Last year I bought a fazer 1000 off one of the forum members. It needed a bit of work as he had bought it from a guy who had taken it to bits and never put it back together.....
This is one of the pictures that Martin sent me of it in his garage. It had been SORN'D since 2008.
My first job was to put it back together and make it so I could ride it over the summer and see what needed doing.
I did this in a few weeks and this was just as I was taking it for its first MOT since 2008. It promptly blew the front fork seals on the way to the MOT centre.....
I did these and spent some time freeing up the exup valve which was seized solid. It cost me a new set of exup cables (get a mortgage) and some tungsten carbide bits to remove the tap which snapped off in one of the holes that I had had left from drilling the exup valve bolts out.
I rode it over the summer and added some panniers and a top box and had a great time with my son Ewan.
When the winter came I had a list of work to do...
The first was to refurbish the swingarm. I also wanted to replace the rear shock as it was weeping oil and refurbish the front of the engine.
First the swingarm. Easy to remove.
Before paint.
The swingarm and the hugger after rubbing down, etch primer and paint.
The front of the engine before paint.
The exhaust headers were removed (no studs sheared in the removal of this header...) and the front of the engine sprayed with Simoniz aluminium engine enamel (a good match). New exhaust studs (stainless) and nuts fitted.
The exhaust headers were polished with wire wool and t cut.
The radiator, fan and radiator guard sprayed with Hammerite Satin Black.
I'm now starting to reassemble the bike - just waiting for some rad hoses to arrive, exhaust gasket rings, R6 shock and some other bits and bobs.
I'll try and remember to keep adding to this.
Tom
This is one of the pictures that Martin sent me of it in his garage. It had been SORN'D since 2008.
My first job was to put it back together and make it so I could ride it over the summer and see what needed doing.
I did this in a few weeks and this was just as I was taking it for its first MOT since 2008. It promptly blew the front fork seals on the way to the MOT centre.....
I did these and spent some time freeing up the exup valve which was seized solid. It cost me a new set of exup cables (get a mortgage) and some tungsten carbide bits to remove the tap which snapped off in one of the holes that I had had left from drilling the exup valve bolts out.
I rode it over the summer and added some panniers and a top box and had a great time with my son Ewan.
When the winter came I had a list of work to do...
The first was to refurbish the swingarm. I also wanted to replace the rear shock as it was weeping oil and refurbish the front of the engine.
First the swingarm. Easy to remove.
Before paint.
The swingarm and the hugger after rubbing down, etch primer and paint.
The front of the engine before paint.
The exhaust headers were removed (no studs sheared in the removal of this header...) and the front of the engine sprayed with Simoniz aluminium engine enamel (a good match). New exhaust studs (stainless) and nuts fitted.
The exhaust headers were polished with wire wool and t cut.
The radiator, fan and radiator guard sprayed with Hammerite Satin Black.
I'm now starting to reassemble the bike - just waiting for some rad hoses to arrive, exhaust gasket rings, R6 shock and some other bits and bobs.
I'll try and remember to keep adding to this.
Tom
