what did you do with your fazer today ?

[AJM]

Oops.....i thought they so much better you could see em twice :rollin

[hairnet]

20 mins from docking at Harwich

Quick spin to other side of Ipswich then zzzzz

Is the Norfolk coast fucked or OK to go for spin tomorrow??

[hairnet]

Piece of shit fit for the bin and a metal container from biffa

:rollin

Near Ipswich go up thru rural and then Linc's then Brigg then m62

The other pic is why  its chained to the bin

[hairnet]

Heading home via kings Lynn and lincolnshire

[hairnet]

home

kin weather some was good some was shite

[downey]

Sun came out so after work I Took some back roads from Cork to macroom two up with my stepson

[Kosmic Kartman]

Left Me Julie in the garage and took my daughter for a blast into Eye, via the twisties, on Katie Em Elsiefor 640.

[johnakay]

cheers bud gotta a stiff neck figuring your pics :lol

[hairnet]

had to really

weather was shite on saturday very windy - the bad stuff norfolk and suffolk got happened in holland germany on sat

this was on way back to dusseldorf after the weather cleared up - lucky as setting off the morning after to the hook for the boat it pissed down at leerdam and didnt stop so was lucky to do 70

had 185 kmh here before but new record  - bike was showing 151 mph

[Grahamm]

Got halfway through changing my sprockets and chain, but it turned out to be a hell of a lot more difficult than I'd expected!

Firstly it's a bugger of a job loosening the front sprocket nut with the tool Yamaha give you in the underseat kit, as there's barely enough clearance to get it in place, so you need to do a bit at the top between the frame and the gear linkage, then a bit underneath, then back to the top... (next time I'm going to buy a 32mm socket and a breaker bar!)

Then breaking the chain was a PITA as, for some reason the tool wouldn't push the pin right through, so eventually some wiggling with a flat-head screwdriver got it apart.

After that, getting the rear wheel off was also a bugger of a job as the axle wouldn't slide out easily (eventually I used the rubber mallet I normally use for tent pegs to bang it out!)

Then I had to look up a video on how to rejoin a chain because the instructions which came with the chain tool were incomprehensible and it took a long time before I was sure the joining link rivets were peened over enough so I kept checking with a set of calipers until the link was the same width as the other ones in the chain.

Finally I had to use the mallet again on the socket wrench to get the bolts on the rear sprocket to come loose, but then (as detailed elsewhere) I didn't know how to tighten the new ones sufficiently, and it was getting dark so I decided to call it a day at that point and finish off tomorrow!

[Dead Eye]

Totally forgot to post this up the other day

My 600 has been off the road pending various amounts of work to get it back to a half-decent running state. Nearly 2 years after taking it off the road, I finally got the engine running again after stripping the carbs down again and using the thou to jump it to get enough power to run the starter long enough to get the bike started.

It was rather reluctant, but eventually started with no choke and no throttle - it seemed to really not like either of these when starting (can anyone elaborate as to why?)

In the spirit of the forums, here are a few photos and videos

[smg id=2641 type=preview caption="Fire extinguisher at the ready..."]

[smg id=2642 type=preview caption="It's Alive!"]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzVEXtgtFAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaMPi4q9xuo

[JoeRock]

Got halfway through changing my sprockets and chain, but it turned out to be a hell of a lot more difficult than I'd expected!

Firstly it's a bugger of a job loosening the front sprocket nut with the tool Yamaha give you in the underseat kit, as there's barely enough clearance to get it in place, so you need to do a bit at the top between the frame and the gear linkage, then a bit underneath, then back to the top... (next time I'm going to buy a 32mm socket and a breaker bar!)

Then breaking the chain was a PITA as, for some reason the tool wouldn't push the pin right through, so eventually some wiggling with a flat-head screwdriver got it apart.

After that, getting the rear wheel off was also a bugger of a job as the axle wouldn't slide out easily (eventually I used the rubber mallet I normally use for tent pegs to bang it out!)

Then I had to look up a video on how to rejoin a chain because the instructions which came with the chain tool were incomprehensible and it took a long time before I was sure the joining link rivets were peened over enough so I kept checking with a set of calipers until the link was the same width as the other ones in the chain.

Finally I had to use the mallet again on the socket wrench to get the bolts on the rear sprocket to come loose, but then (as detailed elsewhere) I didn't know how to tighten the new ones sufficiently, and it was getting dark so I decided to call it a day at that point and finish off tomorrow!

It's a lot more fun taking a chain apart wth an angle grinder you know  :lol

[Jazoli]

Serviced the exup valve, which meant drilling out the old snapped bolts, tapping new threads and removing the cable ties that had been used to take up the slack in the cables instead of the perfectly good adjusters, I hate buying used bikes at times. I have had to do this on nearly every Yamaha I have bought, at least I've got it down to a couple of hours now.

[Grahamm]

It's a lot more fun taking a chain apart wth an angle grinder you know  :lol

I don't doubt, alas I don't have one, only a Dremel which is ok for grinding the head of a rivet, but trying to cut the chain with it wasn't really going to happen

[slappy]

Finally got around to fited the 2nd hand led rear light and clear indicator lenses.

[noggythenog]

Very nice Slappy


Are the indicators also i tegrated into th rear light then?

[slappy]

The led light does have indicators built in but as yet I have not wired them in, cannot decide whether to or not as they can only be seen from behind and not from the side which I understand is a possible mot fail.
I might do it and still keep the other indicators on as well but another thought that crossed my mind was the flash rate might alter with the led indicators plus the originals working through the same circuit.

[Anquetil]

126 mile round trip to Castlewood cafe, Uttoxeter, and back, from Wrexham, via Audlem, Eccleshall, Stone, to meet some friends for dinner. Velocette arrived as I was leaving.

[lew600fazer]

had to really

weather was shite on saturday very windy - the bad stuff norfolk and suffolk got happened in holland germany on sat

this was on way back to dusseldorf after the weather cleared up - lucky as setting off the morning after to the hook for the boat it pissed down at leerdam and didnt stop so was lucky to do 70

had 185 kmh here before but new record  - bike was showing 151 mph

Hairnet arre you saying 216kph =151mph or that was what the speedo was saying? 216 kph = 134 mph. looks as if you had a decent trip mind, shame you did not get decent weather all the way.

[nick crisp]

using the thou to jump it to get enough power to run the starter long enough to get the bike started.

It was rather reluctant, but eventually started with no choke and no throttle - it seemed to really not like either of these when starting

Inb4 "the thou won't start now"  :lol

Today, I did do the Wye Valley:



and Tintern Abbey:



Then off down to Caerphilly:





Had a bit of a play around the Brecons:



And then stopped at Raglan Castle on the way back:





Weather was kind all day, not much traffic about (are you listening Skippernick?  :pokefun  :lol ), about 320 miles covered. Booked in for new Pilot Road 2s tomorrow afternoon - ancient, crappy BT021s ( :eek) that came on the bike will soon be nothing but a bad memory 

Oh, and destroyed a Merc SL in a traffic light GP on the way home - think it's time I grew up  :b