I love my fazer to bits, and think it's possibly, no, definitely, the best all rounder ever built. But that bloody exup.......anyhoo, today the missus has an eye test in the heart of Bristol. Living in the Forest of Dean and Knowing the traffic will be horrendous from the Severn bridge onwards I take her in on the thou, with its freshly greased exup valve. In Chepstow I get the bloody 7k fault! Anyhoo, it was intermittent so onwards to Bristol, and I park on the pavement and get the toolkit out right outside the opticians. At least I can play the breakdown card if a traffic warden shows up. By now the fault is happening constantly, and it's ok in the city so I know the valve is stuck in the closed position. I whip the pulley of the valve and try it, valve turns easily and smoothly, so put it back on and slacken the cables a bit, reasoning that I've over tightened them perhaps, even though it's done probably 200 miles since I last adjusted them. No difference, so I take the pulley off again and check to see if it moves around hanging loose. It doesn't, both when I'm revving the bike and when I kill it with the kill switch. So all back together, and head home with 7k fault going all the way, and  get there wit h about an hours daylight left to check it out. Again pulley off and check, no movement. So tank up, left hand infill and fitting bracket ( the one with the reg/rec fitted to it) removed to give me a bit of access. I'm thinking the cables are frayed internally and locking up, but pulling on them near the servo pulley with needle nosed pliers they seem ok. I pull them back up through the outer sleeve to give them both an inch of play near the servo and try it again. Servo not working! Wasn't expecting that :-( anyhoo, there's a slot in the left hand side of the servo pulley, I can just about reach thru with a slotted screwdriver and put it in the slot and see if there's any movement in the pulley. It's stuck but suddenly gives a little bit. I start the bike and bingo, it's turning ok, and no 7k fault. I spray loads of wd40 into the servo pulley shaft as best I can, reconnect the pulley on the valve, and take up the slack in the cables, and try it again. It's all working ok. Buggered if I know...I've not used the bike for a couple weeks while I've been away working, is it conceivable it seized up in that time. Have sprayed loads more wd40 around the servo pulley and will give it 20 or 30 miles in the morning to see if it's behaving... :rolleyes

hi all.
I'm beginning to suspect that my 02 foxeye has been lowered.
I'm not particularly tall yet my feet are flat on the floor whilst sitting on the bike and also it's a real bugger to get it on its centre stand, my thou is so much easier to get on its centre stand.
Is there a way to tell if it has been lowered.

I've only been in jail for 5 minutes and I've already been raped twice.

My uncle doesn't f*ck around when playing Monopoly.
   

Hiya fellas, now I know you don't see bikes with rear fog lights and have seen numerous cars with rear fogs in their rear clusters. Is there any legislation as to why? Distance from running light? (about 6 inches max on cars). Distance from number plate? Anyone have any answers?


Reason being that I won't one - not for fog mind cos I can't remember the last time the fog was thick enough to warrant it (thick enough drivers all too quick to slap them on when it rains mind grrrrrr).


No, I won't one cos i'm sick to shit of being tailgated by arse wipes down the motorway - you can slow down, brake lightly or gesture as much as you want but some cnuts still sit there. I figure that one of my front spot lights with a bit of red film aimed backwards would help so any answers would be much appreciated.


Cheers

Just above each of the header pipes on me thou there is a bolt with what looks like an inch of a wire wool bobbin, is that likely to be where the pair valves have been removed d'ya think?

Just wondering if anyone actually uses these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/262738767...0097577354

I've never used one with any aftermarket exhaust but recently had a leak and just used exhaust paste which has done the job but it's not perfect. Just wondering if it's worth picking one up?  And if so will yhe standard one work with an akrapovic link pipe?

I've noticed since owning my Gen2 that the petrol gauge on it is really slow to show the true amount of fuel when you first start it up? 
For instance this morning I started the bike and the fuel bar is flashing to tell me it's low but by the time I've driven 2 miles or so it's displaying 2 bars?
Happens at any amount except full for some reason?
It's not a major problem but just wondering if anyone else's doing something similar?

Not sure if this will be allowed but on my face book page pepe.prints I have put togeather a mug design for various coloured mugs
just wonderd if anyone would like a look if so please check out pepe.prints on Facebook,

will try a put a pic on here [smg id=2883 type=preview align=center caption="fazer mug lh red"]

Just a couple of pictures of the tank, got some serious head scratching to do to get everything under the cover

Be boring if it was easy

The time has come to do a final adjustment before i bite the bullet and replace the plates/springs etc... my question is how easily assessable are the nuts on the engine end  if the adjustent that surrond the phillips adjuster? Just a normal appropriately sized sprocket set? Or do i need a special thin walled sprocket to fit? And i take it clockwise is slacker and anticlockwise is tighter on the adjuster bolt ? (My cable is too stiff and tight atm and i think i can smell hot clutch )
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