I think he meant A piece of your mind ... In other words blast them .

Can someone just tell me the stock oil grades for FZ

Hello ppl

Need some advice for the chain n sprocket on FZ

Today when i went to tighten the chain of ma bike ma mechanic told me that the chain has gone bad....he tightened the chain n showed me the slack and it was sufficiently tight......then he rolled the tire a little and showed me the slack and it was as loose as before

I inquired at the shop and the guy told me that i would get the whole set with sprockets....so i am thinking of going for different size sprockets.

Please advice what make n what size sprockets should i go for.

and has any faced the problem of chain going bad

Ma bike has done 28600 km.

Hello ppl

Need some advice for the chain n sprocket on FZ

Today when i went to tighten the chain of ma bike ma mechanic told me that the chain has gone bad....he tightened the chain n showed me the slack and it was sufficiently tight......then he rolled the tire a little and showed me the slack and it was as loose as before

I inquired at the shop and the guy told me that i would get the whole set with sprockets....so i am thinking of going for different size sprockets.

Please advice what make n what size sprockets should i go for.

and has any faced the problem of chain going bad

Ma bike has done 28600 km.

Does Yamalube come in 900ml pack or 1.2L pack..?

yamalube comes in 1L pack sadly even 1.2L is also not available

"You should have given that guy & his parents some peace of mind." was the part I didn't quite get, so i reacted like that, but apologies We were in traffic going at speeds of 15 to 20 kmph, imagine if he hit someone like that on a highway with speeds exceeding 40. That guy did not have proper control of the car. He was still learning the car it seemed. If I didnt know his father I would have given a police complaint.

I think he meant A piece of your mind ... In other words blast them

Hello ppl

Need some advice for the chain n sprocket on FZ

Today when i went to tighten the chain of ma bike ma mechanic told me that the chain has gone bad....he tightened the chain n showed me the slack and it was sufficiently tight......then he rolled the tire a little and showed me the slack and it was as loose as before

I inquired at the shop and the guy told me that i would get the whole set with sprockets....so i am thinking of going for different size sprockets.

Please advice what make n what size sprockets should i go for.

and has any faced the problem of chain going bad

Ma bike has done 28600 km.

Yeah actually I wanted to say "A piece of your mind". I am very bad in grammar and this Idiom confused him. Thanks for clarifying.



Stick to stock. Most of us have tried 15T setup and reverted to stock.

Anytime ...

The 15T is really helpful for the highway , you can feel that the engine has absolutely no stress compared to stock where I can feel the engine getting stressed ... For the hills , FORGET about it ...

Yeah its true but losing low end torque was something I wasn't prepared for. Also it took ages to reach speeds above 90 whereas in stock its far more better.

That is really interesting . Yes the bottom end was virtually non existent if compared to stock , but for me the 90 - 115kmph was FAR FAR better than stock . It went quite easily .

Hi all,

I just spent a good part of the last two days going through this mammoth thread! Oh: did not read ALL the posts, just flew over the whole thing, spending some more time on the subjects I found most interesting ....and there are quite a few!
Thanks to all the posters for this very lively thread!

But let me introduce myslef briefly first:

Bike is a (slightly modified) Fazer 2011. Main modif is disk rear brake, but also new painting scheme (and stickers) onto the original "midnight black" to make it now a "Midnight special". Looks gorgeous! I shall post pics when the weather will permit to take them (and after cleaning bike too: it rains everyday in Vietnam presently, making the bike immediately dirty).

Reading through the posts (all from India owners, of course), I wonder how many differences there are between the "export" one I have got and the "standard" one for India. What I notice are:
- both headlights work simultaneously, in both high and low beam. Light is however not that bright, even with both on (compared to the triple halogen on my other bike).
- not observed on my bike (still running in) but by other FZ owners here, it seems yours have some limits ours don't: ours go up to red zone very easily, even in fifth. I wonder if you may not have some limitation in the CDI, or else...?
- In the owner's manual, both 20/40 and 20/50 oil viscosity is prescribed (no 10/40), while I understand from all the posts I read here that 10/40 is prescribed in India....!!??!? India is not a specially "cold" country, AFAIK...! Well: I know a bit about lubricants, and this is really very small difference anyway! Still strange.

Not that this would mean any difference in the bike itslef, but in this same owners manual, they recommend not going over 4,,500 rpm for "prolonged operation" for the first 500km, and then not over 6,000 for the next 500, afterwhat the bike "can be operated normally" (and after changing oilf/ filter of course), while many here report staying below 4,000/ 4,500 for the first 1,000 km. Is that what you manual says?

What has not been much of my concern when reading through this thread are those so many post about mileage. If you, guys, would be paying the enormous tax we have in Vietnam, the cost of gas would become a secondary concern: here, we pay a Fazer ....230,000 Indian Rupees! So, mileage is really the last thing I feel concerned about, and I cannot really see me, on such an effectively macho bike, asking to a girl-friend: "do you mind we share the gas expense?" (no offense meant!)

But besides that, I shall fully concur to all other observations: great suspension, tires, and road holding, excellent braking (rear disc makes little difference, but I just like it!) great torque (for a 150cc) and really smooth engine, perfect gear shift, good comfort (although, after some three, four hours ride: ouch my butt!) and excellent front fairing (of the Fazer). Only negative point so far would be that, after a ride under heavy rain, there is water absolutely everywhere, under the seat particularly, where there is a lot of electrics and...the air intake! I shall definitely look for the rear mud-guard with "extensions" as seen in a previous post, or have it modified: spare parts here is double zero!

So long so good anyway! Bike has now 1,300 km, I did a first oil change (Castrol Power 1) and changed filter at 700 km and then again at 1,200, with Motul 3100 Gold "technosynthese" (also called "semi synthetic") this time. Sorry folks, but that is perfectly suitable after 1,200km, and the engine will continue polishing it's running-in. Shall change again at 3,000 km, with then with Motul 300v 100% synthese as the running-in will be absolutely complete. Now, I dare already giving it occasional short bursts of Wide Open Throttle (WOT) revving up to 7,000/ 7,500 rpm, and the acceleration is really good in second and third, even in fourth, and I have (exceptionally) shifted into fifth at 90 kmh, and the power is still good.....but I could not go any faster than immediately reached 95 just because there are not many stretches of road here where you can speed up! Also still running in, and any prolonged WOT would be detrimental to the engine. I feel, however, that the bike just wants to go ahead, but don't know to how fast yet.

Got a friend here who just bought a Honda Dazzler 150....waiting for both of us having finished running in, and it might be an interesting comparison: the Dazzler is supposed to be a bit faster...I doubt it will follow me on corners!

Cheers to all!

Luke