DutchFJ1200

What he said.

"......... what the f8ck is that all about ?? ............." classic ... 🤣

I work from home during the week and most of the times look forward to the 85 mile blast to the office. 25 miles in, while passing a few trucks in the outside lane this morning, the throttle cable in the grip decided to give the ghost. Interesting to say the least, managed to coast inbetween 2 trucks to the inside lane with the usual, as friendly as, hand signals to say the bike was toast and came to a stop on the inside of a merging slip road up ahead. Luckily it was the grip end, just broken after the little lead crimp, and not in the junction box under the tank. Still weighing up my options it looked like I was fooked where I was and leaving the bike behind where I came to a stop filled me with all kinds of horrors iwo finding back a stripped bike whenever I could retrieve it. (like leaving your car with prized rims in the middle of Liverpool) Out with the multitool, unscrew where the cable goes into the grip, pull off the L-bend and, hey presto, I had 3 inches of greasy inner cable. No way to keep a turn around my finger or any grip with my glove on so glove off and I had somewhat of a throttle control by turning it around or threading it inbetween my fingers. Off we went up the slip road, against the traffic and made it to the roundabout at the top. By that time, will all the clobber on I was sweating like a pig, and not too unhappy with my situation, so rolled a fag and contemplated if I could make it to the other side of the dual carriage way, second roundabout, merge and back home. Throttle control was a bit sketchy and trying to keep 130HP under control that way was iffy at best. I made it back home while having to re-grip, re-thread the bloody inner cable inbetween my fingers doing a steady 50/60 mph behind a truck, holding the remainder of the outer and inner cable above the middle of the tank. By the time I was home my fingers and the rest of me bloody arm were about to drop off. So how was your start of the day? 😀

Congrats on the weight loss but ffs if you want response and go fast buy a 'kin proper bike 🤣🤣

At the time there were also lads that tuned their FS1 with cheap imitation crap. That didn't last long with plenty of seized blocks. To the OP: do it properly or don't go there. You may have to look on the continent for parts, if they still exist and/or are available.

Mine did .... on the clock. Only with original FS1 mods ... from memory ... FS1 cylinder & piston, 16mm carb, HP FS1 exaust, and fiddling with the cogs but what number of teeth front an back has long vanished in my merlot infused brain. Yes I was a stick then and that is 35 years ago 😎

Glad you see it that way too. If I do stick my front wheel in a potential situation there has to be a bail out plan. May not be pretty but at least I'll live. Do they have beards and wear sandals ?

Ah, right in Mike's comfort zone........... lol Cheers!

Falmouth ..... certainly! Pubs, pubs, pubs, eateries, Maritime Museum, Pendennis Point/Castle, day on the local Ferries to St.Mawes and/or up the Fal River to Truro and back, ......... did I mention pubs ? Edit: and plenty of grey RFA boats in the docks incl. the new supply tankers.

I've had a shaft driven XJ-650 for best part of 29 years. Best clean and maintenance free final drive you could wish for.

Yeah yeah yeah, for you RN boys the South coast stops at Portland Bill ..... I get it ?

Anything wrong with Exmouth, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Falmouth? ?

Best I can come up with is : https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/gb/en/contact/ And do a search on the site here because there are a few threads on the subject.

Fault codes on a bike?? .......... f8ck I'm old ................. and my bike too ?

Yup. The FJ was slightly high in revs and MPG at cruising speed. But with torque to burn on the tank I went up 1 tooth on the front. The improvement was very noticeable. Did not need to change from the standard chain.

I'm sure these courses have their benefits but road/driving circumstances change hourly/daily in real life and some things cannot be taught from a book or on a closed track. Pre-empting which way a cager is going to move (sometimes even before the cager knows) in any circumstance is a skill you learn only by being on the bike and the longer you have done that the better you get at it. Re sitting on the LHS of the road, no way is appropriate. Make yourself as big as you can by sitting as much between the middle and/or close to RHS of the road as possible. I often see these guys, mostly on 'lighter' bikes, tucked in to the left behind a truck or a van with absolutely no view or idea what is happening 50/100 yards up the road. Safe and cautious sometimes does not cut it - some circumstances demand a more aggressive stance to keep the cagers from having a pop at you. I don't think the tutors would like me much ?

It snowed last night ❄☃️8:00 am: I made a snowman.8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn't make a snow woman.8:15 - So, I made a snow woman.8:17 - My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman's voluptuous chest saying it objectified snow women everywhere. 8:20 - The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it could have been two snow men instead. 8:22 - The transgender man..women...person asked why I didn't just make one snow person with detachable parts. 8:25 - The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and not to decorate snow figures with. 8:28 - I was being called a racist because the snow couple is white. 8:31 - The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be covered up . 8:40 - The Police arrived saying someone had been offended. 8:42 - The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role. 8:43 - The council equality officer arrived and threatened me with eviction. 8:45 - TV news crew from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied "Snowballs" and am now called a sexist. 9:00 - I was on the News as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather. 9:10 - I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services. 9:29 - Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding for me to be arrested. Moral: There is no moral to this story. It is what we have become, all because of snowflakes.

Tinder ?................. ............... I'll get my coat .... lol

On that note 2019 could not have started any better. Due to the mild weather drove the 80 miles to work on da tank yesterday and back home again tomorrow. Would not have expected I could do that in Cornwall/Devon on the 2nd of January

Belated merry Quizmas. Oh well, happy & safe 2019 then.

Yup, when you feel THAT first drop find it's way down there

Mamil or MAMIL (an acronym standing for "middle-aged man in lycra") ............... oh the horror

I'm 6ft and the FJ seat is quite low for my height. It also depends if I'm driving slow in traffic which seems to bring it on sooner but when I'm caning it down the motorway it seems the concentration, adrenaline and different driving position keeps it at bay for longer. I have asked this before and a sheep skin pad that you can strap on the saddle seems to be a solution.

Fantastic write up. Great to be able to do this with better half & son. Once again the bike looks great. How did you cope with numb bum on the bike? The FJ btw has a huge reserve fuel capacity as you probably well know but every time that red light comes on I recognize that feeling, even if there is at least 100 km left in the tank :-)