I'm sure it has been covered on many many occasions, but here goes again, an old chestnut.
My FZS600 Foxeye 2002, 03 registered (That's the silver one, yes you got it, the fastest colour) is a great bike and I love it, it has been in my possession for 3.5 years now.


I purchased it with about 28K on the clock, it had been used for commuting, but to be honest the previous owner had treated the bike well, and, I believe it was always been garaged when not in use.
He had a top end service done on the bike about 1K before trading it in (Valve clearances, new inlet manifold rubbers, carb tune and balance) plus a full engine oil/air filter service, including fuel filter and coolant change.
Looking through the bikes history, engine servicing was something of a regular theme with him, he appeared to change the oil and filter every 4K, and air filter every 8K.
So basically the bike was cared for, if not loved as it was a workhorse to him.
I purchased the bike from a dealer at £1,900, knowing I would need to spend some time on her if not money.

I have done the usual things to her, after a full day of washing and polishing and half a tube of Solvo polish on the alloy and chrome, I then purchased a set of S/Steel down pipes and collector, added a S/Steel link pipe and a Pipeworks sports can.
Other upgrades have been blue braided S/Steel brake pipes, back and front. Fitted a S/Steel FAZER radiator gaurd

Front carbon fender extender and matching rear huger, upgraded the headlight bulbs to 100 watt hint of blue units, replaced the side light bulbs with bright LED hint of blue bulbs and added two 50mm 30 watt Cree LED projector spot lights (I want to be seen, I ride with all on in the daytime, plus a bright yellow Full Face Bucket).  I have mid blue pin stripped the wheels, matching blue bar end weights and front screen screws, standard screen has been replaced with a flip screen (Not really sure it made any real difference) all the engine case screws have been replaced with blue S/Steel allan screws and other odd bits like the oil filer cap has been replaced with a blue alloy filler cap.
I have the 12 mm front sprocket nut and washer kit waiting to go on.
I have the Nitron gas mono-shock on order, OUCH! £414-00, but have been informed by a number of riders its much better than the Hagon unit, watch this space.

Now to the front end, The Forks, now this in itself is a minefield, some say progressive springs , some say get springs that are matched to your weight, other say stick with the standard springs and drain and clean out the forks and just replace the oil with something like Silkolean Pro fork oil at about 10 -15 weight.
I am open to suggestions from guys who have a valid opinion, IE: Have done the job themselves.

My riding style? I like to crack on a bit but definitely not a scratcher wanting to scuff knees, The old Fazer still motors on, I have had 140 out of her and I honestly believe she has another 5 mph in her.
Handling is OK at best that is why I want to do the suspension upgrades, the back end is up and down like a whores drawers, never thought I would be sea sick on a bike  :groan but the Nitron should sort that out.
So any opinions on the front end would be much appreciated.

Cheers guys its a great forum with a shed full of knowledge and experience.  :kiss
Tom (tommyardin)
 

Having just got a fazer 1000 :b  I noticed after a few minutes it's running hot on left hand side and a lot cooler on the right(sitting on bike)air filter cleaned..[size=78%]Carbs been balanced ok ..no obvious air leaks round rubbers on inlet..plugs changed they seemed ok...any ideas or is this normal for the thou???[/size]
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Anyone got a spare oil pan bolt, one of mine has a head that is buggered...??


Anutz

Hi Folks,

I've finally got around to sanding and painting my Givi luggage rack but could do with some advice on which paint to use.

I'm not too fussed about looks, it's corrosion protection that interests me.

Following previous efforts with poor results I'm really keen to use a good primer, but most of the anti-rust top coat paints I'm looking at seem to want to go straight on to bare metal (or even rust!). Is it just that they can do that but will also be fine on top of a primer, or must they go strait to bare metal? It's Hammerite stuff seems most common.

Is red oxide primer any good?

Which primer/paint combination would you recommend?

I'm restricting myself to stuff I can apply with a brush due to lack of facilities, and just looking for a basic satin black finish.

Advice appreciated as always.

Thanks, Andy

when I refit my Reactive fettled forks is there anything in particular to check, I am using all new bolts apart from the wheel spindle, the new Yamaha ones are much better quality, the top hat spacer seems to fit one way but the parts schematic show it the other way ?, just any tips would be helpful, thought I might pull the pads and clean the calipers whilst I was at it too. Any ideas on torques settings for various fork retaining bolts ?


odd thing on my Fazer 8, six bolts to hold the mudguard on, six bolts to hold the forks in, seems odd


thanks for any info

Hello foccers
I'm an old fart who's new to the foc but not to Fazers or biking ( 33 years on and off). I've had a foxeye 600 for a number of years but after a big off 7 years ago thanks to a man in a van who thought red meant green,the bike stood for nearly four years and not been right since after repair so I've decided to take it off the road for some tlc raided the pennies jar and got myself a gen 1 fazer thou and joined the foc.
The thou gets delivered next Friday and if anyone's interested I'll post some pics when it arrives.
I've got to say the site is excellent and really informative, the section on the 1000 has been really helpful already with the various mods that can be done
Thanks guys , great site

ordered some short adjustable levers from e bay, mainly to get over the slightly too big span for the clutch.
They came and are really good, cures it , nicely finished too.
£ 45 from a firm called SG racing.
Just in case any body wants some.

TCP fairing kit for fazer 1000 gen1 comes as both lowers and screen kit,needs little work as little scuff and couple cracks open to good offers

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Hi All, haven't investigated this yet but wondering if anybody has some thing similar. I'm getting an intermittent, slight squeak that feels drive train related on my 03 bike. At first i thought it was something to do with the clutch as it seemed to happen intermittently when it engaged. But i can sometimes get the same thing coming on and off the throttle gently at low speeds. The chain is well oiled, i wondered whether the cush rubbers can ever get noisy? It's inconsistent and hard to replicate, any thoughts welcome!

i have a scottoiler which sits behind the numberplate good working order open to offer

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