so I pick my bike up the other day after having the front springs changed to hagon progressives, so the guy says to me oh your tyre pressures were really low so we did those for you.
So handling mucho improved i went out today and front seemed a bit vague so I think maybe it's got a slow leak hence the low pressures at the garage... so I go to the petrol garage compressor and turns out they've put 44psi front and 48psi back !!!
Sooo I put them back to 36 and 39 as per manual and it rode like it got flat tyres , dodgy compressor gauge me thinks so go to next garage and yup it was right so I put 44 and 48 back in and it's improved again.
44 and 48 seems too high and so do I keep them or drop them back ? They are metzeler tyres so would that make a difference, anyone else got or had similar ???

Going to upgrade the soft mild steel standard headers on my 2003 600.


Both come in at about £185 new, however, what's the best ?


Ta muchly

What are peoples top 5 most dramatic/effective mods they have done?
Im guessing a few could be:-
-High end Spotlights or LED fromt light MOD.
- Kebabs R6 shock mod (plus Fork springs etc)
- Renthal LowBars possibly?
- a decent touring screen for those of us who have a long comute?

After owning nothing but Yamaha Sports bikes all my life,I have finally succumbed to the Fazer.Joined this site for hints,tips and good advice.cheers Robert

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Renntec Rack for Gen 1 Fazer 1000


Fixings all included.


Bought from a fellow FOC'er about 2 years ago and have never fitted it. Used but good condition.


Delivered to your door for £60


Thanks
Lewis

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Yamaha Paddock Jacket


Size XL


I am 48" chest and this fits well.


Barely worn in all honesty


Delivered to your door for £30


Thanks
Lewis

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I'm trying to find out the standard length of a gen2 front brake lines if they come straight from the master?
Don't suppose one of you lovely foccers with a gen2 that has standard bars could measure them for me?  Or anyone know the length anyway?
I'm wanting to replace my current ones but I have Rizoma bars that are lower than the stock ones and the lines I have on are way too long but I don't know if they are for the fz1 or not. I don't want to buy another set that are too long haha

Needed to change the rear disc on the Gen 2 FZ1 and had been warned that it can be difficult to get the bolts undone.....

So soaked the threads in Plus Gas, froze the bolts (instead of warming the hub) to shrink them down, tapped them with large diameter pin punch to upset them and then tried to undo them...

2 undid ok, 2 T40 heads snapped off flush in the bolt heads and couldn't be removed, the other snapped off but did come out. What to do as the T40 heads are too hard to drill?

So welded M16 nuts to the bold heads and they undid fine with no damage to the hub (serious thermal shock helped). Not sure what else I could have done - may also work for the front discs as I've heard that the whole wheel gets thrown away if they can't get the bolts out.

The design of the bolt heads is wrong - the ratio of the T40 diameter to the bolt diameter means if the bolt is at all seized it's then very likely the T40 will fail - I used reasonably quality T40 heads...

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SOLD

Sargent rider's seat - WS-562F

Black with black piping - goes with all bike colours.  In excellent condition

Fits Yamaha FZ1, FZ1-S - 2006 onwards (was fitted to my 2010 FZ1-S)

http://www.sargentcycle.co.uk/acatalog/y..._only.html & http://www.sargentcycle.com/Seats-Access...2F-19.html for manufacturer's details.

A big upgrade on the standard Yamaha seat and well worth the asking price of £150 inc P&P

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