DutchFJ1200

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 :-)

Hey, there's my bike!! Looks lovely. I'm sure that front end conversion makes a bit of a difference. Left hand side looks a bit 'naked' without the pipe there.

I had an XJ-650 for best part of 30 years. Basically same block and ancillaries. Never had the problems you describe so I agree with what Slice said above. Also look for deterioration in rubber pipes and look where dirt (however small) may come from. How's the inside of your fuel tank iwo rust? I had a separate fuel filter (one of those small plastic jobbies) in the main fuel line between petcock and carbs that I changed regularly. Always loved those XJ-750's with their YICS whine.

Slice, good to hear you managed to stay in one piece mate. I hope the bike ok also? So you planted the front wheel in her wheel arch, that must have made a bit of a mess ? Agree what has been said above about driving standards so won't bang on about that but it is truly diabolical and getting worse. I'm not a passive driver, by far, and make myself as big as I can on the road - especially dual carriage ways ..... blooming outside lane hoggers. Hence always high beam and my crash bar LED's which are pointed up straight ahead and not down. If I do engage one of those bar stewards I always make sure I have an escape route. The speed/grunt of the tank helps too.

Slice, we all get to an age when everything was cheaper in the past. I guess you have just arrived ... lol

I guess you may like some feedback after your good advice. Rear wheel alignment was out, but only by a small margin. Soooo ..... loosen wheel nut ...... no go !! The tire place must have done it up with a breaker bar because I was unable to loosen with my short Bahco shifter. Get 27 socket + breakerbar ....'kinell ..... !! In my opinion that was way overdone and it would not have surprised me that the whole rear drive train was pinched. Maybe they went for the next notch or two in the castle nut to put the split pin in, but ffs, back it off a tad instead of trying to grind the thread off the shaft I'm a firm believer that tight is tight but with a normal spanner and some elbow grease. The chain adjusters with double nut will keep it in place anyway. Did my usual lap to work and back this week and all is sweet as. Good weekend chaps!

Thanks chaps. I only noticed Friday and bike been good since sprockets & chain. Only recent major upset back there is change of rear tire fortnight ago. Tire place did all the work, wheel in & out. May pull the rear shaft to see if everything is ok and check if chain adjusters are in line.

Hi Slice, Tasky, Since you guys know quite a bit about the FJ1200. Yesterday I noticed, when throttling back and coasting in any gear (coming to a junction or down hill in traffic) a notchy sensation (or something dragging) coming from the drive train through my legs. It disappears when I press the clutch. I just checked my chain, rear & front sprockets (new a month ago) that that checked out fine. No play or excessive wear, all nuts nice and tight and chain follows nicely over the cogs with the correct tension. There are no discernible noises coming from the block, pulls like a train and even yesterday coming back from work cracked well over a ton without breaking into a sweat. Since there is nothing to see externally could there be something wearing out in the box? A drive shaft bearing or something? Look forward to hear.

So who's cracked a ton today ? I'll go first 220 Kph --> 136 Mph fooling around with a Mini John Cooper works

Ahhh...... twas down for a bit. Shouldn't have done this then .................

Hello chaps, Ordered 1 tooth + up on the front, standard on the rear and the silver/black X-ring. The gold was not in stock. Put the lot on today, look forward to see what that one tooth + front feels & does.

Morning gents, I know nooby question but you never know what the brain-trust here can advise. Been a while since I changed sprockets & chain and forgot which ones I ordered from Wemoto a few years ago. https://www.wemoto.com/bikes/yamaha/fj_1200_3cv_type/88-90 There are 6 options and price wise not too much in it. Is the most expensive at £147 simply the best ?? Also I seem to remember reading here that there may be an option to change the sprocket ratio to have less revs at high speed/better fuel consumption. I'm aware you lose a bit of bottom end but that's not too important soo, what's the skinny on this? I do quite a bit of dual carriage way miles lately commuting and at a ton I'm doing 6/6.5K revs. and you can see the fuel gauge go down. (okay.... I had a play with a Porsche Panamera yesterday and we went considerably faster than that which didn't help the cons. much. ) Fire away.

Gents, Any of you know what the paint code is for the red stripe on my 1989 FJ1200 ? As you know I have the white/grey + red stripe version. Got a bit of rubbing on the side panel to touch-up. Thanks in advance.

M1 Abrams ..... thank you very much

For a good part of yesterday I did this polishing & cleaning thing that some of you seem to despise ? The ol' bus really came up nice.

Lovely ride today around the Duchy with Dutch friends that come over on 2 Beemers 1200's 124 miles incl. all the beauty spots and Lands-End. Brilliant sunshine showing Kernow at its best.

Yup, same here

Google Chrome and a one off so far. It's just that I remembered your thread when it happened.

Fake blonds have one

There ya go

Corrected that for your sir !