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    Fazer set to STUN!

    Aug 16, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS AND PICS: MARTIN FOX

    Hello all my fellow readers! My name is Martin. I am newly retired from the aviation industry and wanted to share my latest project with you all.

    Having completed this CRK project, I do hope that this becomes a fantastic advert on how to turn a tired and rather sad looking Yamaha FZS600 Fazer into a beast of a café racer, with CRK’s shake and bake, ready-build kit.

    So where did the inspiration come from? Well, imagine the scene if you will. I’m on holiday reading an issue of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics (my favourite and your favourite magazine) sipping a beer or two. There staring at me is a fantastic advert on how to turn a Fazer 600 into what looked like a gorgeous café racer. ‘Oh yes,’ I thought, ‘on my return that

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