29-09-12, 02:37 PM (This post was last modified: 29-09-12, 03:23 PM by Tibbs.)
Well I made it home successfully with my new bike!
Brand new tyres (Michelin Pilot Roads still with the chicken strips down the middle!), new rear brake pads and loads of life left on the other consumables.
It even comes with heated grips!
The only bad thing is that if you hold it at 7k revs and then roll the throttle on it doesn't seem to like it, hesitating (and sometimes the revs drop to 6k) before it takes off. Once it does go it moves like a scalded cat! Hopefully nothing a good service won't fix.
It was originally gold but the previous owner had it resprayed white and it's a really good job. Looking at the bar ends and the brake lever it's been down the road but it rides straight. I had a bike that went round right handers like a GP bike and left handers like a shopping trolley so I know what I'm looking for!
im not usually a fan of white paint on anything but your bike looks cool and te colour suits it,most bike been down the road in one way or another but its usually nothing but scraped plastics,bar ends etc and if it rides stright then thats great
have fun on in
(29-09-12, 02:50 PM)markbubble link Wrote: im not usually a fan of white paint on anything but your bike looks cool and te colour suits it,most bike been down the road in one way or another but its usually nothing but scraped plastics,bar ends etc and if it rides stright then thats great
have fun on in
I'm the same, but white seems to really work on the Fazer.
Hopefully I'll have some time in the evenings this week to have a look at the air filter. I have a feeling it's something simple as it only seems to happen between 6k & 8k.
Nice one :thumbup The white and black look really good imho, but you must do something with those rusty looking exhaust pipes . Some black exhaust paint would make a huge difference to the overall appearance.
Yes it's possible. The previous owner had an aftermarket can on that failed the mot, so he put the regular one on it. I think he had it rejected for the aftermarket can so maybe I need to get it put back to std. Is it expensive to do? PDQ aren't far from me who I think are pretty good at that sort of stuff.
And I agree about the down pipes. There are a few bits of rust on it, but the seller cleaned up one of the down pipes really nicely with a bit of emery paper so it looks like it'll clean up easily so I can reprint. Or I may just get some stainless steel
I have a strange dip in power on mine but usually higher in the rev range and at high speed. When I open the throttle fully when say doing 80 or 90mph it hesitates on occasions.
I've put it down to cap leads and as it doesn't do it every time i've never got round to buying replacements.
It's a really good job as well. The paint is well applied and deep.
Not had much chance to ride since I got it. Been quite poorly, but I'm getting better, though I've been in hospital 3 weeks out of the past 4. On the mend now and looking forward to getting it out after Christmas!
Father Christmas is bringing me a scottoiler, so I look forward to fitting that.
I use PDQ, they certainly work magic on a bike, but it'll cost you.
At a guess i reckon they'll suggest a carb clean up, which will involve a Dyno check for starters then a carb strip down then back on the Dyno again, then he'll take it out for a spin for good measure.
It's £60 an hour and normally takes him 3hrs to do, but it'll run sweet when he's finshed.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
I got my bike cheaper than I planned, so that, combined with not spending much over the past couple of months, means I have a bit saved up to lavish on my Fazer.
I'm going to book it in for the end of Jan as I should be able to ride by then. Before that I'm going to attack the rusty down pipes and if they don't come up nicely I'm going to invest in some stainless steel pipes as well as some crash bungs, as I've already dropped it once at a junction...
As I've had a bit of time away from biking I also want to get some advanced training as well.
when I first got my bike last year it had done 35,000 miles with no service history, and I noticed it hesitated between about 6 to 8000 revs, the first thing I did was change the plugs and that sorted the problem, I knew how it should run as this is my fourth fzs 600 fazer,
its not that I didn't like my previous fazers, I just kept changing them thinking that I was going to find a better bike, but I was always drawn back to 600 fazers
. Some black exhaust paint would make a huge difference to the overall appearance.
