Our Bertie this month waves a flag for the slightly saner version of the R1…
![Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer](https://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/5243/296575/5b7512fc44f93/Yamaha-FZS1000-Fazer.jpg)
Parts bin specials often make great bikes and Yamaha has made some pearlers.
My favourite is the Fazer 600 – the Thundercat motor and associated odds and sods make for such a good all-round usable machine. It made sense then that Yamaha finally built a ‘grown-up’ version for the 2001 model year.
Like its little brother, the FZS1000 used well-proven parts. In this case the motor was from the YZF-R1, but mildly-modded. It produced the same torque as the R1, but at 1000rpm lower in the rev-range. Different carbs and ignition and a heavier crank basically gave the motor more low to mid-range stomp, but power was still around 140 claimed bhp at 10,000rpm, even if you’d probably be best served hanging about at 7-8000rpm where the meat of that mid-range (78ft-lb) sat. And yes, there was still the EXUP valve fitted to beef-up the mid-range still further.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة September 2018 من Classic Motorcycle Mechanics.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة September 2018 من Classic Motorcycle Mechanics.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Honda VFR750R - RC30
If there’s a more worshipped V4 out there, we’ve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30…
![Mountain tension!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/6128834cd2ab6/crp_Mountain-tension.jpg)
Mountain tension!
Award-winning motorcycle engineer!
![Fazer set to STUN!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/61288945b8905/crp_Fazer-set-to-STUN.jpg)
Fazer set to STUN!
What do you get when you mix CRK’s lovely café racer kit to Yamaha’s budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!
![Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/612877300a5e5/crp_Project-Suzuki-1984-RG250-part-4BRUNO-BARES-ALL.jpg)
Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!
This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassembly…
![Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/61288005ee272/crp_Project-Kawasaki-Z900-Stocker-part-2-Ralph-has-a-blast.jpg)
Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!
For the best finish on his Z900’s motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how it’s done properly.
![Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/61287a0244003/crp_Project-Suzuki-TS400-Part-8Loom-with-a-view.jpg)
Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!
We’re getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?
![Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/612874d758e99/crp_Project-Yamaha-TX750-Part-12A-question-of-balance.jpg)
Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…
Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?
![Splitting links](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/725565/612881a974776/crp_Splitting-links.jpg)
Splitting links
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!
It’s probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrish’s persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.
![Metal magic!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5243/675190/60c86275889dd/crp_Metal-magic.jpg)
Metal magic!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox co uk so he knows what works.. .