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Cheers mate, very happy with it. Been tempted to go full faired but it's more my own stamp on it leaving it like this Great work .... I think you should now take off the Hyosung badges and replace them with PandP ones as you seem to have created your own bike now

I didn't use a school and taught myself (Kind of glad after reading this) However in defence of a Riding instructor while waiting to do my mod 1 an instructor waiting for his pupil to finish gave me 20 minutes of Tips for my Mod one and I wasn't even paying him ! That shows there are really good instructors out there who really enjoy their work !!

Why Red bull ?

Landsend would be nice

Happend simalar to me when I took my restrictors out and did the air filter but it ran ok when I took out the air filter so replaced it . Worth taking out the air filter incase its blocked if all else fails ?

nice camera work !

BRIT FLOYD BRIT FLOYD

ACF50 fir antirust I clean my chain once a week and use chain lube not oil

Where can I get a balot paper ?

As a footnote to this thread ..... I took the bike to the bike shop today and presented him with my Tesco OIL and was promptly told "I aint putting that in its car oil" The first thought is he is trying to sell me oil but I actually trust these guys ! Anyway he then showed me paperwork from a job where a fairly new bike was on the verge of engine failure so they sent the oil in it away for analysis and the results stated that the aditives in the oil would lead to total failure of the engine if this was continued to be used. So where they used to say any engine oil could be used they now only use bike specific oil in bikes I know this has been debated many times but its My bike and I want it to last, so I paid up for the new oil and took home the tesco oil for the C1 ! Anyway as predicted the sump plug was almost welded to the sump and he had a hell of a job getting it off so well worth the £18 labour charge and for good measure he checked the whole bike over and gave it a clean bill of health Result "!"

Quiet right, the person who did that bolt up really put some force into doing it up and hopefully when the garage do it they will replace the bolt at the same time as requested. @ Colin I find every bike I have had I need to buy specific tools for each one and also that each one has something jammed tight making DIY a lot harder. My solution is going to be ....... Stop changing my bike

Have a good one Bogof ....what did you get ?

A pass is is a pass ! WEll done

That sounds a really good idea ! Ill certainly bare it in mind for next time I booked the bike in for an oil change on wednesday much to my shame but at least it will be done properly so I can do it easier next time

Yes the BBC are Rubbish and the sooner they are forced to compete on a level playing field the better get rid of the Licence "TAX" or Put it up for tender !

Good thinking batman ! I just read on the Fazer owners forum that the only way to remove this bolt is with a ring spanner, I did try this but its too stuck so before I totally fugger it up I think I'll get a proffesional to look at it, and as colin said replace the bolt. What were Yamaha thinking ! you cant use a torque on it because there is no room for a socket Apparently Copper grease should be placed on the bolt to avoid this happening again so I will be able to do future Oil changes myself. Also I just know that the filter will be a Pig if I try it ( as its the original Yamaha one) and might have been on the bike about 8 years I expect as this is its first proper service @ 10,000 miles Thanks for your help guys

Try a decent ring spanner, you need a good 6 sided one, not a multiple position one. If it slips with a 6 sided ring spanner, you need professional help getting it off anyway as it is round. I don't know what your tools are like but companies that sell cheap ring spanners should be shot. They cause more damage that they remove bolts. Thanks for your help but I think the bolt was a bit knacked before I got near it unfortunatly I agree about cheap tools ! Gonna try and convince my friendly mechanic to help me

Ring spanner slipping? Are you sure you are using the right size? Yeah its a 17 and the drain bolt is not a perfect hex due to previous abuse I reckon

manual just shows the thundercat which does not have a frame in the way ! No photos of the fazer frame ....wonder why

I cant belive what an awkward place this is and the gap beteween the frame and the plug is just wide enough for a socket but not the wrench so god knows how you torque it as the manual tells you

Ill just get a photo of the drain plug I did warm it up and I did try a ring spanner and it would not budge to the effect the spanner was slipping

Did everything for the service and I had decided to save the easy bit until last ..... the oil change Well the Haynes manual showed a direct line to the oil drain plug for the socket wrench but thats for the Thundercat, On the fazer the frame is right in the way ! So I can see no way of getting a simple socket on it let alone a torque wrench I tried with a spanner but the thing is stuck fast and slightly burred I then noticed even if I could get the drain plug out the 65mm oil filter tool does not really fit on the 65mm oil filter. I would LOVE to know how your supposed to get the oil sump plug out of a FZS 600 Mk1 when the frame is right where the socket needs to go ! Anyhow I think I shall have to admit defeat and give a real mechanic a call to try and change my oil for me

Thats a good tip and used to work on my old CB250T as the clutch would stick after a week without use !

I thought it odd at the time Anyway it really made me realise the importance of air filters cos when they are clogged the bike wont run

I have still the engine oil to change Yeah ill put the old back in (rescued from bin) and start again In Haynes defence the fzs is mixed up throughout the manual with the YZF as its a shared manual and the coat in oil statement I re read is refering to the YZF ) it does not actually mention the Fazer filter ! Lesson learned for next time