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oh..I bought the Fazer on tuesday....hooray for me....was supposed to be in my grubby mits by earliest today but seeing as it's already past 13:00 here i'm thinking it'll be next week.......and it's gonna be such an awesome weekend!!!

thanks guys!!! my round-trip per day is like 80km's...... I've been riding for about 1.5yrs now and commuting everyday for the last 7 months..so i'm not a total newbie...I'll be riding at speeds ~100 and 140 km/h....

does anybody have some fuel consumtion details for the Fazer 600 ~2004 models? I saw something about ~5-6 l/100km's. can anyone confirm this. The main reason i'm will b getting the bike is for commuting

lol....well..it's one of the two...what kind of fuel consumption do you get on ur Fazer?

hey man.... I suppose this is a tad late....but i own one. It's a fun little bike.....a useful site is http://www.srx400.co.uk/Tinfo/. It's got plenty of riders who live in the UK....

I'm looking to get a new bike...I've been riding for a year or so...and the fazer is looking really good...I'm also partial to the BMW 650Cs though... It'll be my commuter bike...what sort of mpg do you guys get?

thanks guys....help is much appreciatted

Ok....erm.... .....how do you lube your chain. Is it as simple as just greasing up the chain. How much should you use? I really don't want to end up with a back wheel full of chain lube Thanks for the hep so far

unfortunately it's just a tad high...only slightly. I think i'll give the street version a try..they didn't hav any in stock though... I sat on the MT-01 and the Fazer though..mmmm.. Still really sad about not fitting the XT, though....<sigh>

cool...thanks for the advice guys.....

Hey All, I've been riding my SRX400 to work and back now for a month. THis is a 80km round trip, most of which is on a highway. I noticed my chain looked a bit dry. I was wondering how often i should lube my chain on my SRX400. It looks pretty dry and i'm concerned about it causing damage. Here are some pics of my chain <i don't know if this helps> NOw seeing as this is an SRX400, which never goes faster than 90miles/hour and usually putters around at ~60-65miles/hour which chain lube would you suggest??

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mmm....it's such a cool looking bike too...damn, damn...think I'm gonna pop down to my local Yamaha dealer and give it a sit....

around 1.72m...so that's around 5'8" i think....damn stubby legs!!!

rats....just saw the seat height comment...sh1T!!! awe man....us short guys never get the good bikes...thanks for all the help anyway guys...seems like I'm gonna have to get a BMW now...NOOOOOOOOOOOO

the missus has been on at me about how comfy the bike is for the pillion......any offers? not for my missus....

thanks a bunch for the reply....I think it's time to go chat to the bank...WOOT

hey guys. I'm really keen to get an XT660R...I'm currently riding a SRX400, it's a nice cheap to run single. however, the company I'm working for has relocated so my 28km (one-way commute) has been doubled!!! I'm looking for a nice commuter bike that will give me the option of going offroad on the weekends... (i live in south africa...we've got loads of offroad!!!) You guys seem to be really enthusiastic about ur XT's, would you recommend it for my purposes? is the seat "bum" (arse...not hobo )-friendly for a 40min commute 2X a day??

Hi all, I'm looking for a picture of the back break light switch on handle-bar..can someone give me a hand please an post a pic of theirs (up close if possible). Mines disappeared...and I'd like a pic to show to my local parts dealer..

Thank the lord my bike is running again...it's purring like a rather large kitten. went for a ride yesterday and got caught in a HEAVY downpour. had some fool slam on the breaks and turn with no warning....had to emergency break in a large puddle to avoid the car (v thin road with 2 lanes and cars in both lanes). The back wheel slid out from behind and the bike start to go into a wobble....almost lost it, but i used a bit of throttle and pulled the bike up straight and managed to get out alive.... phew...

Damn I'm jealous....you lucky sod!!!!

HAHAHA...... does silkolene give you a cut everytime you mention their name...hahaha well thanks for the info I'll have a look. Will get my bike back tomorrow....hopefully it's all sorted out now

The specs for my SRX400 suggest that I use "Yamaha 4stroke engine oil types G, Z, X" does anybody have an idea what the ratings of these oil-types are? Are they 10W30? With the current oil I'm using the gears-changes do seem a little chunky. I've googled the phrase but can't get any decent sites. Please help

We'll the hole cutting out story seems to be sorted out. I took it in and the last guy that had worked on the bike put the petrol pipe on th wrong places on the carb!!!! So Reserve was now PRIME!!!! My fuel consumption was ridiculous ( 3km/L, which ~= 8Miles/gallon!!!!)cos it was just dumping petrol into the carb!!! What a dumbass, now the spearkplug is stuffed and I just hoping there is'nt any permanent damage to the bearing cos the crankcase was full of petrol/iol emulsion. I think I'm gonna try and check the battery, it seems it has retained it's charge fine though. Thanks for the advice, I get back to you once she's home and running like she should.

My SRX400 fires up perfectly now and idles happily until I actually ride it(maybe 1 minute)....then if I stop and let it idle it slowly decreases revs and cuts-out. If I fire it up again I have to give it a little throttle to keep it going. If I ride it a bit more (say 5mins) and stop the bike and let it idle it just cuts-out and and then it does'nt want to start. If I leave the bike for a while (10-20mins) then it fires up easily again, but if I ride it, it repeats the cycle..... Any ideas? I have a feeling it's the carb but I'm not sure? Seeing as I had a problem with my battery recently, could it be that insufficient charge is coming from the battery??? Sometimes when the bike cut's out, nothing happens when I press the start button, unless I put the bike into neutral. Is this an override like the trying to start the bike when the kickstand is down?