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Steve_P · #1 Post by **Steve_P** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:21 pm

What kind of fazer have you got?

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:38 pm

a hacksawed one

Nooj · #3 Post by **Nooj** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:11 pm

Erm, yes, a modified one

It's a black MkI FZS600. Well, it was. It's now a white MkI with a MkII fairing, headlights and fairing lowers and copious amounts of black powder coating.

Used to look like this (ignore the box on the back):

Then turned into this, and yes, I did ride it round like this for a few months. With a borrowed front mudguard it actually passed its MoT like this

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I was particularly proud of my bungee exhaust hanger

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It now looks like this (only covered in shit from riding through winter):

Steve_P · #4 Post by **Steve_P** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:38 pm

cool our lass likes it, she got a S reg fzs600 in black,the thing does twice the mpg of my falco, its so light and has wicked brakes

Dalemac · #5 Post by **Dalemac** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:21 am

that looks mint! a job well done there nooj!

Nooj · #6 Post by **Nooj** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:23 pm

It was good as a budget bike for it's day, but is showing its age now both in style and performance. Bits are starting to fall apart, it needed a new gearbox a few months ago and the forks are desperate for a re-build with some new springs and bushes. If I could afford it I'd change it for something fresher like the S2 Fazer or a Z750 maybe, but it does OK for a commuter and general donkey bike so there's no point swapping at the moment.

Anyone thinking of getting an old style Fazer, go for the MkII (with the same headlights mine has), The MkI headlights are utterly shit to the point of being dangerous at night.

A mate of mine did the paint work, I got a used MkII fairing and lowers from e-bay so they were all different colours. I wanted white for visability and thought the red speedblock design would suit the bike's shape. Originally the red blocks were going to be reflective but the material kept cracking on the curves and corners, so it ended up with flat red and reflective black stripes and lettering.

Together with bright blue LED sidelights and my white lid hopefully I get noticed more by cagers! It seems to work, though sometimes I wonder if they think I'm BikePlod

TwinNut · #7 Post by **TwinNut** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:40 pm

joecrx · #8 Post by **joecrx** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:30 pm

nice bike but lets not take all the attention away from whats in the white box nooj ?

Falcomille · #9 Post by **Falcomille** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:21 am

Large pizza!

Chabby · #10 Post by **Chabby** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:49 pm

Hacksaw blades!

Nooj · #11 Post by **Nooj** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:36 pm

It was...

Bought new for £30, kept under the bed for a couple of years, sold for £60 on e-bay

Falcomille · #12 Post by **Falcomille** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:37 am

Wow. Did it give extra performance to the Fazer? Like a warp drive?

Nooj · #13 Post by **Nooj** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:12 pm

Nope, but it greatly amused the biker and his Missus who run the post office I took it to.