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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - FazThou - 26-08-21
Sounds like a nice ride red...... apart from the rain
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - mtread - 26-08-21
Quote:Sounds nice, but didn't you pass a *single* place with an English Heritage Blue Plaque on...?
Next picture challenge is "Your bike parked in front of a 'Please don't park in front of the gate' sign" :rollin
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 27-08-21
well spotted MTREAD....Had to get the picture though.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 27-08-21
Nice ride Mr.Red :thumbup . Good pics too :thumbup
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 27-08-21
Cheers FazThou...Checked the forcast before i left and there was a 2% chance of rain so i guess i was just unlucky, did`nt spoil the day though :thumbup
Cheers ROBBO...First full days riding i`ve had in a long time, took me 2.5 hours too walk Spurn Head, could of done with a bit more time to explore, but still a great day :thumbup
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 27-08-21
New tyres fitted today in readiness for trip to Spain early in September. Rear didn’t need changing, so that’s in the loft, no doubt to go on the Triumph when that rear wears out. Just thought how much nicer a bike feels when riding on new tyres. By comparing the depth of the new and the partly worn one, the wear rate equated to roughly 1mm/1000 miles, which I’m quite happy with. Gave the chain a small adjust, and the callipers/pistons got a clean and a dab of rubber grease, new pads ordered as fronts were lowish, more for peace of mind than anything else, and not keen on having too much piston exposed from the calliper. Only done 17k miles mind, and Yamaha certainly know how to charge for genuine replacements, but only wanted genuine. If the weather stays fine will be taking a look at Choppers Cafe just south of Marlborough on Monday, so that should get the new rubber scrubbed in.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 30-08-21
Well, the new tyres should consider themselves scrubbed in, having had 268 of our lovely English miles put on them today. Did a round trip of four caffs today, starting off with a cuppa at the Chalet, then a whizz down the A272 to the Haven, not far from Salisbury for breakfast, before visiting Choppers Cafe just south of Marlborough. Then, backtracked to Loomies, before an almost perfect rip back up the 272 to Cowfold, before heading north and home. Will have some fresh front pads to fit in a few days, then should be all set for my trip to Spain.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 31-08-21
A well overdue clean and oil of the mighty thou's K+N air filter
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 06-09-21
New front pads turned up today, so got them fitted and changed the fluid. The new pad material(genuine Yamaha) was 5mm thick, so the “old” pads were only half worn after 17k miles, so they’re in the spares cupboard now. Also made an adaptor plate to fit a cheap £10 20 litre backbox , which will be handy for waterproofs, spare gloves etc, in readiness for my Aragon GP trip, leaving on Thursday. Will try and post a few pics along the way, but as there’s nine of us, there might not be much time.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 07-09-21
Another day on the mighty thou...This time i went south to Portland bill...never get bored with this view.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - FazThou - 07-09-21
Fantastic view that Red
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - agricola - 09-09-21
Re-fitted the road stuff back onto the bike after yesterdays trackday at Donington, last one of the year for me, that's five this year. Didn't realise till today how hard the front tyre had been worked too. Blisteringly hot day though, fine in the morning but oppressive in the afternoon and too knackered for the final session.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - FazThou - 10-09-21
By the looks of that i would say alot of fun was had
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - agricola - 10-09-21
(10-09-21, 04:14 PM)FazThou link Wrote: By the looks of that i would say alot of fun was had
Oh yes, I can have a hoot with less than 100bhp
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 10-09-21
Gave it a good wash (something I should have done a couple of weeks ago when I came back from my surfing holiday since the campsite overlooks the beach!)
Then, since I've finally managed to get all the junk out of the shed, started working out where to put the turntable I'm going to use.
I've already found that I need to get some grip tape to put on the metal plate that the centre stand will sit on so the stand "feet" don't slip around
Also I probably need to drill a couple of holes in the plate and the floor of the shed, one will be in the centre of the plate to stop the whole assembly sliding around and the other will be a "locking pin" that will stop it rotating when I'm trying to put the bike onto it.
Still, I did manage to work out the position I wanted the turntable in the shed and, once I got the bike in place, it pivoted very nicely and will make riding in and riding out a breeze, instead of having to push it back and forth to get through the old narrow door!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - PureBob - 11-09-21
I went to look at topboxes after I fitted the rack and plate last night. I didnt look at any topboxes and I did 98 pointless miles just enjoying temperate weather and empty roads around Shropshire.
My taint was mercifully undestroyed, which after 3 years with a W800 was a pleasant surprise
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 11-09-21
Not actually working on the bike, but spent a noisy (earplugs in) afternoon trying to get a drill bit (part of a set I got from a Jet station years ago) through the 3mm or so thick metal plate that I'm using as the top for my turntable and then finding that the poundland two-part epoxy I used to stick the two parts together hadn't held properly.
So I ended up having to dash up to Toolstation to get some decent Araldite, then using the Dremel to grind the old glue off so I could re-stick it.
I really have to invest in some better drill bits!
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - b1k3rdude - 11-09-21
(11-09-21, 08:24 PM)Grahamm link Wrote: I really have to invest in some better drill bits!Buy the most expensive ones you can afford.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 12-09-21
(07-09-21, 05:32 PM)FazThou link Wrote: Fantastic view that Red
Hi FazThou....Yes, Fantastic view. Dont think you can beat it in England, Not the best picture i was intending to get my bike in the shot but lots of tourists getting in the way of the perfect picture...gives me an excuse to go back though
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 12-09-21
Finally got round to fitting a 4 degree ignition advancer to the mighty thou, been sat in the garage for years :o ..time well spent i think. bike seams smoother and starts better. not so noticeable with the standard silencer but with my scorpion can on its much better. non ivanised bike i think but ive never checked....Off to the cotswolds today to give it a good test run...