Hi Folks,
I’m trying to strip the forks to change the leaking seals on my FZS 1000 Gen1, but having difficulty loosening the damper cartridge bolt at the bottom of the shock – As expected, its turning the entire damper unit inside, without loosening ….
With my previous bikes I’ve always made my own tool to poke down the fork tube to hold whatever it was that was turning.
Intending to do the same here, but can anyone help me out with the (approximate ?) dimensions of the top part of the Damper Cartridge ?
Found a Yamaha Service Tool (# 90890-01447) on the web – from the pic it looks pretty easy to make up, (or at least something that will work), but it would be helpful if someone could give me an idea on the sizing – save me a bit of trial & error.
Anything else I need to look out for ?
Cheers/

If I want to replace my brake lever do I have to buy a specific Yamaha Fazer lever or are they a standard thing I can buy a generic brake lever?

Hi Guys, which is the correct one handbook has both CR8 and 9? Will it matter?

My shitty bike has a misfire so I want to change the plugs & see if that helps.

But, how the fuck do I access them without using an angle grinder?

Wanted:

Headlight unit for Gen 1 Fazer 1000 (Good condition & nothing damaged or repaired please)
Pics and price including signed delivery (mainland UK)

Cheers.

100 mile round trip to look at a 'clean standard' fazer thou. Hadn't been washed for a year I reckon and completely shot tyres. There goes another £20 worth of juice and a morning of my time. E bay should let you mark people on the accuracy of their adverts.  I hope the guy updates his advert to save a few more wasted journeys.

Anyone fitted a cheap fuel cap from China


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Billet-Gas-Fue...SwfZ1WX7XJ

Yesterday SW France , 5 mins from were I live. Hopefully Spring is just around the corner it was 16 degrees mid afternoon but still gets bloody cold at night. Lovely countryside by me but the roads are crap for biking, covered in mud with the farmers or else gravel. I did find one decent road with some good twisties  so rode the length of it to check it out. Had a blast but Jaysus am I rusty or what, had best get the L Plates out as a guy on a Bergman pushed me all the way lol.

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Thought it about time I got some sun on my old bones so went onto Travelsupermarket and found a good deal In Turkey.
By the time I called my mate and told him to pack his mankini and go online it had gone up by £60 !!!!
Then when we clicked on the hotel to book, it went up another £12 each ????

My guess is they monitor the cookies and think............"Right, that's Delboy interested. Up the prices."


Bastards.

Names Kev (obviously), I live in South Australia and own a B-King.


But I'm Irish and have an 03 FZS600 back at home that I've had for about 10 years. Haven't ridden it now in 4 years but I'm heading home for a holiday in two weeks so hopefully I'll be able to tidy it up and get it running for the 2 months that I'll be home in mid to late summer.


Need to get a set of downpipes (anyone have experience with motad?) and probably other maintenance like fork seals, tyres, brakes, chain etc.


Looking forward to getting on the silver streak again!

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