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Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 12-09-21
(12-09-21, 07:35 AM)red98 link Wrote: 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.
I got one of these for my FZ6 and it definitely made a difference, although I had to tweak the idle and rebalance the throttle bodies after installation :thumbup
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 12-09-21
This is what I finished off today :thumbup
https://youtu.be/jR4Yl8n6lf0
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 12-09-21
That seams to work well GRAHAMM...Could you sink it into the floor to help putting the bike on the centre stand ?...
next job....garage walls :thumbup
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 12-09-21
out exploring the Cotswolds today. dropping in on Diddly Squat Farm, Blaze Inn Saddles and The Pig Place. A good day with another 150 ish miles clocked up on The Mighty Thou
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 12-09-21
(12-09-21, 03:40 PM)red98 link Wrote: That seams to work well GRAHAMM...Could you sink it into the floor to help putting the bike on the centre stand ?...
That's definitely a possibility that I was thinking about when I first had the idea, although the floor is on a bit of a slope which might make it a little trickier.
First thing is to put some grip tape on the metal plate to stop the stand slipping. That was one of the reasons for the edited section as well as a bit of checking and re-checking to see exactly how I needed to line the bike up to get the stand central to the plate.
I finally worked out that, if I got the bottom of the rear tyre on the back edge of the plate, the centre stand would be correctly placed.
I'm going to see how I get on with it, although it's a bit of a struggle as you can see and that was with a virtually empty tank. If I've got another 15 litres of fuel in there, it's going to be interesting getting it up on the stand...
Quote:next job....garage walls :thumbup
If you look at the left hand side, that wall did extend all the way across with a door in the middle, but the door frame had dropped and, with the slope of the floor, when the door opened inwards, it would bottom out and jam unless I gave it a bit of subtle help with my boot!
When the patio was done recently, there wasn't enough space to get the mini digger through the door and, since the wood of the wall was rotten, I just hacked most of it out and got the Acrow prop to hold up the roof.
I'm going to put in a metal framed door which will open outwards and build a framework to take Perspex windows at some point, but there's a serious shortage of building wood at the moment and prices have gone up by 30-40%, so I might leave that for a while...
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 12-09-21
(12-09-21, 07:07 PM)red98 link Wrote: out exploring the Cotswolds today. dropping in on Diddly Squat Farm, Blaze Inn Saddles and The Pig Place.
Wasn't there a Combine Harvester there...? :pokefun
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - red98 - 12-09-21
was keeping my eyes peeled GRAMAMM. But if iam honest...I was out with a couple of old friends and there is a fair bit of banter exchanged when we get together. By banter i mean piss take, a bit like top gear but worse :lol ...i get a lot of stick when i get my map out when the other two have those new fangled BEE sat nag thingys...there was no way i was going to stop and take a picture of my bike with a combine harvester :lol
will sneak out on my own when no ones looking
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - fazerscotty - 21-09-21
Hooned it everywhere today...
Used it for errands at every chance and went the long way lots of times :lol :lol :lol
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 22-09-21
Back from my trip to the Aragon MotoGP. Fazer went like a train with no dramas, racking up just short of 2400 miles. Considering the varied weather over the 9 days, we only had to put on waterproofs on four occasions, the last being on leaving Berga in north eastern Spain. Virtually the whole trip through France was done on D roads, ensuring little traffic and plenty of high jinx.
The best day for me was the Saturday ride into Spain to Mequinenza, where we based ourselves for the track. The ride down from the mountains was the best I've had on the Fazer, with endless fast bends taking us towards our hotel.
We'd got excellent stand tickets alongside the famous "wall" sector of the track. Unfortunately there wasn't much for us to cheer about, as Jake crashed out on the second lap. I was glad however, to have got the opportunity to wave goodbye to Vale after many years of edge of the seat entertainment.
I'd never stayed in the Aragon region before, only passed through it, but biking wise I found it to be excellent, maybe the last frontier in exciting road riding on perfect surfaces, with little police or camera interference, in western Europe.
Both France and Spain were very covid aware with strict mask wearing policies in supermarkets etc. In every bar/cafe in France, evidence of your double jab QR code was needed, or there'd be no service. A chore maybe, but I felt a lot more protected there than I do in this country.
The days shot by as fast as the miles, with sadly little time for scenic photo opportunities as it was either riding, eating or drinking. After completing the necessary pre travel pcr test, it was a matter of sitting back for a few beers, waiting for hopefully a negative result email. Everyone was fine, so from near Chartres, we mainly backtracked on our D road route back to Calais and the train. This completed its customary 35 minute journey to Folkestone, and the M20, which was shut from junction 9. Oh deep joy, welcome back to England.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 22-09-21
A few random pics.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - b1k3rdude - 22-09-21
Very cool shot on the track.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 23-09-21
Yesterday and today I was up at the Wave Pool in Bristol getting in some more surfing.
I'd left Portsmouth earlier yesterday to give me the chance to skip the incredibly boring 50mph average speed section on the M27 and, instead, went via the A32 and Morestead road which was much more fun.
I caught up with a BMW GS who was stuck behind some cars, then we were caught by (I think) a Triumph Daytona and a Ninja, so, once past the traffic there were four of us enjoying a "spirited ride"
on some nice twisty roads and my FZ6 holding its own very well :thumbupThe Wave Pool is actually next to a farm, unfortunately, judging by the big rolls of plastic wrapped hay bales, they'd already done their harvesting, so, although there were assorted tractors and a JCB hedge cutter, there were no Combine Harvesters to do the Bike Picture Challenge
Today, having had some good surfing, I came back via the cross-country route with some more great roads and some fun overtaking, but, unfortunately, there's no easy way to get back to Portsmouth from the bottom of the A36, so I got stuck on the M27 trundling along at 50 and trying to stay awake... :z
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - agricola - 29-09-21
Chuckin down here, so decided on some mancave time. Thought Id start by checking the rear shock bottom linkage is still free, but carried on and also took out the swinger to check the bearings etc. The swinger was fine so cleaned and re-greased, the bottom shock pin can out dead easy as Ive had it out to grease it up every couple of years, but there was the smallest amount of play between the collar and the bearing so I've ordered those two items plus new seals, Swinger is back in, exhaust all back on, body parts back on, waiting now for parts delivery
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - notsofast - 02-10-21
(29-09-21, 03:29 PM)agricola link Wrote: Chuckin down here, so decided on some mancave time. Thought Id start by checking the rear shock bottom linkage is still free, but carried on and also took out the swinger to check the bearings etc. The swinger was fine so cleaned and re-greased, the bottom shock pin can out dead easy as Ive had it out to grease it up every couple of years, but there was the smallest amount of play between the collar and the bearing so I've ordered those two items plus new seals, Swinger is back in, exhaust all back on, body parts back on, waiting now for parts delivery
Inspired me to do the same on my Gen 2 FZ1 today - the bearing at the rear end of the dog bone link was shot - Corroded and most definitely in need of replacement. I took the opportunity to paint the triangle link plates and cleaned up the shock whilst they were off the bike. I will need to reassemble with the shot bearing to make room in the garage whilst awaiting the parts delivery.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - notsofast - 02-10-21
Cleaned up and reassembled but still need to change the bearing when it arrives.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - FazThou - 02-10-21
Looking good mate but you could have painted them bolts
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 02-10-21
Found some petrol!!
I'm off to Bristol again on Tuesday, but, having not tanked up the last time I got back home (I should have!), I was getting a bit worried as what I had in the tank would only get me half way... :eek
Fortunately my local filling station had a delivery yesterday (which should have actually turned up on Wednesday) and there were only about half a dozen cars queueing, so I topped off and just hope I can pick up some for the journey back.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - b1k3rdude - 02-10-21
(02-10-21, 05:33 PM)FazThou link Wrote: Looking good mate but you could have painted them bolts+1 and dem bolts :-D
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - robbo - 04-10-21
Found out late on Saturday that the Pioneer Run, which was cancelled due to COVID back in March, had been rescheduled to Sunday(yesterday). So with alarm clock set I was up and out by 07:30, for the short ride up to Epsom Downs, in time to see the first group of riders flagged away at 08:00. Both the crowd and the entry was noticeably depleted, maybe some of them, like me, were unaware of the event being on. Sammy Miller is usually a regular competitor, who was absent from yesterday’s proceedings. Normally I follow this event down to the finish at the coast, but other plans were already in place for the rest of the day, so I was back home in no time. Very unlike me, as normally out for a full day.
Re: what did you do with your fazer today ? - Grahamm - 06-10-21
I was up in Bristol for another surfing session at The Wave and decided that, since the next Bike Picture Challenge was Street Art, what better than to take a pic with a piece of Banksy's work.
So I spent ages checking on my phone for a work that was accessible and visible from the road but, having found one, I discovered that the connection from the Optimate lead to the TomTom cradle was faulty and my sat nav had a flat battery!
There was no way I was going to try to navigate around bits of Bristol that, even when I lived there, I wasn't familiar with, so I gave up on the idea.
I wanted to go home by a more interesting route than via the M4/ A34/ M27 so I figured that, as it was early afternoon, if I kept the sun on my right and headed roughly south east, eventually I'd get to somewhere I recognised, and, fortunately, I eventually got to Devizes and to a route I knew, so I followed that and got home safely.
Now I've got to figure out what's wrong with the connection so the sat nav stays charged...!