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    Website recommendations that are still selling parts for the FZ8?

    Check through Yamaha directly. I believe they had some SHAD top case options.
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    FZ8 GURU NEEDED

    140kph = 6000RPM on the nose. I also double-checked, and going +1 on the front sprocket makes the speedo accurate to GPS speed.
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    Throttle hard to turn - not a cable problem

    I have an R6 Throttle tube. For all intent and purpose I believe my throttle cable is clean and lubed, though I don't really clean or lube it. I think I paid to have it done at some regular spring check-up I did. Same as you, it functions correctly, but does seem to be be a bit harder to turn...
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    FZ8- Tell Me About It! -Hard shifting?

    If you go with BAUCE, he may still recall my scenario. Seems it was an odd-one, and like a very rare situation. I would put money on you NOT having my problem. He was exceptionally helpful with it all. Paid for shipping to try and figure it out. I even took the family on a 2-day road-trip to...
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    FZ8 GURU NEEDED

    I went +1 on the front, actually to lower my RPM. The speedo is accurate too now. There is a sprocket/gear/rpm calculator out there somewhere. A lot of my riding is highway at about 130-140 kph (basically, 80-85mph like you). I think it dropped RPMs about 600. ....Trying to picture me at...
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    FZ8 GURU NEEDED

    I posted in the other thread. Connect with BAUCE Racing. He is in New Jersey. You mail him your ECU, and he mails it back flashed. R6 Throttle tube and K&N drop-in (or similiar) and. Go do a 520 conversion when you change you sprockets. Doing +2, and -1 will definitely kill your top-end...
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    FZ8- Tell Me About It! -Hard shifting?

    I have no skills, nor have I bothered to try to do wheelies with my FZ8s. But yeah, my guess is the only way you gonna do good, sustained wheels is by changing sprockets. Bauce Racing for ECU flash. There are others. I tried to go with BAUCE. Very long story, but for whatever reason (and I...
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    FZ8- Tell Me About It! -Hard shifting?

    Sprockets changed.
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    FZ8- Tell Me About It! -Hard shifting?

    Had my 2011 Fazer8 since new. It's been doing as other describe since day one. Normal for Yamaha per all accounts. Shifting on the way up, like in a car, can be less smooth if you don't get the revs up. For example, shifting 5000pm and above is gonna be smoother than trying to putz about and...
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    Radiator cover.

    Ya. This one. Evotech Performance. https://evotech-performance.com/collections/all/products/ep-yamaha-fz8s-radiator-guard-2011-to-2015. Have it on my Fazer. It's not cheap, but looks sharp.
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    FS: Yamaha OE Air Filter

    I still have it. LOL - damn I should have logged on more often. I see I could have sold it back in 2018! lol
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    New to the FZ8?

    Welcome. Just send off your ECU for tuning for the cheapest and biggest bang for the buck on performance. Pair that to an R6 throttle tube, an exhaust of your choice, air-filter, and a chain/sprocket of your choice and you're set. I did all that and went +1 on the front sprocket. Speedo is...
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    Front Wheel

    Sorry. I need mine.
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    2012 fz8 battery trouble (help please!)

    It's funny, but also not. I can laugh, because I did this myself last year. A very, very long story but in reality, the MAIN FUSE did its job and that's all that was damaged. It's the big red fuse in your picture - that one that is attached to the bungee tie-down for the battery. It is also...
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    Lever Suggestions On a Budget

    FP Racing Levers. Do NOT buy cheap eBay levers. Yes indeed ASV levers are not cheap, but they are on the expensive side of the good stuff.
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    2013 FZ8 spark plug torque specifications

    I have the Fazer version, and did the plugs last year. They were very, well overdue and most certainly improved my fuel economy. I kid you not, I instantly started seeing 50km more per tank. I bought NGK Iridium as replacement. I was at 26,000kms when I change and I know manual says like every...
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    How to mount a smartphone on the Fazer

    I have it mounted right in the middle with a standard ole' RAM-mount, and I just position it so it works well enough for me. You can buy different length arms too. My main gripe is just how much vibration/BUZZZZ is transmitted. Can't help but think that ain't good for the phone.
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    Stock Muffler 2011 FZ8

    I have one, but I'm all the way in Ontario, Canada.
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    Passing/Hazard Lights?

    Buy a cheap international calling card or try just e-mailing a dealership overseas. They'll know the part number pretty readily.
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    Passing/Hazard Lights?

    I'm in Canada, bought my bike from a Canadian Dealer. No hazards. It was a Euro thing. If you're dead set on having them I'd look to eBay or buying directly from a dealer in the UK or something and ship them to you. I think you need the entire left control piece.
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