what did you do with your fazer today ?

[Dead Eye]

Yeah... I was going to bump and then realised it would have taken 15 more posts and that just felt a bit over the top...

I do seem to somehow occasionally manage to load this page though

[Aegis Bearing Mel]

Downey, not sure how you managed it, but the site seemed to go in a huff when you used the :useless smiley.

Bizarre.

[noggythenog]

Cheers Aegis 8)


And Diwney the bike is oooking great.....love the cans and of course gold wheels........doesnt look like a bike that was recently off the road, very nice.

[Anquetil]

135 mile round trip to Castlewood Cafe, Uttoxeter and back. Warm, dry, quiet roads. Good food and fellow bikers at the cafe. A perfect day.

[hairnet]

Ireland last week

Ireland this week

Waiting at Holyhead for the boat now

[darrsi]

Put new heated grips on, i'd forgotten what a pain of a job it is, but at least it was a nice day.  un 

[nick crisp]

Bumped into Bristol Banger at Megastore, Swindon, where we'd both gone to get summer jackets for the couple more really hot days we might have...if we're lucky  :rolleyes

Nice to meet you Steve, and be able to thank you face to face for the work you put in with the hedgetrimmers  :thumbup

A day of bumping into people - also someone I've done a couple of ride outs with from another forum. Kind of rare for me, as I don't really know anyone in my local area.

[downey]

jesus it would take me to break the interweb thingy sorry folks,almost afraid to put up a pic now  :rolleyes

[Stewie]

I was able to go for my first proper run out on mine today, I have gone from impressed to absolutely gob smacked.
This bike is astounding!!

I have been used to my 650 Versys and cruisers over the last few years so I am used to stiring the pot to get some performance, what that equates to on the Fazer is seriously silly speeds when you think you are bimbling along. This is no bad thing but I will have to recalibrate my throttle response. That being said I did play with a Fireblade for a while and I was not embarrassed, which is a very nice change.
But what makes it even better and proves what an all rounder it is, is riding through small villages at 30 and it is as smooth as you like.

I am going to have to play with the suspension a bit because it is not to my taste, I like it hard on the front and a bit softer on the rear to suit my riding and it is the wrong way round at the moment.

The seat is comfortable, I did an hour ride and I had no numbness, I reckon I could do a couple of hours more before I needed to have a walk around.

All in all I am properly happy with the bike.

[Billy Balthorpe]

So, after all the work on the Fazer, today I took it for a shakedown run, it behaved very well despite not having an EXUP valve fitted, very quick reasonable handling and good brakes. The only problem was I could feel the chain and sprockets grinding. Straight to Foleys Bike Shop in Fenton, Stoke, to find they had a set in destined for another Fazer to be fitted a week on Monday. The card came out and the kit was stuffed down my jacket, then off to my mates unit so I could fit them on a ramp. A couple of hours later and im off up the road at a great rate of knots with no nasty noises. Im just about satisfied with it for now, we go to Europe on Thursday and im happy that it will make it there and back. I reckon after spending £435 on it to get it to state its in now, its worth about what I paid for it.

They better be good bikes these Fazers. 

[noggythenog]

I was able to go for my first proper run out on mine today, I have gone from impressed to absolutely gob smacked.
This bike is astounding!!

I have been used to my 650 Versys and cruisers over the last few years so I am used to stiring the pot to get some performance, what that equates to on the Fazer is seriously silly speeds when you think you are bimbling along. This is no bad thing but I will have to recalibrate my throttle response. That being said I did play with a Fireblade for a while and I was not embarrassed, which is a very nice change.
But what makes it even better and proves what an all rounder it is, is riding through small villages at 30 and it is as smooth as you like.

I am going to have to play with the suspension a bit because it is not to my taste, I like it hard on the front and a bit softer on the rear to suit my riding and it is the wrong way round at the moment.

The seat is comfortable, I did an hour ride and I had no numbness, I reckon I could do a couple of hours more before I needed to have a walk around.

All in all I am properly happy with the bike.

nice to hear such praise Stewie....I always hum an ha about my gen 2 but I've got it at an acceptable level now and for me it is good on shorter journeys like 50-100 mile blasts. im running a Nitron track rear shock and springs which are far too stiff on the front....I am in hefty pain doing a couple hundred miles on mine but that is a rarity getting the chance these days anyway so I can put up with that....mine is jacked up at the back and dropped at the front end.

something that I do find with my bike now is that if im not entirely in the mood for hooning around then it becomes a bit shit....I know you seem happy and our bikes are different but on mine it absolute balls at slow speeds as it doesn't compress the suspension enough so is hard going and so touring and sight seeing are out the window now...I have to be gunning it...I leave my street and do a couple of little knobhead weaves just to get me in the frame of mind and get an idea of the weight....then im offsky doooooooooooooooo.......then I come on here and moan :lol

but yeh what my bike does do well now is going flat out and it actually turn s me into a bit of a liability to myself......I know the R1 riders will say pah FZ1, watered down R1...they are probably right...I don't care much for R1's either though.

[Stewie]

Thanks Nog, I have my Versys as well and that is my daily rider and does the slow speed twisties on a level the FZ cannot touch, I did try some of my normal roads and it wasn't suited which is fine because I got it to scratch the high speed itch that comes around every now and again but I think it is better than that.
It won't replace the V but the choice of which to ride will be difficult. I really like idea of having a more relaxed ride when I have to use motorways and the V is not good at that, 6k rpm at 80 which is annoying, the FZ was 4.5k which is much more relaxed and less buzzy.

If I wanted my knees in my ears I might have got an R1 or Fireblade and gone full power ranger, but I am a grown up so I left them alone. :lol

[johnakay]

[size=0.7em](((((What happened to page 191, blank screen showing [/size])))))
I had the same problem.
the post above is blank because summet is wong wiv ze forum.
even the Honister post a couple of my pictures just disappeared as well as my post further down.
sent a message to the administrator and was corrected.
so I'm buggered if I know what went wrong.




*foc all wrong with the forum as far as I can see, more you've at some point clicked on the font size editing option and made it tiny*

[fazerscotty]

Up to The Raven for a Full English.....
Spotted this on the way out - I had one of these in the 80's. 

[fazerscotty]

Was at the Wolverhampton HARLEY Dealer open day yesterday...... (Free Food  :lol :lol )
Forgot I had sewn this on the jacket  :rollin :rollin :rollin .

[pilninggas]

Went to M&P to get a new jacket (another Tuzo Atlantis @£35), greasy breakfast and a soaking*.

Came home and just changed the oil in preparation for a trip to Italy in the next couple of weeks.

*torrential rain.

[nickodemon]

got a few miles in since i fitted the bellypan,,headed to county waterford,,,thats right folks my baby is back on the road ,finally got the bellypan on to finish the look. so now and only now am i happy to show your goodselves some pics none of this would be possible without all the help from unfazed if it wasnt for him id probably be still wandering around northern ireland a traumatized mumbling wreck :lol taught me lots in the process of rebuilding it too
"like watch for roundabouts"  :rollin ,,like a pig in shit i am

Lovely set of forks you have there :'( Looks great!

[downey]

cheers mate very happy with them    ,god am i glad to see the back of page 191  :lol

[hairnet]

Not that one  :rollin

[AJM]

Took her into work Saturday morning and then for a little blast along the Glamorgan Heritage Coast