Exup 1000

Last week, I was talking to a Vicar (he's a biker) about the bike doing over 100,000 miles. He said that's amazing. You'll have to bring it to my church (St Augustines) in Hedon near Hull, and I'll bless it for you. Today I did just that. The Vicar sprayed it with some Holy water, and gave it a damn ...

Had a ride out yesterday, to get over the 100,000 mark. I had one mile to go, and I ended up in the middle of Scarborough in a queue of traffic due to road works, and I was unable to stop to take photos of the change over. I had to pull in to a housing estate which was a Cul-de Sac (a small one at ...

That’s a beauty. I think quite a few of us would love one of those in the garage. I certainly would. A bit too expensive for my pittance of a pension.

I've had a look on CSMNL to cross reference the solenoid numbers. For the 87\88 it says 42X8194000.
For the 89\90 it says 36Y8194000.

Am I right in thinking if the last eight numbers match, they are the same?

I did have a problem. I thought it was a dying battery at first, but it turned out to be dead solenoid. I had a spare one in stock, so changed it, and all sorted now. I have seen one for a 1988 model on flea bay but not sure if it’s the same as a 1989/1990. From what I’ve seen on eBay the one from ...

Does anybody know if a starter solenoid from a 1988 fzr1000 is the same as one from a 89/90 model?

I was just about ask if you’d done that?

Well that makes me out to be a bit of a fibber.

This is how it went. I was at the sherburn Cafe a while ago, and I was talking to a lad who used to work at Padgetts. He told me about the Exups in crates etc. I had a ride over to Padgetts just to have a look at some paddock jackets. While I was ...

It says in1994 Stig.

Fantastic photos, and the bike looks well. Did you cross the finish line in first?

Has anybody got a damaged front mudguard for an 89/90 FZR1000R? I don’t need the actual mudguard itself, but I’m wanting the 2 metal parts that the 4 bolts fit into. If anybody has one taking shelf space up, I’d be interested. It would mean carefully drilling out the old rivet heads off to get them ...

Happy New Year boss. Let’s hope it’s a good year for all of us. Looking forward to lots of miles and smiles this year.

That goes for me too. Have a good safe Christmas everybody. Looking forward to getting some more miles on the old girl next year.

I was going to use the old drill bit and wood screw method. I have got some seal picks to fall back on for plan B.

Cheers Stig. I’ve just changed the oil and filter this week, so I was hoping I wasn’t needing to drain it out again to do the seal. When you did them, did they come out easy enough?

I've noticed there's a slight leak coming from the gear lever seal. I'm going to fit a new seal when it arrives. What I need to know is do I have to drain the engine oil before getting the old one out? If I don't drain the oil, could I get away with leaning the bike over to the right? I've watched ...