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Seeing the damage in there and on the ali casing I can only think that some object got flicked up by the front tyre and smashed its way into the casing. Now that the bike is happy again I may take the cover off one of these days and revisit that with some Belzona liquid metal. For now I must have the healthiest 33 y/o FJ1200 on the planet with new coils,leads,caps,plugs, refurbed carbs and adjusted valve clearances 🤣

I have updates ...... the damn thing is FIXED !!!!!! 🤗🤗 I ordered 3 things last week. A magnetic pick-up sensor with wire & plug only in Poland, a rotor in UK and a back plate with sensor and wire complete in Holland. The Polish magnetic sensor & wire only arrived yesterday and I was ready to take hammer & chisel to the blob only to find it crumbled at the lightest touch. Some dick had 'glued' the sensor on with window putty or badly mixed epoxy. Clean up, install new sensor, lead wire and plug behind the heat shield to the other side of the bike and plug into the loom. The bike ran smooth today and stationary at traffic lights quietly rumbles on tick over, no drama. I treated her to an oil change and a chain lube just now and all is good in Yamaha FJ1200 world. Thanks for bearing with me, your suggestions and commiserations 👏

So Roger the Bodger was a previous owner of the bike!! Whilst his putty job got it going it didn't fix it.....then you bought it!....and now the Wallet Emptying Barsteward is finally fixed. Congratulations. Well done that man. You deserve a medal for perseverance............medal....medal!! says Mutley 👍👍