I've had the bike since October 19k miles, service history , recently serviced by Yam. I don't use it much but when it's parked for more than a few days I turn the fuel tap off and run it until it's dry.
Not sure if this is related to the problem but I'll put it in , it felt like the throttle grip had loosened off on the bars and was twisting all the way round but if gripped hard it will turn normally so put it to do soon, then I notice I can't adjust the idle screw it turns but not a lot happens it'll raise the revs but not much 1800 max.
I was today looking at my radiator that has a hairline crack in ( my fault don't ask longer story ) I thought I'd start her up and see how bad the leak is, turned on fuel, it started on the button but I noticed its lumpy , the engine isn't just vibrating it's really vibrating ( a bit like an old cx500 if you're old enough to remember ) and I'm not sure but thought I heard feint knocking and it'll idle but not smoothly on the rev needle it fluctuates a bit( I was putting down to empty float bowls filling up )
So then my son comes out asks what I'm doing and decides to ask questions about bike engines (unusual ) so we get to the clutch casing I explain the clutch, unscrew the oil fill plug to say you can just see the clutch spinning in there when I get a huge whiff of fuel out of the fill hole it's mega strong so at that point turn off the engine and decide to have a look at the 2 easiest plugs (1 & 4) as it's now raining and I'm outside.
The plugs look ok but are wet and black at the sides but normal colour but wet in the centre which says to me flooding and / or stuck float for some reason  but would that then run into the sump past the rings ?  When I went back after a few minutes the fuel smell has gone but when I went back a few hours later without starting the engine the fuel smell is back.
I also noticed when I was pulling no 4 plug that it looks like the TPS has been moved ( previous owner ) as the torx heads look a bit messed with and there's a tide mark where it looks like it was.
All I've done to the bike since I got it was put a can on 50 miles previously  and some carbon fairing infills ( cured the fairing buzz ) and carbon rad covers ( undoing seized bolt caused the hairline rad crack ).
So now focced of and concerned that I've either got an expensive repair bill or a modern art fazer shaped sculpture for my front garden.

Hi all,

I saw some poor fella get sideswiped of his bike today. He was just cruising down Whitehall, in an empty lane 2 doing about 30mph. He was riding past queuing traffic in lane 1, when a large private hire people carrier pulled out of lane 1, into him and sent him and his bmw bike sliding down the wet road. He was wearing a protective jacket, helmet and gloves, but also jeans and normal shoes/boots. He was lucky not to damage his leg and foot as he got trapped under the bike.

I guess you have to learn from other people's mistakes: Wear all the protective gear, expect people to pull out and give yourself space. He did have plenty of space to his right actually, as the road is really wide. He must have been riding close to the queuing traffic, daydreaming or fixated on the car when it pulled out.

I just felt bad for the guy, and glad it wasn't me. Unfortunately I was also with the missus, and she is already reluctant enough to get on the back of the bike. :-(

Brett

Hi Everyone,


Just wanted to share this, which I found in Homebase today. It's a furniture leg, it cost me around four quid and it's exactly the right size to install the bottom head bearing onto the shaft. It had a plastic foot on the bottom which you need to remove, and the top is a metal plate perfect for hitting with a hammer.


It also comes in a variety of colours.  :lol


Andy

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Hi all, my name is Dean from Yorkshire, mid forties & always had bikes. Had an 02 Fazer 1000 around 10 years ago & fancy another so i'm looking for a tidy low mileage gen 1 in the Yorkshire area.

Firstly greetings all! A new fazer 1000 owner here, been browsing this forum since owning my fzs1000, and have to say found it very useful.

However, during todays routine maintenance (coolant and oil change) something alarming has happened. On undoing the coolant drain bolt it just snapped off, no problem thought I, ill just take the peice of pipe off and drill it out. So took off the hoses, undid the bolt that holds the pipe into the block and began to take the bit of pipe out. It came out without much of a fight so i assumed all was well.  However it was at this time (when the pipe was half way out) i saw coolant coming out of the sump.

I noticed that behind the gasket is like a brass type tube the bore size of the pipe which i wasn't expecting to be there, it looks like part of the pipe. Having not had a yamaha before im not sure if this is normal. I guess my question is when its all reassembled will it go back to normal?

Im hoping someone can shed some light on this situation, any help would be greatly appreciated!

Any Foccers doing this years Dragon in a couple of weeks time. Always a good craic especially if it stays dry.

due to a moment of stupidity and frustration with a seized nut I've got a hairline crack in my radiator ( don't ask)
So I'm all set for a new one but all the ads on flea bay are 1 fucked used one or new ones that say they for fz1 FZS 1000 fz1000 06-12 well that ain't confusing much is it.
So does anyone have a decent rad ???
Or ... know where I can get one that I know is for a FZS 1000 ( not Yamaha at £350 )

Hi Guys

Firstly many thanks for all the advice on the forum, was reading recently about the thermowax unit and quickly realised that this was the reason for my idle problles from a cold start.  Stripped the thermowax unit today and now working perfectly.  The rod was solid in the out position needed a few hits from a pin hammer and 3-1 oil to free it up.  A couple of points (problems) that that I had.

(1)  the righthand screw for the top of the Thermowax unit holds a very small metal bracket that the spring attaches to (the other end of the spring attaches to the throttle body) when I unscrewed the screw the bracket and spring pinged into the bowels of the engine - thank god for telescopic magnets!  (see photo 12 for bracket and spring) :o

(2) the two screws holding the thermowax unit to the bike were solid.  I tapped them free with a cold chisel and pin hammer and replaced the screws. 

I took a few photos for reference which I thought may help out anyone else that does this job.

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Thinking of getting a set of these. Anyone fitted them or got experience of them?

https://www.speedycom.co.uk/shop/product...241&page=2

My bikes an FZ1S ABS - is there anything special required when fitting rearsets to an ABS bike - pressure switch / rear brake light lever etc?

Rizoma are beautiful as is the price & the Gilles is a bit too fancy for me. LSL are on the list but not a lot out there as FZ1's seem to be a forgotten bike these days :\

Thanks in advance

i thought I'd have a go at Ivan's TPS adjustment today
However I can't get the idle screw adjuster to set the idle above 1800 rpm  :'( no matter how much I turn it
It will allow me to return back to normal idle speed but when blipping the throttle after the revs sort of hang around a bit at 4000 and drop back slowly.
Anyone got a clue why I can't get the idle above 1800.