what did you do with your fazer today ?

[fazerscotty]

I whispered in her ear - new rubber on the way........

[notsofast]

Swapped out the LED headlight bulb for the original halogen and fitted a second exhaust baffle for her appointment with the MOT tester this evening.  All reverted back now with no advisories.

[robbo]

Had a nice rip around Kent yesterday with some pals. Our leader took us down some B roads I never knew existed, making it more than interesting. After a whizz over the marshes from Brenzett, we took the road out to Dungeness for a few shandies in the Pilot. Was quite surprised that we'd clocked 210 miles at the end of the day, as it didn't seem to have taken that long .

[robbo]

Nice early start yesterday, and in the cafe eating breakfast at Folkestone by 09:30. Only out for the morning, so back tracked on the way we’d come with a slight divert into Woodchurch for a couple of cooling shandies. After clocking just 166 miles today, the Fazer can enjoy a bit of a rest for a few weeks now, as two weekends of racing coming up, WSB at Donny and BSB at Brands. Time to break out the sun cream I think.

[agricola]

Mirrors off, speedo covered up, centre stand off, thorough check over, off to Donington Park this afternoon for some track time this evening. Gonna be the hottest day of the year, but better than the last one in May when it rained most of the day

[unfazed]

Headed to Sheeps head in West Cork yesterday on the 1000 with my wife took a road called the Goats Path to take in some incredible scenery and stopped for tea and Scones in the Sheeps Head cafe.

[Grahamm]

For the past few days I've been on a surfing break at Croyde Bay, I had hoped to stay until today, but the swell died off on Friday evening and there were no waves, so I decided to head home yesterday before it got too hot and the roads melted!

But, ye gods, was it warm...  :eek

Even with the air jacket, I had to stop off at two garages on the way back and cool off in their air conditioned shops whilst getting a Capri Sun to rehydrate.

[fazerscotty]

Rode to work, only problem with that was the job required me to go to N.Yorks, from Worcester. 150 mile each way. Trip up was nice, left Worcester at 06:15. Trip back, well, needless to say, plenty of stops for water. The highlight of the trip was watching the mileage go through 80,000 - as I was filtering through 6 miles of stationary traffic on the A1 South  :lol :lol

[SmuttyHutty]

Decided that being stuck in my wife's car with the tribe was a bit tiresome so suggested I ride to North Norfolk whilst she drove.

Best idea I've had in flipping ages.

[unfazed]

Fzs600 Turned 96000 miles today. Has 1 mile on it when I bought it 19 years ago

[Gnasher]

Good for at least another 60k  :thumbup

[robbo]

My garage is the coolest place in my house, temperature wise, which made yesterday an ideal day to the chain and sprocket service that I’d been threatening to do for a while now. Rear calliper got a going over as well, whilst the wheel was out. All set for a hopefully good day out on Sunday, for my annual day trip to Cornwall.

[notsofast]

Wrung it's neck for 450 miles of fine Scottish tarmac with some like minded souls.

[robbo]

(Sunday) It's always difficult trying to arrange a date for a day out that  suits all involved. I usually do my day trip to Cornwall later in August, but the 14th was the best date for everyone, despite the forecast being exceedingly hot.


I'd liked to have left at 06:30, but my pal who now owns my old Fireblade, was coming from Essex, so made the departure time 7am.
Soon we were making good progress on familiar B roads, taking advantage of the cool air in the wooded sections. Making good time to pick up the A272 at Cowfold, it was now head down on this well known route, past Loomies and on to the A31. After skirting Winchester we were now on the A30 and heading for breakfast at what was The Haven. This once excellent cafe has been renamed Thyme and Tides. The food on offer was ok, but rather limited and expensive for what it was. I knew roughly what to expect but couldn't find an alternative cafe in the area.


After 50 minutes we were back in the saddle, and west bound as far as the A30 would take us. However after ripping through the bends at Henstridge, we were faced with a detour around Sherbourne of epic proportions, that used up a fair bit of our valuable time. Rather than eat at the pub in Cornwall as we usually do, we opted for a very nice brunch at Moretonhampstead, in a cafe I've used before, slap bang in the middle of Dartmoor. We then pressed on to Tavistock, across the river Tamar and on to the pub.


Bitter shandies all round were very well received, opting to sit inside which was much cooler. We got a bit too comfortable listening to the afternoons live music, leaving for home about an hour later than planned. Fortunately we had gassed up before the pub, so the first stop after the Sherbourne diversion was to change to a clear visor as the light was fading fast. A petrol, coffee, chocolate bar stop just before Salisbury, got us all home, with the Fazer clocking 510 miles for its days work. However, my old Blade took the furthest travelled award, with 550 on the trip meter. All in all, a good day out.

[robbo]

Had quite a nice impromptu Billy no Mates day today. After a quick first chain adjustment since the replacement chain and sprockets were fitted, had a whizz down to the cafe at Brooklands Aerodrome. I’d ridden past the entrance dozens of times, so now it was time to actually go in. The Aerodrome cafe has a large patio area off of the restaurant, making for relaxed plane watching. It’s a bit on the posh side for me, easily recognised by the price list and the fact you need a magnifying glass to find where the food is on the plate :lol . From there it was eastwards across Sussex to Pevensey Bay, taking a rather convoluted route, before a ice cream stop in the Ashdown Forest. Then it was homeward, clocking another 184 of our lovely English miles. I don’t expect to get many days out now until I leave for the Bol d’Or in mid September. Maybe half a day to scrub in my new to be fitted front tyre, which is arranged for Thursday, then it will be time to bolt on the pannier frames and start preparing for the South of France.

[ChrisJones09]

Well today, after having weeks of what I thought was throttle position sensor issues, I found the push clip connectors to the igniter unit weren’t pushed in fully…. A read of the Haynes manual and the wiring diagram show the sensor going into the unit.

3 different sensors later and it came down to me being a dick…

I must have not connected them fully after messing about taking the rear cowling off.

Lesson learnt, don’t arse about! [emoji23]


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[Grahamm]

Over the past 10 days or so, I've ridden down to Croyde Bay in North Devon for some surfing, only getting slightly soaked through on the way down when, after mostly fine weather, I ran into a thunderstorm around Tiverton.

I had been taking a fun route, but, after that, I decided to cut it short and take the A361 to Barnstaple, after which, the sun came out again!

I was planning on going out for a ride around South Devon/ Dartmoor on one day, but I got ten feet outside the campsite and felt something was very wrong and discovered that, somewhere along the road, I'd picked up a screw in my rear tyre

It was only small, but big enough to get through and create a slow leak, so I spent about 10 minutes putting in a temporary "get you home" plug and then using the mini compressor to get some air back in it. I was stopped by the side of the country lane opposite a passing place and, whilst I was there, dozens of cars and vans drove past and, unsurprisingly, not a single one of the foccers stopped!

Eventually an old guy on a bike pulled up and asked if there was anything he could do to help, but, by that point I was pretty much sorted, still, it was nice that at least someone gave a damn.

So then I had to wait several days until Irelands in Barnstaple could fit me into their workshop schedule and fix it on the day before I was due to ride 180 miles home to Portsmouth.

At least I got to ride the fun route back home via the A377, A30 and A36...

[darrsi]

Well today, after having weeks of what I thought was throttle position sensor issues, I found the push clip connectors to the igniter unit weren’t pushed in fully…. A read of the Haynes manual and the wiring diagram show the sensor going into the unit.

3 different sensors later and it came down to me being a dick…

I must have not connected them fully after messing about taking the rear cowling off.

Lesson learnt, don’t arse about!



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Ouch  :'(

[darrsi]

Found out i had a fractured clutch pressure plate a few weeks ago when the clutch lever started misbehaving.
Ended up having to wait 2 weeks for a new plate from abroad, but changed the steel & friction plates and OEM springs while i was at it.
Then had some time off work so replaced the fork seals and put fresh 15w oil in the forks, which was long overdue but the steering felt fine. Does feel nice and solid now though.
And while off i then put the bike in for an MOT which it passed no problem. 

[red98]

Had a few hours exploring The Lambourne Downs this morning. Then stopped at Uffington white horse on the way home.not sure what was best.the roads or the views.