what did you do with your fazer today ?

[Dudeofrude]

Realised I was 3 days out of MOT ???

So quick scarper down to my mechys place, a bit of begging and a bacon butty later ....all done and dusted for another year

Flew through without any advisories as usual ?

[agricola]

Donington Park, road bikes only trackday. Smashing day, some super bikes. Thats it for this year I think

Hmmm. Gave the bike a once over yesterday fastener check etc to make sure alls ok. I had a moment at the Melbourne Loop on Monday where the rear slipped out, and looking at the fairing and the photos, I reckon the fairing was heavily in contact with the tarmac, which may have caused the rear to lift from the surface. In fact, acting like a pivot and removing weight from the rear. Does that sound a reasonable theory? The wear strips I added to the fairing to stop me wearing the holes bigger are heavily worn.

[coffee]

Got some "Grip Puppies" off Busters,look a little bit "big" but really do stop the vibes through the bars. :thumbup in hindsight I suppose I could have put my original bar ends back on but I like the Renthal ones,just a bit to light,hence the vibes.

[Red Ceri]

Got the might Thou through another MoT , took it to a different shop this year and had an advisory for a noisy exhaust, first time since I put it on about 8 years ago.

[fazersharp]

Got the might Thou through another MoT , took it to a different shop this year and had an advisory for a noisy exhaust, first time since I put it on about 8 years ago.

Your last 8 years past tester was def  :lol

[darrsi]

[quote author=Red Ceri link=topic=6412.msg302517#msg302517 date=1567880943]
Got the might Thou through another MoT , took it to a different shop this year and had an advisory for a noisy exhaust, first time since I put it on about 8 years ago.

Your last 8 years past tester was def  :lol
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Def what?  :lol

[fazersharp]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=6412.msg302522#msg302522 date=1567886861]
[quote author=Red Ceri link=topic=6412.msg302517#msg302517 date=1567880943]
Got the might Thou through another MoT , took it to a different shop this year and had an advisory for a noisy exhaust, first time since I put it on about 8 years ago.

Your last 8 years past tester was def 
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Def what?  :lol
[/quote] :lol definitely hard of hearing.

[unfazed]

Just back from a week in France on the 600, decided to take the 1000 for a spirited run  . Bike out ignition on fired it up and then it died, Oh! hit the starter button again Nothing, looked at the dash all dead.  Ignition off, ignition on nothing. :'( Think it was pissed off because I took the 600 instead of it to France  :evil :lol
Seat off check the backup fuse and had power there, which ruled out the main fuse.
Only thing that could take out everything was the ignition switch or the connectors to it.
Tank lifted up and propped,  Ignition on fiddled with the two pole main connector, everything lights up.  Problem obviously corrosion or break in the vicinity and since pulling/pushing the wires on either side of the connector had no effect, it was most likely corrosion. Out the tools, disconnected the positive battery lead and removed the 4 connectors from the plug and socket. Yep sure enough corrosion and one slightly loose connector.30 minutes later all cleaned, tightened and coated with Dielectric Grease. All back together, battery lead reconnected, ignition on,  all working.  :woot Rang a friend, fired it up and away for a Costa Coffee. Two hours later back home grinning from ear to ear :lol
I love my Fazers

[robbo]

On my way to this weekends Bol d'Or. 627 miles on the old girl yesterday, the D906 being the reward for many hundred miles of slog. Price of petrol in France now is ridiculous, especially with a poor exchange rate.

[Don71uk]

Back from a 1600 mile trip to Scotland.

[agricola]

Smashing ride out this morning around the Derbyshire Dales, stopped for breakfast and coffee, then rode home. Nipped out in the pm down to daughters stable yard, only to feel the rear slide out left and right from under me. Stopped and found the tyre had split.

[agricola]

[Grahamm]

Wow! Looks like you had a lucky escape there.

Was there damage from something that could have caused the split, or did the carcass itself fail?

Check the DOT date on the side, if the last two digits are 14 or below, the tyre was out of date and needed replacing. (If it was only recently put on, someone sold you a dangerous old one!)

[agricola]

New tyre was fitted last february, 2018 made. Its took me around Donington Park 5 times this year with no signs of any damage. Failed today doing 20 mph

[fazersharp]

That's all very interesting, could it be from riding a tyre on a track that is designed for the road, all be it on a track with a rider who is accustomed to a track rather than me on a road tyre who has never been on a track and then rides s on a track = the tyre would not no the dfferece 

[Grahamm]

The tyre doesn't look excessively worn (there's still plenty of tread) and if it's a Z-Rated tyre it's good for up to 150mph, so I shouldn't have thought that would be an issue.

[darrsi]

Smashing ride out this morning around the Derbyshire Dales, stopped for breakfast and coffee, then rode home. Nipped out in the pm down to daughters stable yard, only to feel the rear slide out left and right from under me. Stopped and found the tyre had split.

Is your phone set to Macro Mode, or even Yeti/Loch Ness Monster Mode, as those photos quite obviously aren't right are they?

[fazersharp]

Is your phone set to Yeti/Loch Ness Monster Mode, as those photos quite obviously aren't right are they?

:lol

[agricola]

The tyre was Z rated, Bstone BT023, less than a thousand miles on it, most at Donington Park. I rarely break speed limits on the roads

The photos are fine on the phone/pc, I suspect its Photobucket trying to get money from my pockets for being over their storage limit. The files are too large to copy straight in from the pc.

Looking around for a new tyre last night, up pops a box asking me if I want to insure the new tyre, I think it was about £3.50 for a year. Does anyone bother with that?

[Dudeofrude]

The tyre was Z rated, Bstone BT023, less than a thousand miles on it, most at Donington Park. I rarely break speed limits on the roads

The photos are fine on the phone/pc, I suspect its Photobucket trying to get money from my pockets for being over their storage limit. The files are too large to copy straight in from the pc.

Looking around for a new tyre last night, up pops a box asking me if I want to insure the new tyre, I think it was about £3.50 for a year. Does anyone bother with that?

Cant say I've ever heard of tyre insurance? Depends what it covers ?
To be honest you have to ask yourself how many times its happened to you in the years you've been riding? I personally have never even had a puncture so I wouldnt really bother

As for tyres www.bikespeeduk.com have some good end of season deals