what did you do with your fazer today ?

[steve65]

Well, i've had it for a few weeks and put a few hundred miles on it now.  It came with a nearly new full spec Maxton rear shock but the whole bike was set to 'full hard' (previous owner was 5stone heavier than me!) so i've had a fiddle and it's a whole lot better now.  That rear shock is lush.  I set the front forks to factory setting and it was a vast improvement but yesterday I gave the compression another click which helped.  I still think they compress a bit too much under braking so next trip i'll increase the pre-load a bit.  I was having trouble with the gearbox too.  It was lovely on the upshifts, giving me perfect clutchless changes, but going down the box (with the clutch) I was almost having to stamp on the gearlever.  I did a bit of research and found that the chain needs 45-50mm of slack.  I checked and mine was set to 20mm.  Having now adjusted it correctly I can change gear without straining my foot!  Future jobs include changing the screen to something shorter to cut the dirty wind noise, and subsequent tinnitus, and some black (or maybe grey) Renthal 758's as soon as there are some in stock somewhere.