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Yamaha Motors had us flummoxed for some time now. While most manufacturers have been churning out model after model, Yamaha did not seem to be making any significant move. Until now. Yamaha Fazer 250cc, which was unveiled at the Auto Expo, is to get an early July launch. This is one gutsy move from the company for despite the Libero not receiving much applause for its futuristic styling, they have sculpted the even more adventurous looking Fazer. This bike makes no bones about shrieking a presence. Internationally, this particular insect-like styling trend is doing the rounds and that's just where the goggle-eyed snout of the Fazer comes from.

Yamaha Fazer 250cc is possibly ahead of its day in the nascent motorcycle market, though full marks are due to YMI for bringing modern trends. The Fazer is surely not a design every one of us will swoon over but it's best left described as distinctive. Attention to detail and fit-finish, however; should be evident even to the blind and is stunning, with any amount of praise to these being an understatement. The twin-head light 'fly'-screen sticking out in front is unique with more than a semblance to that particular insect. There's an aluminium triple-clamp and twin-pod instrumentation housing a rev-gauge, speedometer and all the usual idiot lights.

The large tank of Yamaha Fazer 250cc is highlighted with scoops flowing into its functional knee-recesses. The filler is the cute bowler-hat design from the Libero. The tank runs down into bubbled side-panels and reverses into a trick-looking integrated rear-end. The 727mm seat is well padded, ending in a striking alloy grab-rail, also playing bodyguard to the tail- cluster. A smoothened aluminium sub-frame section mounts the pillion foot-pegs below to which the chopped cruiser-like silencer adds its bit.

The four-stroke two-valve engine is enhanced in many ways over previous Yamaha units here. It meets stringent Indian 2005 emission norms, assisted by pumping oxygen into the exhaust port to burn any unburned mixture. This unburned air is drawn directly from the air-filter box, bypassing the carburettor and intake while a reed-valve prevents the return of waste gases via the same path. Exhaust gases are further cleaned by a catalytic converter within the silencer.

The carburettor is a Mikuni Constant Velocity unit with butter fly and employs a unique valve that reads increased cylinder-suction and compensates by automatically adjusting the mixture. This provides smoothness no matter how bad the riding situation, surely a boon for the daily stop-and-go conditions prevalent in our gullies. Then there's YTPS, abbreviation for Yamaha Throttle Position Sensor, which functions to boost economy. Yes, ignition timing varies in sync with engine-rpm for the Yamaha Fazer 250cc, but now the throttle position also factors in adjusting this critical burn period.

Our brief sojourn with the Yamaha Fazer 250cc showed the engine to have a pleasing nature and wide, evenly spaced ratios. Make no mistake, we too argue in favour of that useful fifth gear if on no other grounds, then simply because the competition does offer them. When riding the Yamaha Fazer, one quickly recognises it as a well-mannered machine, though the short mileage and limited terrain we were allowed to use made it impossible to truly push the bike and analyse it for its handling capabilities. The frame is the conventional single down-tube diamond-type metal, with a box section swinging-arm. This Yam feels nimble and sturdy, with ride quality as good as can be expected.

Furious activity from all quarters means the Yamaha Fazer 250cc lands in a cauldron simply bubbling over with new machine after new machine.

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Get Up, Get on and Get Off: the Early Bird Catches the Record Deal!

Imagine this…you’re in the local hospital’s pre-op ward waiting for the removal of your pesky rupturing appendix. You wait and wait in side splitting agony while your doctor chats it up with the nurses, gathering phone numbers from the hot ones. After what seems forever, he gets you prepped and begins the surgery. What should have been a 20-minute procedure turns into two hours. He cracks jokes and talks about his cherry red Ferrari, while you’re lying unconscious with your abdomen split open. Finally, you’re sewn up and ready for recovery but super surgeon and his crack anesthesiologist are having a heated discussion about the science of their golf games and have seeming forgotten you’re passed out underneath them with tubes stuck in every orifice. If this were your surgery experience, you’d freak out, sue the hospital and your hot-shot doc would wind up cleaning bedpans at the state convalescent hospital.

Sadly, like our skirt-chasing doc, many musicians think that the consequences of their actions are immaterial and treat their audience with the same lackadaisical disregard that the before-mentioned doctor treated his poor patient with. These selfish creative types show up to gigs late, set up at their own leisure (roughly the same pace that a 100 year-old tortoise would run the Boston marathon), play as long of a set as they please (regardless of their designated set time) and break down/clear the stage at their own whim with little or no regard to the club’s schedule.

However, if you asked any of these artists, they would say that they consider music to be their career…and shouldn’t a career be treated with the same importance and professionalism whether you’re a budding rockstar or an established surgeon? It should, but often it’s not and bands then find their reputations are tarnished with labels like: slow, lazy, and irresponsible simply because they seem unable to get their show on (and off) in a timely manner. Get branded as a slovenly flake and watch the music industry folks jump ship faster than the rich ladies on the Titanic.

The following are a few tips that will help you to get up, get on and get off in a timely, professional manner that will impress the powers-that-be and leave you fans wanting more:

1.) Have Everything Set Up Before You Set Up---It’s not like you just found out you were playing five minutes before. Gigs are booked days, weeks or months in advance so there’s no reason not to be well informed and well equipped prior to your arrival and set up. Guitars and drums should be tuned, drum kits and guitar pedals set up and dialed in, and song lists printed and distributed so that set up time is minimal. Once the stage is free, a professional band will simply haul their gear onstage, plug it in, and do a few last minute tweaks before they’re ready to rock and roll. The ancient tortoise rockers, however, will plunk the road cases down on the stage and then force friends, fans and industry alike twiddle their musical thumbs in anticipation while each piece of gear is pulled out, unwrapped, wiped off, place into position and screwed in slowly but surely. Truthfully, it’s about as interesting as watching paint dry without the guilty pleasure of getting high off the fumes.

2.) Sound Check/Line Check Is Not A Mini Concert---You may view your sound check as the concert before the concert but you’re not making any friends dragging out your sound check to an hour and a half while bands are lined up out the door waiting to set up their own gear and check their sound. Same goes for the line check. You may be surprised to know that audiences aren’t all that excited to sit and listen to you work out your live sound in front of their eyes and on their time. Save the lengthy tune-up and checking for the Making Of The Band video. Get your levels quick and get to rockin’!

3.) Plan Out Your Set Time Well Before Your Set---The key to a tight set is the prep work that goes on before the night of the gig. Many artists believe that the longer they’re onstage the more the audience gets revved up, but there is something to be said about “too much of a good thing.” Plan out your set, time it and then time it again and make sure that it comes in a few minutes under your designated set list time. Little passive aggressive tricks like cramming in two or three extra songs at the end of the set or coaxing your friends into screaming for an encore only serves to enrage your sound man and confuse your crowd and extensive tuning and chatting amongst yourselves and audience members in between songs is just plain tedious. The tighter your set is the more professional it sounds to the ears of your audience and the happier you’ll make your bookers, promoters and club owners.

4.) Tear Down Should Be The Quickest Of All---If you thought your set up was quick, your band’s tear down should be lightning fast in comparison. So much time is wasted every night at a music venue as musicians dawdle after their sets, drinking and chatting with friends, while their gear lies piled up onstage, preventing the next artists from getting set up. Pick up your instruments, haul them of stage, and take them outside or into the green room. There you can wrap your gear up, clean it off, and pack it away into cases and into your cars. Then, it’s time to toss back a few beers and gab with the masses until closing time, without interrupting the flow of the evening.

Imagine this…you’re in a local club waiting to check out an act your label has sent you to scout. You wait and wait in growing more bored and more drunk while the band you’ve been sent to see chats it up with the women in the room, giving t-shirts and CDs to the really hot ones. After what seems like forever, the bands takes the stage and begins their set. What should have been a 30-minute showcase turns into an hour or more as the band plays a loose set, stopping often to tune, complain about the sound, yell to the bartender for drinks and crack jokes with select audience members; while you sit unimpressed trying to get a feel for the band’s style. Finally, their set ends and you wait to approach the band on behalf of your label but these super rockstars are still onstage wrapping up endless cords and wiping down each piece of gear while they chat with each other about how much their set rocked. If this were you’re A&R experience, you’d give up waiting to speak with these lazy musicians, go back to your label and tell them to forget about this particular band and these hot-shot rockstars will wind up working at Starbuck’s until they go on Social Security. This doesn’t have to happen to you. Learn to get up, get on and get off. You’ll soon have the reputation as an easy-to-work-with, professional, reliable band. After all, you never know who might be in the audience to see you on any given night.

About the Author

Sheena Metal is a radio host, producer, promoter, music supervisor, consultant, columnist, journalist and musician. Her syndicated radio program, Music Highway Radio, airs on over 2,400 affiliates to more than 126 million listeners. Her musicians’ assistance program, Music Highway, boasts over 10,000 members. She currently promotes numerous live shows weekly in the Los Angeles Area, where she resides. For more info: http://www.sheena-metal.com.

what is making ticking noise from modified 91 mustang 5.0?

I have a 91 5.0 mustang built with trick flow twisted wedge heads ported and polished , hydraulic lifters, a.r.p. push rods, ford motorsports F cam, ford motorsports roller rockers. Problem is when engine gets hot, ticking increases, 100 percent sure this is not a header leak, my buddy who used to own the car said intially Trick flow screwed up the valve guides, producing a very loud ticking, he sent heads back to them and they fixed the guides, i'm unsure how they did this. Car was dyno'd recently and mechanic adjusted valves. I have the car now, dont get me wrong it runs like a raped ape, I just feel the ticking isn't neccesary its annoying, lots of engines out there with more horsepower dont tick. I dont know if i should look into valve guides again or adjust roller rockers or what. It has msd igntion and runs on only 110 octane. Ticking starts at higher temps and is vocal throughout rpm range, Car has only 57000 original miles. Any ideas or suggestions would be great!

I have a friend who has a HO 5.0 Mustang too. He has spent countless hours tweaking things on his ride and I expect that your car is going to need some close attention and patience to get this licked. To begin with, I would recommend that you have someone who is experienced with performance engines help you to diagnose this, so that you don't just end up throwing money away while trying to solve this problem. To be certain of the cause, you could try to eliminate a few things and I think it's best to just make a list of possibilities and eliminate them one at a time. First, I would recommend a compression test to verify the balance of the cylinders - it's quick and easy and can provide some valuable clues to engine health. It might also be advisable to use a bore scope (if you can get one) to look inside the cylinders for evidence of detonation. A scope will let you see the piston the valves and the chamber walls without disassembling. If you have a timing or spark problem, you could have more serious problems ahead. Premature or late firing can cause detonation as can compression problems or carbon build-up. Have you spoken with anyone else who has a similar setup (the same or very similar ignition, heads, intake, and exhaust)? If so, have they had the same problem? If you rule out the simple things and you still have the tick, then you know it's time to go inside. At that point, you can have the heads pressure tested and teh integrity of the valve guides and seats can be checked. If you get that far and still don't come up with a cause, you'll need to experiment with some different components. It would be worth trying out a different set of headers and maybe the heads if all else fails. Unfortunately with all the mods, you don't have a textbook case to try to solve here but be patient and be diligent - you may just have some incompatible parts. No potential cause is worth overlooking since it could very well be the root of your noise. And this may all prove to be easier than you think - stay positive, you will get this beat.

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