Yes you guessed it :eek I've bought another fazer thou to go with my mint one... Its not mint by any stretch of the imagination. I plan to use it for work (120 mile round trip) It has obviously been on this forum as it has had ais removed and an r6 shock. it was bought in Horsham west sussex and has been in tooting, London, Harpenden, uttoxeter and finally Hawick. Here is a pic...

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Hi friends,

Did anyone hit a problem like mine?
I bought the rack 2 months ago and tried this weekend to put it.
My old lady it's a '99, the rack (2001 from seller description) is the one sold here: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,21616...#msg248956

I attached 4 photos, the silver bike is from Google. The other one it's mine.

From what I see, obvious, the arms which should fit the passenger pegs are too long. From other pictures I found on Google, pegs position looks the same, and didn't think that Yamaha will modify the bike in just 2 years. Probably in real life it is.

Do anyone has any idea what is my option to fit the '01 long bars into the '99 lady?

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Hi there. I'm a 50 yr old (yes, an old fart) That has always been into riding classic Italian scooters, but had never gotten round to taking my test. I made it my aim to do so before hitting my bullseye and realised how much more fun I was missing out on, not having a bike, so went out and treated myself to a nice cheap 2002 600.

2 months into owning it, I can't get enough of it and will find the tiniest excuse to saddle up and go for a blatt. The weather is getting better and I'm looking forward to many miles of fun around Kent and further.



All my old scooter pals are saying I've sold out  :rollin

So I fitted my new L.E.D tail light this morning and found out when I got to work that my indicators aren't working?
I tested them by just plugging the light in first and they were fine.
I can disconnect the new light and they still don't work.
If I turn the bike off then back on the right hand side will flash and work fine but as soon as I try to put on the left or the hazards then they both stop working.
I haven't touched the wiring at all as the new light is just a plug and play kit thar goes into the existing light socket.
I did strip all the back end of and undid the undertray and tail tidy so I'm thinking ive have dislodged something or possibly caused a wire to break?

Any ideas of anything to try before I strip her apart again tomoz?

Well I guess Im one of the unlucky ones.....


This job started as a simple AIS removal and, typically, has progressed to a much bigger job. The classic - "I might as well just do so-and-so while I'm at it." Anyway, decided to check the valve clearances while I had the front end stripped. The bike has just about covered 26k miles so is due for a check anyway.


All except one is within spec (see picture). Question is.... is it that critical?


I haven't yet looked up how big a job it is to re-shim the offending valve. My instinct is just to get on and do the job properly while it's stripped down. But what are the consequences of just leaving it?


To be honest, I rather expected that any out-of-spec readings would more likely be over-tight valves rather than loose ones. But perhaps that's just exposing my ignorance of the engineering...


The other question is .... is it worth re-shimming any of the others that are close to spec while Im at it, or just the one that needs it?


Cheers foccers.

Hi folks,
Recovering after hitting a tree and breaking my collar bone. Bike ok but needs the fairing/cowling sticking back together and then painting. Spoke to Yamaha and they don't sell the paint, silver tech 3 or S3 they said it was. Anyone know if there is a car paint that is a close match to that. Over here in France getting car paint is hard enough let alone bike paint. (I know rs paints do an exact match but that's £50 and the bike is 13 years old so the rest of the paint will be faded compared to the new paint.....)


Here's hoping, thanks


Tommo

Front fairing (red) with smoked screen & indicators vgc £140
2 plastic inner fairing infills vgc £ 40
2 metal fairing structs vgc £40
1 front light unit £40
L/H rear cowling & centre piece (red) £40


All bits used but vgc off my 2000 plate fzs 600
Which im turning into a street fighter.
cheers

Called at Chorley Yamaha yesterday for there open day what a shame about the weather. Got to admit I went in the car as it pissed it down all day. A lot of lads on there bikes though you just can not plan for the English weather some times its shit. Full marks to the lads and lasses at Chorley Yam though for doing there best.
                                                                          Steve

For the past few days shes been drip, drip, dripping oil in a bad way.


From what I can tell, its coming from the oil sump gasket, it appears to be leaking from/around the front-most left side allen bolt that holds the sump in place (looking from the rear of the bike). I assumed because its nearly 13 years old and just done 35k on the original gasket thats not bad going and its due replacing. So I spent this afternoon fixing it. Changed the gasket for a new one, cleaned everything up nicely, put it all back together and did a full oil change...




And its still bloody leaking  :wall


So its not the gasket... its a not sump loose everything is torqued correctly, I cant find any obvious damage or reason for why its still leaking?! What am I missing? I cant see any possible place it could be leaking from, its all tightly sealed up.

2003 Fazer 1000
Mileage 23,709 miles
New MOT
Fantastic Condition
New Rack
Great Tyres
Black Engine
Fender Extender
Rear Hugger
Ivanised by Mike
CRG short Levers
Acumen Gear Indiator
Renthal Handle Bar
Yamaha Crash Mushrooms
Clear Lens Conversion
Double Bubble Screen
New Tank Cover
Lower Engine Fairing
Stainless Bolts to Exup Cover
Braided Hoses





















A fantastic bike in great condition £2,700