Happy New Year to all Foc'cers - Can anyone measure the eye to eye length of a closed spring for me?

So I have had my fzs600 for 4 years now and after very winter when it doesn’t get ridden much, it won’t start it’s basically always the carbs so I taken them out give them a spray and it starts.

How do you stop this happening ? Feel like riding to work tomorrow and I can’t because the fucker won’t start again.

In all fairness I’m tempted to get rid as it has been one problem after another for the past 4 years and now I don’t really trust it, which is sad

As per the title, the oil cooler on my gen one thou well and truly shat the bed the other day, one of the spigots for the coolant hoses has rotted right through leaving me with an exhaust covered in coolant and a bike that is now an ornament till i can replace the part. there are none in the uk on ebay and you can't buy them new anymore, surely someone around here has an old engine they don't mind pulling one off... This bike is my commuter and i'm having to now use my summer bike through the worst of the winter grime and salty roads to get to work which doesn't fill me with joy, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

At some point this year I think I'm going to buy some Vortex V2's. I've never had Vortex before, only Gilles works of art and it's the only name brand I can find that still has them for the 1st gens. What's I'm wondering is how low they can go. The factory footpeg position is perfect for my bad knee on street rides, I just want to raise them for trackdays. Does anyone know how low/forward they can be adjusted? I searched all over and everyone just asks how high they can go. Thanks.

Hey guys! Glad to see there's a forum for these bikes that's active. I'm from Texas but live in North Carolina in the Uwharrie National Forest area with great roads. Looks like most of you are in Europe and I wish I lived there instead. If I didn't have any family I would have moved there. I'm retired military and have been all over.


Bought my bike in 2020 but didn't really starts the mods until this past year. The first owner did the yellow wheels/bellypan and blacked out stuff. I don't really like it but it does look factory. I got it for only $3000 with 12K miles so I can't complain. I will get a different bellypan at some point and it'll be black, that's just too much yellow for me.






I recently got a Penske 8975 and I was going to buy AK-20 fork carts this month but holding off because last week I scored a set of black Oz Piega's with a 6 inch rear on clearance. Ordered them two days ago. I think I'll get some race tires mounted on the stock rims for the track. I've never ran anything but street tires on the track (I ride at CMP) so that'll be cool. A few weeks ago I got an ELS 4 degree timing advancer. I should have bought that the day I got the bike, it's great.


These are going to be pretty nice and I have some Core brake lines I'll install at the same time.

... all those Foccers who, by an incredible coincidence, have their birthdays on January the 1st!  :rollin

Mt10sp and fzs1000. Now on my 4th fazer they ,re a bitt good  .

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on the fazer. Bright sunny day, but coldish. Must have taken me half an hour to get togged up and get the bike out the garage. Fired up instantly, which is good given that its a couple of months since the last use. About 20 miles or so around the local B roads, looking out for damp patches under the trees/high hedges etc. You can definitely get "rusty" through not riding.

Happy Christmas to all you foccers and (if you want) your families too. Hope you have had a good year and have a good new year too.

I've just been to see a Doctor. They think (LOL) that following 40 years of motorcycling (and a couple of accidents) that I may have developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in my left wrist.  :eek


What effect will this have on my riding in the future? I know that several regular contributors on here have had similar diagnosis - what mods have you found eases the symptom's on your Fazer?


TIA