My son was over and wanted to tinker with the Fazer so took the chance while carbs are off to do a few other tasks, change fuel filter PITA! Air filter no issue and spark plugs.
They came out OK a couple were tight one was only finger tight.
Son went to fit plugs i asked did he gap them? he said nah they are pre gapped and and look the same as what came out.
Explained that is not always the case, as the gap was tiny (0.2mm) compared to manual (0.7 - 0.8mm) so reset the gaps.
Fitted no problems asked him to bring the old plugs to we have a look, he was right they were gapped at 0.2mm and black like it had been running rich.
Anyone else come across this before previous owner had it serviced each year so he claimed, the air filter was actually reasonably clean tbf.
beginning to wonder how this old girl ran at all now carbs bunged up, plug gaps wrong. leaking exhaust and dirty fuel, they are certainly tolerant !
The number of people that think plugs are "pre-gapped" astounds me. Yes, they have a gap from the factory but not all vehicles need the same gap and they should all be set accordingly. Good on you for checking.
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again
It was quiet at work one day and i decided to make use of the spare time, so i found a very large tray of odds & sods, like nuts, bolts, washers, etc, and with a vernier tool i think it took me around half an hour to measure the thickness of any random small washers until i found one that measured exactly 0.75mm and sure enough i measured one that is now a constant addition to my main key ring, so i always know where to find it. 
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
(25-12-24, 10:02 AM)darrsi Wrote: It was quiet at work one day and i decided to make use of the spare time, so i found a very large tray of odds & sods, like nuts, bolts, washers, etc, and with a vernier tool i think it took me around half an hour to measure the thickness of any random small washers until i found one that measured exactly 0.75mm and sure enough i measured one that is now a constant addition to my main key ring, so i always know where to find it.
Nice one i just bought the cheap coin type gap tool cheap as chips and checked with my calipers its accurate!
(26-12-24, 02:44 PM)returning rider Wrote: (25-12-24, 10:02 AM)darrsi Wrote: It was quiet at work one day and i decided to make use of the spare time, so i found a very large tray of odds & sods, like nuts, bolts, washers, etc, and with a vernier tool i think it took me around half an hour to measure the thickness of any random small washers until i found one that measured exactly 0.75mm and sure enough i measured one that is now a constant addition to my main key ring, so i always know where to find it.
Nice one i just bought the cheap coin type gap tool cheap as chips and checked with my calipers its accurate! As mentioned it makes total sense to check the gaps when the plugs are new, but saying that I can't recall ever needing to adjust the gaps before, they've always been pretty spot on for me.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
Never seen this before, but it looks rather handy.
https://share.temu.com/UfRn5DNqbEA
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
Interesting idea, but, from what I've heard, Temu is very much "you get what you pay for"...
(30-12-24, 10:52 PM)Grahamm Wrote: Interesting idea, but, from what I've heard, Temu is very much "you get what you pay for"...
Well I've been using it for at least 18 months now and got some downright bargains.
If you'd like an example, I paid £26 for some ear buds about a year ago. Looked around 2 weeks ago and the same model was on sale for £15, with free delivery.
But feel free to buy them on Ebay if you want....as they're currently £48 on there!
If you're not content with anything, simply send it back up to 3 months later, free of charge, for a full refund.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
31-12-24, 03:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 31-12-24, 03:08 AM by Grahamm.)
(30-12-24, 11:08 PM)darrsi Wrote: (30-12-24, 10:52 PM)Grahamm Wrote: Interesting idea, but, from what I've heard, Temu is very much "you get what you pay for"...
Well I've been using it for at least 18 months now and got some downright bargains.
And some products are downright dangerous...!
https://www.beuc.eu/blog/shopping-on-tem...-or-sorry/
Quote:But feel free to buy them on Ebay if you want....as they're currently £48 on there!
If you're not content with anything, simply send it back up to 3 months later, free of charge, for a full refund.
On eBay there is much more of a guarantee that the products are made to appropriate levels of safety and the refunds process is monitored and controlled (although, speaking as a seller on there, sometimes it's skewed *too far* in the direction of the consumer!)
With Temu, I have little doubt that much of their profit comes from people deciding it's not worth the while to send stuff back and just binning it.
Anyway, this is Off Topic for this thread, so I'll leave it here.
(31-12-24, 03:06 AM)Grahamm Wrote: (30-12-24, 11:08 PM)darrsi Wrote: (30-12-24, 10:52 PM)Grahamm Wrote: Interesting idea, but, from what I've heard, Temu is very much "you get what you pay for"...
Well I've been using it for at least 18 months now and got some downright bargains.
And some products are downright dangerous...!
https://www.beuc.eu/blog/shopping-on-tem...-or-sorry/
Quote:But feel free to buy them on Ebay if you want....as they're currently £48 on there!
If you're not content with anything, simply send it back up to 3 months later, free of charge, for a full refund.
On eBay there is much more of a guarantee that the products are made to appropriate levels of safety and the refunds process is monitored and controlled (although, speaking as a seller on there, sometimes it's skewed *too far* in the direction of the consumer!)
With Temu, I have little doubt that much of their profit comes from people deciding it's not worth the while to send stuff back and just binning it.
Anyway, this is Off Topic for this thread, so I'll leave it here.
Well, my post was totally on topic and relevant actually. I'm sure a quick double check with a Vernier measuring tool would answer your question about the 'safety' of this metal coin and i will even go out on a limb and guess it's not gonna randomly catch fire on you as it can't be PAT tested.
And just for the record, if it did turn out to be useless they'd refund you in approximately less than 1 minute, AND you get to keep it, bin it, or do whatever you fancy with it at that price. This is all knowledge from being a regular customer, so all a bit of a moot point you brought up there.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
I bought the very same coin type checked with my calipers it accurate and does the job.
Some Temu stuff is crap yes but some are good value same as anywhere really
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