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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - mickvp - 22-11-15

congrats on the new house nick, I must have missed you saying you had got somewhere sorted. if your coming up norf at any point next season gimme a shout, I know where the best hedges are  :lol

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - nick crisp - 22-11-15

(22-11-15, 10:27 PM)mickvp link Wrote: if your coming up norf at any point next season gimme a shout, I know where the best hedges are  :lol


Yes Mick, but have you tested them? I won't have anything to do with sub-standard hedges y'know  :lol

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Didier9 - 24-11-15

(22-11-15, 09:03 PM)Hedgetrimmer link Wrote: put a large, inflated airbed at the front of the van, put the bike hard up against it, then another airbed, then piled all the heavy  boxes, furniture etc against that so nothing was moving


Good to know some people still have their priorities straight Smile
Congrats on the move! Hope you enjoy your new place.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 25-11-15

My right-front indicator hasn't been working (and the rear right flashing twice as fast) so I bought a couple of bulbs from M&P (good service, ordered Monday evening, turned up this morning) and tried swapping the old bulb out for a new one.

Unfortunately it still wasn't working and on closer inspection it turned out that water (condensation?) had caused corrosion on the contacts in the socket, so a few squirts of WD40 Contact Cleaner and some scraping around with a sharp blade and some sandpaper cleaned it up and it's now working fine.

At least I've got a couple of spare indicator bulbs now... Undecided

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - brooker81 - 26-11-15

Started fitting the SP Engineering cans to the FZ6 wow they are LOUD. Pics and video's to follow

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - coffee - 26-11-15

My comfort seat came today,got it off e/bay for £100 a bit expensive but it's mint and looks ace,where do you post pics and find smileys etc?

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - joebloggs - 26-11-15

Resprayed the throttle housing and my clutch stock matte black (same as all other parts I've refinished)
Extended the wiring to the front brake light switch as the original wiring was damaged, soldiered the wire to the terminals and heat shrank them, means removing the switch should I have to take the switch block off the bars but no great hassle




Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - slappy - 26-11-15

(26-11-15, 06:16 PM)coffee link Wrote: My comfort seat came today,got it off e/bay for £100 a bit expensive but it's mint and looks ace,where do you post pics and find smileys etc?


When you click on the reply button and the dialogue page opens the smileys are just above the message box  where you input text, for photos click on the additional options button below the input box, thats on a computer, tablets  or phones might be different.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - jerbear - 26-11-15

Fitted a pair of H4 HID bulb kits Saturday that were given to me, so decided to sneak a little ride in when I got home. Getting dark on return and very pleased with lighting  Smile 

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - CaptainCazador - 26-11-15

Took it to the local friendly mechanic to get the master cylinder screws removed.

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Started with a punch and hammer but that didn't work so moved on to the drill.

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Drilled the heads off removed one screw but the other snapped clean off when going at it with vice grips.

So the welder came out.  :twisted:

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Blob of weld was enough to remove it with the grips.

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Finally out.

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I think the threads have been damaged on the left hole the new screw in that hole feels tight. Some unavoidable damage has been done to the cap but it was that or a new MC.

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Also ordered a PR3 to see what all the rage is about for the front while I was there it is to replace an Avon road rider with roughly 1/2mm left before it hits 1mm.

Finally got the stubborn pistons in took a while and lot of persistence but I won in the end.

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Pads could be replaced with fresh. They were needed.

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Flushed the fluid with fresh.

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Replaced the stripped caliper bracket I've been meaning to for a few months.

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Next I replaced the front pads and fluid while I was at it the pads were still legal though not by much so thought I would change them today so I don't have to bother in a month when it's sub zero temperatures.

Pistons went back with ease unlike the back which was nice.

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Little bleeder worked very well despite what the arm chair experts said. Took about two minutes on each caliper.

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Finished the day by washing it and tying the brake levers back for the night.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - NorthWestern - 26-11-15

Whoops!


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Good job the new tyre arrived this morning!


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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - unfazed - 26-11-15

(26-11-15, 08:30 PM)CaptainCazador link Wrote: Took it to the local friendly mechanic to get the master cylinder screws removed.

Started with a punch and hammer but that didn't work so moved on to the drill.

Drilled the heads off removed one screw but the other snapped clean off when going at it with vice grips.

So the welder came out.  :twisted:

Blob of weld was enough to remove it with the grips.

Finally out.

I think the threads have been damaged on the left hole the new screw in that hole feels tight. Some unavoidable damage has been done to the cap but it was that or a new MC.

Never heard of Left Hand drill bits then :eek :eek

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - CaptainCazador - 26-11-15

(26-11-15, 10:19 PM)unfazed link Wrote: [quote author=CaptainCazador link=topic=6412.msg217232#msg217232 date=1448566209]
Took it to the local friendly mechanic to get the master cylinder screws removed.

Started with a punch and hammer but that didn't work so moved on to the drill.

Drilled the heads off removed one screw but the other snapped clean off when going at it with vice grips.

So the welder came out.  :twisted:

Blob of weld was enough to remove it with the grips.

Finally out.

I think the threads have been damaged on the left hole the new screw in that hole feels tight. Some unavoidable damage has been done to the cap but it was that or a new MC.

Never heard of Left Hand drill bits then :eek :eek
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Of course but we didn't have one to hand believe it or not.

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - coffee - 27-11-15

If I've done this right there should be a pic of my bike

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Didier9 - 27-11-15

Nice bike! Working Smile congrats!

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - CaptainCazador - 27-11-15

Inspected the spark plugs. They are wet because I blasted them with plus gas.

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Went to get a PR3 fitted on the front and to find the cheapest 10/40 oil money could buy which was Triple QX£13.51 5L.

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Changed the 4K old castrol GTX and oil filter.

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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Freck - 27-11-15

Could you please resize your pictures before posting Captain, they're a bit big!  :rolleyes

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazersharp - 27-11-15

They look good to me - on a PC nice and big- no probs

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - mr self destruct - 30-11-15


Shat myself. That's what I did with my Fazer today.  :rolleyes

Today, a full 7 months after I fucked my knee up, I started commuting on the bike again and found I've totally lost my confidence.
To be fair I've only ridden it on the road twice since April, and that was last month to the MoT place. Got an advisory on my rear tyre so got that replaced last Friday, just in time for the really pissy weather to hit us.
So today, with strong winds, heavy rain and a tyre that's being scrubbed in it's no wonder I was riding gingerly, but still, I felt like it was the first day of my Direct Access all over again.
I only passed my test 2 1/2 years ago so 7 months off the bike is a big chunk of time.


Question is, do I stick with it over winter, or pack it in until the spring and start over when the drier weather arrives?

Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - dazza - 30-11-15

Finally managed to source a belly pan at the right price, was going to paint it yellow but will see how it looks on the bike in black first.