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  1. Started by fazer xbx,

    Hi i am new to the owners club having prevoiusly owned a kwak. is there anyone out there that could give me some advice. i have bought a 05 fazer fz6 and would like to do a service on it. the bike has done 3500miles and other than oiled the chain i have done nothing else. i have an engineering background but on cars. could any member advice me on what i should be servicing or checking at this stage in the bikes life. i have contacted the local bike shop who i bought the bike from and they want £182 so i'm sure for what i need to do i could save a few squid by doing it my self.

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  2. Started by Joker,

    ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS A UK FZR OWNERS CLUB AND/OR IS THERE ANYONE PART OF THE YAMAHA OWNERS CLUB THAT HAS A FZR GROUP/RIDE OUTS ETC. CHEERS IF SOMEONE COULD HELP AS I HAVE A 1989 FZR600 IN MINT AND WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS BEST PLACES FOR PARTS, MEETS ETC ETC

  3. Started by mervin,

    first is terrible second just bad A young man walks onto the stage of Stars in their Eyes, on crutches, with a plaster cast from his feet to his hips. Matthew Kelly Introduces him as Simon. 'It's very brave of you to come out here,' says Matthew. 'Please tell the audience what happened?' 'Well' replies Simon 'about a year ago, I was driving with my uncle when we had a really bad accident. Unfortunately my uncle was killed outright but I survived. I was trapped in the car for six hours before I was eventually cut free.' 'The doctors had me in surgery for 12 hours but they couldn't save my legs.' 'That's terrible. But I see you have legs now. Are they artific…

  4. Started by mervin,

    Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, The California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The gravesite was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. …

  5. Started by mozzy,

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 WAYS TO IMPRESS YOUR GIRL 1. When she asks how she looks, shrug and say "could be better" this will keep her on her toes, and girls love that. 2. Never hold her hand. This can be interpreted as a sign of weakness (or if she grabs your hand squeeze hers really, really hard until she cries. This will impress her by showing her what a strong man you are.) 3. Once a month sneak up on her from behind and knock her over. Girls are like dogs. They love to be roughed up. 4. Call her in the middle of the night to ask if she's sleeping. If she is say "you better be" ,…

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  6. Started by Pete,

    Went off into the middle of nowhere....heading towards Maria via Orce. The sky was blue....temps in the mid 30's.....and the roads (as always) were clear! It's about 40 miles to get there.....and wilderness wherever you look! This is not the type of place to break down, especially in this heat! However, when you ride a Yamaha you don't need to concern yourself with things like that! The town of Orce is halfway to Maria, so I parked up on a hill overlooking the town! It was hot! And here's some views overlooking the town..... Then down to Maria, a couple of minutes to cool down....and off I …

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  7. Started by mervin,

    2 tickets to last years british grand prix to the best caption merv

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  8. Started by Pete,

    ....... I'm a Welshman living in Spain! In the town of Huescar in Granada, Andalucia to be precise. And a mate of mine from Essex made the trip down! Dellboy! He rode down through France....stayed in the Pyrenees for a few days (where he witnessed a Dutch guy on a 1200GS writing it off) and then motored down to Denia near Benidorm. We arranged to meet up in Cartagena in the Murcia province, which is a round trip of about 250 miles for each of us. I was out early (8.30am) before the heat kicked in..... .....and 2 hours later I got to the harbour in Cartagena, with the submarine as the meeting point. Del was already there.…

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  9. Started by mervin,

    Scientists have discovered that lager contains trace quantities of female hormones - something to do with the part of the plant that the hops are picked from. So someone did an experiment to determine the effect of this on the male... They took ten male volunteers, and got them each to drink eight pints of lager in quick succession. At the end of the test, it was found that they were all talking complete bollocks, and couldn't drive.

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  10. Started by mervin,

    This test is based on how cool you were at school and what crowd you ran with, etc., but it's still pretty accurate by today's standards. You may want to send it to your friends to see if they've changed. LET'S SEE, ARE YOU STILL A COOL PERSON? (Click on the link below to find out.) http://www.sailinganarchy.com/general/2002/cool_test.htm

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  11. Started by mozzy,

    just so you all know its now official i am a fully unqualified poofy hairdresser( shut the fuck up pete) laugh all you want lol i have always wanted one and for the bargain price of 600 pounds its mot'ed until may 2007 taxed til december it needs bonnet bumper and wing painting black as staceys cousin hit someones car whilst being chased by police and obviously he got away lol. its got motorbike characteristics to (well nearly when the roof is down and im driving round a roundabout at 70 mph on two wheels).. it has a mint 2 month old mohair roof to which cost owner before her cousin 550 quid lol its an 1.8 si 16v 130 bhp model so not like th…

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  12. Started by deb,

    Hi, this is just for the people in the Uk really. My friend in Devon is starting a fortnightly rock nights venue and is looking for bands in the south - or not too far from the south - to play in the future. they are looking for classic rock tribute and covers bands and some that do their own stuff. It might prove to be very good for a little known band who is trying get into the pub music scene. Anyway, do any of you know any bands, or know of any or are in a band? If so, please let me know the name and website or e-mail address and I will pass it on to her. The opening night is on the 16th of September at Rock At Moloko. I will let you know any other details if…

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  13. Started by Osama,

    I'm just here to get banned and brag about it elsewhere, and throw mud a gingers.

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  14. Started by Alex,

    Well firstly to apologise for all the MYSQL errors everyone is getting!!! The site was moved servers and everything in the end was fine apart from losing a days worth of posts. Then some moron decided to change the MYSQL settings on the server which has screwed up more than one of my sites. Once one was fixed it was screw up the other one... and so on. This site appears to be fine but ive had to back it up to my copy which is from last week hence the missing posts. I am still waiting on the backup to be implemented from the 15th. This is so frustrating and i cannot belive a server migration could have been implemented before all the correct modules for…

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  15. Started by FIG51,

    New forums for only xj600 seca II owners. As a member of this forum I realized the necessity of a Seca II forum and created one. Hopefully we can help each other out and also shoot the breeze. http://seca2.forumup.org

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  16. Started by lovinfzr,

    Hi there my fzr needs some tlc, so im looking to give her a respray and i need to repair a crack in the fairing. A few of questions 1 Can the fairing be plastic welded ? 2 Do i need to use a certain paint or would car paint do? 3 What sort of price am i looking at to have a spray shop do the job?

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  17. Started by zbiker,

    I spent a few days hugging some corners in western North Carolina recently when I found myself totally out ridden by a group of female motorcyclists from Seattle. It seems the gang was not as they appeared. They wore patches on the backs of their dirty leather jackets that said they were Vampires, and the quickness they showed on those twisty roads had me believing they were the real thing. This all began after a night of camping at High Country Motorcycle Camp ( http://www.highcountrymotorcyclecamp.com/ ), located deep inside the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, I was up early to flip through some curves on what I hoped would be a deserted Blue Ridge Parkway.…

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  18. Started by smonty862000,

    Just thought I would introduce myself. I'm Sam. I'm 20 and I cant wait till i'm 21 so I can take my big bike test lol! I'm looking to get a R6 as a first bike. Any yays and nays on this would be helpful. So HI everyone. Sam

  19. Started by EddyIrish,

    So you dumbasses better give me the respect I deserve! And Moseley.......keep out of my way you punkass pee-on.

  20. Started by Pete,

    And the victim this time was Yam100RX-S who decided to be as disruptive as possible running round the site hurling abuse. As all the others in the past (and there's been a lot) will tell you.....we don't tolerate people trashing our house. Yam100RX-S.....you are the weakest link....Goodbye!

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