hand in so aborted!

Looks like I need a new set of hoses. The bike was sat for a year before I took it, reckon the little hoses have stretched a bit with the heat and just breaking down. They feel really floppy

Will book it in, hopefully not to pricey...think the carbs may have to come off to gain access thoigh!! Might as well get them to balance the carbs while the tank is off eh?!
Grrrrrrr

Hi Guys, just exploring options re my bike and broken fairing my first quote to weld and respray was £400 so looking like 2 options, sell bike as is or bodge it.


Does anyone know if there is a clear tape out there that I could stick over the painted side of the break to protect the cracked paint?  All the paint is on the fairing, I've not lost any of the paint it's just blown along one crack and split and lifted on another crack.  I'm wondering if I can epoxy the inside of the fairing where it's not overly seen and then put some sort of clear, waterproof etc tape over the paint to stop it lifting any more.


Ideas.......... has anyone tried this kind of option?

Hi All,


Looks like my bike will be off the road for a while so am thinking of making it SORN.


My insurance is up in 7 days.  How does it work with regards to no claims bonus if I don't renew my insurance?  Can I re-insure the bike in say a year's time and keep my no claims bonus from this year or do you have to have constant insurance for the no claims to stay with you?


I'm more than happy to risk the bike being uninsured in the garage just don't want to lose my no claims.

I bought some wheel bearings a good while ago and I just noticed they are C2 bearings instead of C3 :groan I know that means they have a smaller internal clearance.  There's only a few microns in the difference. Would that cause an issue?

About 6000 miles ago, I replaced both front and rear sprockets and the chain with a DID Gold X Ring set.

I've had up to 18,000 miles out of a chain and sprocket set before, I've always kept the tension adjusted properly and have a Scotoiler on it to keep it lubed, but the front sprocket has become noticably hooked. The rear is ok and so is the chain.

I know the advice is to always change the whole lot in one go, but is this really necessary? I've read that the front tends to wear more than the rear, so can I just put a new front one on?

First, the confession.  Yesterday I took my '99 R1 out for a run, the first she's had since being taken a few miles to the testing station this time last year.  No big deal, except that this is actually the first time I've ridden at all in the last 12 months.  :o  With the Soup Dragon spending most of 2016 in and out of hospital for some pretty serious issues, I just didn't feel like riding and at the back of my mind was the nagging thought that the way our luck was going, I'd end up in A&E for good measure.  Two of us out of action wouldn't have been too clever under the circumstances.  :\

Next, the decision.  Well, decisions, in fact.  Although I love the R1 to bits, she's just too much of a missile for me to ride properly on the road these days, so I've decided to put her into mothballs for the next couple of years.  With only 16k miles on the clock, in totally original condition and absolutely mint at that, she's worth around £3.5k according to ebay.  No point in paying insurance, tax and MOT only to ride her for a couple of hundred miles each year.  So full service, drain carbs and fuel tank, up on the paddock stands and polish every few months.

The second decision is to get the Fazer out more.  Now, that wasn't so difficult, was it ... ?  :lol

Twice this year my in-laws have been taken for mugs.


The first time, costing about £10K, they were scammed into getting a thermodynamic water heater on the basis they would save electricity. I calculated it would take about 20 years to recoup the cost in saved electricity. The in-laws are well into their 70's so will never see that!


This time, two weeks ago while we were on holiday, some other bastard came round to clean the gutters. On doing that, he "noticed" some problems with the roof and gave the father-in-law a lift to the bank to get several £k in cash to pay for materials etc.
the next day they started by ripping all the tiles off the roof and took him to the bank again. This time the cashier realised what was going on and called the police. The fraudsters did a runner leaving the roof with no tiles on. feccers


We got back from holiday a week ago but obviously they were too ashamed to admit anything so we didn't find out till the Mrs went round on Friday night. cue lots of running around this weekend to make the place watertight again but too late to save the ceilings in two of the bedrooms. Now we have to find rofers and cladding people to put it all right.




And to top it all, the insurance company don't want to know as the fraudsters were given permission to do work.

As above
No longer have a Fazer and have a standard FZS600 end can and lowering doglinks removed from a 2001 offers
Based in North Essex

Hi, passed my das a month ago. Brought a good looking fz6. Looking for riding tips/rides out and meets (dover/Canterbury area)

Hi all.
I'm Chris for Burnley in Lancashire. I've been an Fazer 1000 owner for some time now and I've had a few different bikes over the years but I'm loving the Fazer.
I'm thinking of fitting braided brake hoses but wondered what sort and will they make a difference.