New tarty bits

[Fizzy Pies]

Clean again ready for...

[ChristoT]

Shinies.

[Foxwood]

Those brake discs look nice. What manufacturer and how much did you pay for them? My front ones are warped, so need replacing.  :b

[darrsi]

Very nice bit of shopping there Fizzy 


Pass my commiserations on to your wallet though  :'(

[Foxwood]

Sheesh. A bit too much for my trainee salary.  :eek
Probably gotta look at some chinese cheapies of fleabay.  :\



I recommend the Hel -lines though, have them on mine.

[darrsi]

Sheesh. A bit too much for my trainee salary.  :eek
Probably gotta look at some chinese cheapies of fleabay.  :\



I recommend the Hel -lines though, have them on mine.

I can't stress enough what a bad idea that is, you'll end up buying twice!
Then you'll be £400 out of pocket!
If anything buy used original's, it's a cheaper but better option!

[bozboz]

Out of all the discs on ebay for the fazer I think Armstrong are the best looking, aggressive style but not too much! A brand Ive used before and know are hard wearing and good quality. If I need some in the next 50000 miles I'll get some too!
Also second that about Chinese discs, don't take the risk, they are still learning over there that they cant keep 'watering' down metal compositions to cut costs! The end user is the only one who loses and good luck trying to get them to honour their warranty! (if you are still alive after brake failure) :eek

[Exupnut]

Yeah Boz.. U tell em... They dont know wether to sell us cheapo's thru fleabay or fill us with msg's or buy our realestate or hack us... I tell u. PEOPLE OF CHINA....MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

[ChristoT]

Yeah Boz.. U tell em... They dont know wether to sell us cheapo's thru fleabay or fill us with msg's or buy our realestate or hack us... I tell u. PEOPLE OF CHINA....MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

Their stuff we get at work (Albright) is absolute shit too. We have to reject a lot.

[nick crisp]

Bit of a conundrum here. If people stopped buying Chinese stuff due to quality issues, they'd have to improve it. The Japs experienced this when they first started producing bikes for a western market. However, as China and the other BRIC countries become wealthier and the West gets poorer, we'll no longer be able to afford higher quality products. It may be that in the future we reach some kind of a compromise, but maybe our golden era of having the best is coming to a close? Maybe we'd better start learning to run our bikes on bodge tape and baling wire like they do in the East  :eek . Despite constant warnings of crap from China, the trend seems to be to go on buying it. If you can't afford anything else...

[nick crisp]

Hey Fizzy, what gives? I thought you said you noticed the bit about 2-line front hoses being cheaper? Now here you are with discs, pads, 3-line front set-up, new levers on the way...lend us a coupla hundred mate :lol 

[JoeRock]

Blackshadow discs. It's about £180 for the full set, they're made here in the UK, and are bloody fantastic discs - loads of guys on the ZX9R forum use them, and use them hard, and that's on a heavier bike that goes a fair bit quicker than the FZS does!

[darrsi]

Blackshadow discs. It's about £180 for the full set, they're made here in the UK, and are bloody fantastic discs - loads of guys on the ZX9R forum use them, and use them hard, and that's on a heavier bike that goes a fair bit quicker than the FZS does!

Okay, i've read the reviews, some good positive feedback to start with, then i read your usual 'slag everything off' type of review as well.


What i can't figure out is, firstly, how i've not seen or heard of them before as i don't normally miss a trick and i went through a period of searching everywhere for a reasonably priced but good disc? They're even on Ebay so that would indicate to me there are no sizes for our bikes?


Secondly, their fitting guide concerning the "Faser" (sic) is a little bit odd especially where the years of manufacture are concerned?


And lastly they mention 'floating' discs in their guide, but in one of the reviews i read they mentioned 'fully' floating.
When they say fully floating are we talking jingly jangly noisy buggers or just riveted semi floaters?


http://www.blackshadow-uk.co.uk/Yamaha.html




What i've found since i've been using the internet is that people will trip over themselves to write a bad review about something, whether it's a hotel, holiday resort, bike parts, etc......but hardly anyone takes the time to write good reviews about things, they just take it and run, which is why things can get very confusing online when buying stuff.


When i plumped for the Kagizume discs on the front (and now matching rear  ) of my bike the reviews were so mixed it was ridiculous, but now i've had them for a couple of years and they've honestly been fantastic, and paired with the Galfer pads they still look like new!




I[size=1em] just emailed Blackshadow about discs for the Fazer so i'll let you know when i get a reply. [/size]

[darrsi]

Just got a reply from Blackshadow about discs for '98 - '03 Fazers:


"[size=1.35em]..[/size]Hi Darren.[size=1em]
No Im sorry we dont have any front discs for that model.

Peter.."[/size]