Hi,


Has any one got a gold petrol tank for a FZS600 1999? Its the solid gold bike not the two tone version.

Hi I just got a Fzs600
- cheap with quite alot of miles and expired mot, so I am expecting to have a few questions to ask as I am getting it back to being on the road again.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201656990893

Found the above item on eBay, just wondered if anyone has come across these before? I can't work out where these would sit on the Fazer, doesn't look long enough to be a high mount (and doesn't specify as with other high mounts from this seller) but doesn't look like most other link pipes I've seen?

Thanks in advance

Mark

Does anyone have one lying around they don't need/want, if so I'm in the market for one.  :thumbup


Cheers


Mark

Happy Christmas to all you foccers bring on the new year and a lot more great rides .  :thumbup

has anybody successfully installed a mivv exhaust using the m8 bolt supplied, if so what wizardry did you employ, I can't get it to bite the nut on the other side of the footrest,it's just not long enough.
Poor measuring mivv personnel.

so there I am on the M25 today in the car in slow traffic because of an accident in the fog with my mrs and 14 yr old son going off to family dinner, when the car in front brakes sharply , I've left enough room to stop but have to anchor up sharpish and stop with about 6-7 ft between me and the car in front, then I glance in my mirror and see a fucking great big Volvo truck getting closer and closer and think it's not going to stop and my son who sat in the back is gonna get the brunt of it when this twat runs into the back of me at 30 mph or I'm going to get flattened as it ploughs through. I've checked my mirrors quick and saw there was a small chance I might get into the lane to the right but as I'm turning the wheel to accelerate out of the way BANG the wanker has whacked the back of me then because I've got the wheel turned (luckily I think ) the force of the push from the lorry has accelerated me into the next lane where an innocent driver has hit me square on my drivers door smashing the door and the glass in my face.
Anyway I've pulled over and got out with the other drivers involved and looked at where the lorry had stopped and it was about 4ft from the back of the car in front of me before the shunt and had I not turned the wheel and got shunted right that's where me and my family would have ended up.
Turns out it's a Bulgarian driver who speaks no English driving a truck for a Spanish company on his way to Ireland (don't ya love the eu) called plod who took 20 minutes to arrive and I thought they might have done stuff like breathalyser or check tachos etc but nothing just moved my car to a safe place and buggered off and left us to the traffic wombles from the highways agency who were actually quite friendly giving us tin foil to put around ourselves probably to amuse the themselves and the rubberneckers driving past watching us do our impersonation of a turkey wrapped in bacofoil .
Moving swiftly on and the reason for the post title , chatting to recovery driver on way home who asked what happened when told a lorry hit me up the arse says " was it left hand drive?? " to which I reply yes why ? And he answers "cos we have about 10-12 left hand drive truck involved in accidents a day"
Then our insurance co tell us how complicated it is to claim off foreign insurers and it may be a while before we can get any of the £200 recovery fee I paid and the £250 excess that's going to be deducted off the written off car settlement
Oh and while we were at the side of the motorway there were nearly 5 accidents involving lorries that nearly shunted people that had slowed rubbernecking at our accident. Mental absolutely mental

Firstly, hello to everyone, i'm a long time lurker on this site, many useful topics and threads have helped me so far with my bike so thanks for all the great reads and manuals and how to's


I have a 2001 600 fazer


This morning it started on the first time of asking with the choke right out.


As i was putting my helmet on etc i eased off on the choke, a couple of seconds later it slowly dropped revs and cut out. Started again and went through the same performance, it cut out again when i eased off the choke.


Its turning over but not firing into life


I checked the battery and it was fully charged, battery is 6 months old. New full tank of premium fuel in her.


I checked the spark plugs next and they where sparking put looked past the change date, the plug in number 3 was only half in, the washer was jammed and kind of cross threaded, this plug was very mucky and corroded, probably because it was loose all this time.


So i have changed all the plugs.


Took the fuel tank off and visual checked all lines where connected, all electrical connectors connected.


With trying to start it so many time the battery has run down to 12.2v so ive got it on charge as we speak.


Now it won't start at all and after all day messing about im stumped.


Some background on the bike.


Ive owned it 2 months, the previous owner had it 2 years and did all of 100 miles in that time. It's got 16,000 on the clock.


Its had new oil and filter, new K&N air filter and now new spark plugs since ive owned it.


When i put it in the garage last week after a 2 hour ride it seemed to be ticking over at 4000 rpm rather than 1200, not sure what was going on there.


Thanks for reading this long post and thanks in advance for pointing me in the right direction


Chris

does anyone use a chain monkey to set the chain slack.
If so does it give the correct slack.

Hi all,

I am breaking my FZ6 Fazer 2004 as it had been written off unfortunately after the accident
If you need any parts, send me a message. I am in Leicester, UK.

thanks