13-07-14, 10:24 PM
Thanks for the posts. I think Ivanise is something you do when the excitement of the brute force power that the fazer already has starts to wear off, for me to do that now would probably end up with me giving the bike up to be honnest as i am yet to get the thing properly over 6000 revs without feeling nervous. I am getting a little more confidence then i braked a little hard coming to a stop and felt the front tyre slide a little on some crappy ground i was going less than 5mp - foot out and it stopped a problem from happening but my leg muscles are telling me to take care.It was my fault all the way and i am kicking myself for the schoolboy error but in many ways after only 4 weeks of being licenced i am still a schoolboy. For now and probably for years to come i am going to stick with the title of novice on a big bike and i feel happy with that.
Over the penines the other night i had a free road and opened it up wow a whopping 70mph i have been to this speed before and it sort of feels comfortable but i have come to the conclusion i need to get my head behind the screen otherwise i will probably float away at some point with the bike as i feel like a parachute. Being 6ft 3 with a 54inch chest dont help with the parachute effect.
I think my time driving cars and probably dodgems expects me at some point to dominate the bike and be able to ride it at its max. What is clearly apparent is that i will never dominate this bike in any way its got the ability to give me a good spanking. What i find a buzz and it may sound sad but getting away at the lights i dont need to break the speed limit but its ruddy good at leaving the rest of the traffic well behind its not a boy racer feeling its the buzz of enjoying the power and yet i still have not really experienced its true power only just tickled it. The power is one thing but i think the comfort is good having been out for 4 hours i get no wrist, knee or ankle ache not to mention a lack of a numb arse i could probably ride it all day without feeling discomfort.
The sad part of me came out to play yesterday the cover plate which goes over the exup pully had a brocken stud left in it, i have been told by another fazer owner to keep this pully cables lubed and make sure i copper greese the screws as they tend to seize up. So out came the exup valve and plate and stud was extracted i even ordered the correct set of screws from yamaha lol
i was ever an anorak but since i got this bike ......
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Over the penines the other night i had a free road and opened it up wow a whopping 70mph i have been to this speed before and it sort of feels comfortable but i have come to the conclusion i need to get my head behind the screen otherwise i will probably float away at some point with the bike as i feel like a parachute. Being 6ft 3 with a 54inch chest dont help with the parachute effect.
I think my time driving cars and probably dodgems expects me at some point to dominate the bike and be able to ride it at its max. What is clearly apparent is that i will never dominate this bike in any way its got the ability to give me a good spanking. What i find a buzz and it may sound sad but getting away at the lights i dont need to break the speed limit but its ruddy good at leaving the rest of the traffic well behind its not a boy racer feeling its the buzz of enjoying the power and yet i still have not really experienced its true power only just tickled it. The power is one thing but i think the comfort is good having been out for 4 hours i get no wrist, knee or ankle ache not to mention a lack of a numb arse i could probably ride it all day without feeling discomfort.
The sad part of me came out to play yesterday the cover plate which goes over the exup pully had a brocken stud left in it, i have been told by another fazer owner to keep this pully cables lubed and make sure i copper greese the screws as they tend to seize up. So out came the exup valve and plate and stud was extracted i even ordered the correct set of screws from yamaha lol
i was ever an anorak but since i got this bike ......
f