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Re: Gen 1 fazer - odometer reads in kilometres - nsr500v4 - 29-04-13
One of my old bikes you could change it to read between Kilometers and Miles! Cant remember how to do it now though, maybe press and hold both buttons for so long and it changed, nearly SH1T myself first time i done it mind!!
Gen 1 fazer - odometer reads in kilometres - Exupnut - 29-04-13
Just saw ur post and tried it with my bandit. Make sure ur on odometer. Press and hold select and it shud change.
Re: Gen 1 fazer - odometer reads in kilometres - Boris - 29-04-13
As to your comment about headlight alignment. From my experience I would go and get them checked. The reason I say this, is that the previous owner of mine never told me when I bought the bike that it was a German import. Though the clocks had been changed and he had owned it for 7 years, it wasn't until I had my first local MOT that the testers told me the headlights were European ones They could have failed it, but in the end put tape on the lenses and passed the bike. Rather than buy second hand headlights at stupid prices on ebay, I sent mine to Haslam motorcycle technologies in Doncaster and they converted the lenses to UK spec for £70.00 inc postage. I still had to play around with the adjusters on the back of the units, but once this was sorted, no problems with MOT'S and flashing lights from disgruntled on coming drivers.
Re: Gen 1 fazer - odometer reads in kilometres - unfazed - 29-04-13
(29-04-13, 08:54 PM)Boris link Wrote: As to your comment about headlight alignment. From my experience I would go and get them checked. The reason I say this, is that the previous owner of mine never told me when I bought the bike that it was a German import. Though the clocks had been changed and he had owned it for 7 years, it wasn't until I had my first local MOT that the testers told me the headlights were European ones They could have failed it, but in the end put tape on the lenses and passed the bike. Rather than buy second hand headlights at stupid prices on ebay, I sent mine to Haslam motorcycle technologies in Doncaster and they converted the lenses to UK spec for £70.00 inc postage. I still had to play around with the adjusters on the back of the units, but once this was sorted, no problems with MOT'S and flashing lights from disgruntled on coming drivers.It is not the lenses, it is the reflectors that are changed.
Get a broken set from a breaker with reflectors intact. Seperate the lens from the rear ( lens come off indivudally) and unscrew the old relectors and screw in the replacement, saves a a fortune.
Re: Gen 1 fazer - odometer reads in kilometres - kylron - 30-04-13
I just checked my bike,on the reg doc it has first registered in the UK in 2003 but it has the redial UK on the clocks.phoned Yamaha UK and they confirmed it was a 2001 model destined for France.I had the plastic mushrooms under the carb tops so removed them,is this the only way its restricted?
Also the rubber o rings mentioned are on all the carbs and two of them also have metal sleeves on two of the screws where some cable clamps bolt to the carb tops so it can be a bit fiddly doing it when they are still on the bike.
Re: Gen 1 fazer - odometer reads in kilometres - Boris - 30-04-13
cheers unfazed, now I think of it, your right it was the reflectors. I can remember at the time the headlight units that were available on ebay were around the £100 mark, and those that were, had at least had one lug missing some where on the unit. And breakers didn't fair much better. Mine was perfect, just had the wrong reflectors in. The other thing that was mentioned to me when I considered going down the route i did, was that if the lenses weren't correctly replaced the beam would be affected. Dave Haslam did a real good job and was more than happy to answer any questions pre or post mod. How the previous owner got away with his MOT's for so long i don't know. He must never have taken the bloody thing out a night. I only had the bike for a week before I took me the missus and luggage up to Scotland. So I never considered the headlight at the time, just changed the oil and filter. Coming back with the weight on the back and a soft rear shock with the headlight pointing skyward into on coming traffic was not what i call joy. Thankfully the bike spent the winter in the garage where i was able to sort this and other issues one has with a new pride and joy in one's leisure. Oh the joys of biking. :lol