2007 fz1

thought i would start one of these as idle banters not really the right place to fill with pictures

so got the bike last sat

its in showroom condition, but has a few niggles

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so it has a crap tank pad, a remus powercone and a power comander PCIII usb,R&G tail tidy

the niggles were/are the power was verry lumpy down low and constantly popped on de accele and the indicators keep blowing the fues

the indicator problem has gotten worce so iv given up looking for the problem and ordered another wiring loom as my loom looks spot on but i know its the loom just not where

the popping issue was solved by plugging the air box feed to the AIS (air pulse system to the exhaust for emissions)

then i tried a few maps on the power comander but they were all the same lumpy down low, but i then decided to pull the baffle out of the exhaust and bingo it rant great

then i started tinkering with it, first i cut the air box inlet out as its stupidly restrictive, and then took a hammer and chisel to the cat, then mapped it again, decent improvement in the midrange and a huge kick when you hit 7k

velocity stacks from GB moto are in the post, then all i need to do it mod the secondary throttle butterflies and map again from what a few people say that should see near enough 150bhp at the wheel

as far as suspension goes iv set the sag and gone 2 clicks up on every thing, but think ill back rebound off on the rear shock (its crap)

at some point a ohlins will find its way on to the bike

also dropped the forks in the triple clamps


washed clayed,polished and waxed the paint


made my own bar ends, so i can clamp new mirrors to them




and made my own abba stand adapters beats buying them






and today fitted R&G's

Gotta say i really like this bike. Never considered one but may do in the future.
Very nice

[dyzio]

I've read that the throttle on the new ones (yours) works a bit like an on/off switch, how do you find it?

its not that bad at all, it was the 2006 bikes that were worce, you can get a fuel cut eliminator that stops the problem and give 10bhp in the mid range (dyno proven) but havent had a problem so far, but that could be the PCIII masking the problem

dkid its very under rated, the suspension isn't to bad if your about 15st and under in gear, at my 16.8st im pushing it a bit and is awful 2 up but the handling is actually rather good, and fairly flick-able, its a very solid bike when pushing it, and the power is epic above 7k on another plus side as well is theres loads of mods, and loads of tech help, and the icing on the top is 85mph in 1st gear and £10 to do 75miles isnt to bad at a fair old pace

[dyzio]

After seeing the TT marshals riding them on the course, I can't get the big Fazer out of my head (but the pre 2006 fzs)

Might have to change the sig though

haha to be honest its quite a vibey engine not like some 600 il4's and other thous its due to the heavy crank they put in for the fz to down tune the r1 motor, the engine gets a lot of abuse in reviews but i really cant see why, it spins up fast even with the tall final gearing and will lift the front wheel at WOT in 4th if you hit a small bump at around 8k in the rev range

and it will still pull from 50mph in 6th to well over a tone in a matter of seconds, takes off much quicker than the sv could in most gears from around the same speed

only thing to mention is the foot pegs and rear sets are crap and rubber mounted so move, the bars are also rubber mounted so theres some lack of feel but thats not hard to sort out

Mine is the 2006 version and it's fantastic.

I know they're the cheapest type but the speedking rearsets I have are not too bad

Originally Posted by Stuuk1

Mine is the 2006 version and it's fantastic.

I know they're the cheapest type but the speedking rearsets I have are not too bad

just looked at them, they dont look to bad, thinking about trw or just going for gillies

[Artful]

Originally Posted by dyzio

I've read that the throttle on the new ones (yours) works a bit like an on/off switch, how do you find it?

Just had a wee test ride on one today and I can confirm that the throttle is very on/offish. Feels really choppy. Other than that I loved it. Much the same power wise as the CB1000R I tried a couple of weeks back but the FZ has a 160 mile tank range as opposed to the Honda's 100 - 110.

I would most certainly have one.

Originally Posted by Artful

Just had a wee test ride on one today and I can confirm that the throttle is very on/offish. Feels really choppy. Other than that I loved it. Much the same power wise as the CB1000R I tried a couple of weeks back but the FZ has a 160 mile tank range as opposed to the Honda's 100 - 110.

I would most certainly have one.

Really ? Mines fine maybe its the power commander that's smoothed mine out ?