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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Kosmic Kartman - 15-04-15
Skenfrith and Ludlow. I thought I recognised those old manor houses :lol
Nice part of the country. Used to take the caravan up there.
Bike is looking good.
My ride out today was a blast to Stowmarket to get some new out door bowls shoes in time for the new season. :car
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - slimwilly - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 12:06 AM)Kosmic Kartman link Wrote: Skenfrith and Ludlow. I thought I recognised those old manor houses :lol
Nice part of the country. Used to take the caravan up there.
Bike is looking good.
My ride out today was a blast to Stowmarket to get some new out door bowls shoes in time for the new season. :car
"BOWLS",,foc me,,,we have some posh un's on here
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Kosmic Kartman - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 07:00 AM)slimwilly link Wrote: [quote author=Kosmic Kartman link=topic=6412.msg191388#msg191388 date=1429052775]
Skenfrith and Ludlow. I thought I recognised those old manor houses :lol
Nice part of the country. Used to take the caravan up there.
Bike is looking good.
My ride out today was a blast to Stowmarket to get some new out door bowls shoes in time for the new season. :car
"BOWLS",,foc me,,,we have some posh un's on here
[/quote]
:lol
Posh!.. Hardly.
Only been playing since September. Started at indoor carpet bowls and took to it like a duck to water and I'm now on the A Team. You must understand there ain't a lot to do in the evening if you live in the middle of buck fuck having moved from London.
I've been invited to join Thorndon Bowls Club. They have a fully stocked bar and I live next door. It's a no brainer really.
http://thorndon.onesuffolk.net/home/leisure-and-social-activities/thorndon-bowls-club/
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 15-04-15
Had a ride down to Melksham to catch up with my ex-colleague from the returns department at Oxford Products (we both quit on the same day, leaving the new guy in a panic :lol ). It's a shame I'll be moving up north, cos we get on like a house on fire, having similarly cynical views of the world and it's folk! A nice ride in the sunshine, and a good natter over coffee
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - esetest - 15-04-15
Yesterday , charged and refit the battery , started the bike first time in 3 weeks , just got back from road trip in USA , took the bike out for a quick spin around chew valley .
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazerphil - 15-04-15
Fitted carbon fibre fairing infils
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - slimwilly - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 09:51 AM)Kosmic Kartman link Wrote: [quote author=slimwilly link=topic=6412.msg191396#msg191396 date=1429077649]
[quote author=Kosmic Kartman link=topic=6412.msg191388#msg191388 date=1429052775]
Skenfrith and Ludlow. I thought I recognised those old manor houses :lol
Nice part of the country. Used to take the caravan up there.
Bike is looking good.
My ride out today was a blast to Stowmarket to get some new out door bowls shoes in time for the new season. :car
"BOWLS",,foc me,,,we have some posh un's on here
[/quote]
:lol
Posh!.. Hardly.
Only been playing since September. Started at indoor carpet bowls and took to it like a duck to water and I'm now on the A Team. You must understand there ain't a lot to do in the evening if you live in the middle of buck fuck having moved from London.
I've been invited to join Thorndon Bowls Club. They have a fully stocked bar and I live next door. It's a no brainer really.
http://thorndon.onesuffolk.net/home/leisure-and-social-activities/thorndon-bowls-club/
[/quote]
You then will be referred to as "the new boy " by the old un's :lol :lol :lol :lol
For Foc sake don't take Dazza,,he will be after the old widows
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - dazza - 15-04-15
Did someone mention "old widows", where's my wing man Red ? :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 15-04-15
(14-04-15, 08:27 PM)dazza link Wrote: So, tell me, how much difference has that front end made ? Is it mainly cosmetic, or has it made a noticeable improvement ?
Some further thoughts on this after today's ride:
This bike is now far and away more capable than it was with standard forks, even considering how much better I thought the R6 shock mod made it. It would be no exaggeration to say I am gobsmacked by what it now handles like. After yesterday's Wales run, I thought I had a good idea of how it was improved. Today, I just kept on finding that the bar has been set way higher, and I need to completely re-assess it's capabilities.
To find myself casually popping up my visor in mid bend to scratch my nose, only to look down at the clocks and see somewhere around an indicated 90, and the bike not feeling like it was being pushed at all :lol
I really didn't think a big, heavy sports tourer of the Fazer's age could ever be this good. I knew I'd find the handling improved, but not to this extent. Today was a case of
!!Sorry, just had to get that off my chest, as you were :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - ChristoT - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 07:32 PM)dazza link Wrote: Did someone mention "old widows", where's my wing man Red ? :lol
Who else remembers Dolly? :lol :lol :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - devilsyam - 15-04-15
went for a brake bedding session
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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 15-04-15
Widows......someone say, widows.............. :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Billy Balthorpe - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 07:16 PM)fazerphil link Wrote: Fitted carbon fibre fairing infils
Carbon fibre?? They look like the normal plastic ones? I was considering buying these rather than the standard ones because the CF ones are only about £40 more than the standard ones. I would want them to look like CF though.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - HarryHornby - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 07:51 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: [quote author=dazza link=topic=6412.msg191489#msg191489 date=1429122724]
Did someone mention "old widows", where's my wing man Red ? :lol
Who else remembers Dolly? :lol :lol :lol
[/quote]
Who's bike was Dolly? Didn't they do a video of a Fazer ride out a couple of years ago?
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazersharp - 15-04-15
(15-04-15, 08:20 PM)devilsyam link Wrote: went for a brake bedding sessionWhat in the local park car park ?
[img height=539 width=719]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/10690233_10152961405513800_4028941471393408857_n.jpg?oh=d0354b55f4c46aab3d78b96e695460ad&oe=55B010AB&__gda__=1436987554_78f7324aaff522c8070bba89bb4254b5[/img]
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - MickUK - 15-04-15
Went for an evening bimble...
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Dead Eye - 16-04-15
(15-04-15, 07:12 PM)esetest link Wrote: Yesterday , charged and refit the battery , started the bike first time in 3 weeks , just got back from road trip in USA , took the bike out for a quick spin around chew valley .
:useless
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Dead Eye - 16-04-15
(15-04-15, 07:44 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=dazza link=topic=6412.msg191349#msg191349 date=1429039670]
So, tell me, how much difference has that front end made ? Is it mainly cosmetic, or has it made a noticeable improvement ?
Some further thoughts on this after today's ride:
This bike is now far and away more capable than it was with standard forks, even considering how much better I thought the R6 shock mod made it. It would be no exaggeration to say I am gobsmacked by what it now handles like. After yesterday's Wales run, I thought I had a good idea of how it was improved. Today, I just kept on finding that the bar has been set way higher, and I need to completely re-assess it's capabilities.
To find myself casually popping up my visor in mid bend to scratch my nose, only to look down at the clocks and see somewhere around an indicated 90, and the bike not feeling like it was being pushed at all :lol
I really didn't think a big, heavy sports tourer of the Fazer's age could ever be this good. I knew I'd find the handling improved, but not to this extent. Today was a case of
!!Sorry, just had to get that off my chest, as you were :lol
[/quote]
Nick, I'd be interested to see what you thought of mine. I can by no means ride to the capabilities of the bike it also has an R6 shock, K-Tech front springs and the Fully Monty Ivanising so the main difference is the R1 setup.
Christo, foc off...
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - ChristoT - 16-04-15
(16-04-15, 12:30 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: [size=0.7em]Christo, foc off...[/size]
Not on yer life. :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 16-04-15
(16-04-15, 12:30 AM)Dead Eye link Wrote: Nick, I'd be interested to see what you thought of mine. I can by no means ride to the capabilities of the bike it also has an R6 shock, K-Tech front springs and the Fully Monty Ivanising so the main difference is the R1 setup.
I think what you won't have, Liam, is the reduced flex that the R1 conversion gives you. This helps with stability in fast cornering, especially on a bumpier road. Also, I don't really understand the technical side of suspension very well. Luke muttered something about 'emulators', and Yamazer (^above) said something about them too, but I'm in the dark here. Someone care to explain what this is about? I believe it is what is reducing the dive under hard braking, and keeping a much more level platform. I'm guessing this means that the front is being pushed less on the approach to a corner when hard braking, allowing for later braking, as I don't need to allow the bike that fraction of a second to settle after braking before committing to the corner as on a standard Fazer set up, but tbh, I don't entirely understand what's going on, only what I feel the results to be.
The bike now has quite a firm front set up generally, noticeably more so than before. I think some folk may not like that bit, as it's perhaps less forgiving on the arms during more normal riding. On bumps for instance, the bike handles this well, seems less likely to be thrown off line (which on a firmer set up seems a bit of a paradox to me *confused* :lol ) but you do feel them through the bars and your arms. I'm happy to take this little bit of compromise on the 'comfort' side for the rewards given, others might not be.
I'd also probably best say something about the fact that I haven't ridden any sports bikes since the early 90s, so don't have a great deal of experience of sportier handling to compare with (lest my last post confuse anyone). So again, I can only record my own impressions since having the conversion done, and all is relative to how it felt before. But I am very happy with the results