I bought the bike on a whim in 1997. I still think "what was I thinking?" but there you go. The seller was a priest, Father Divine, who taught in a priests college near Wigan. He had the FJ, a Honda CBR1000 and a BMW 1000 tourer. Kept them in the college boiler room as it was warm and dry. He'd bought the FJ as a Japanese import so he could tour churches in Spain. Did 10,000 miles. I still have it, emigrated from Manchester to the Canary Islands and enjoyed the journey. The bike was tougher than I was!.
Now?. I was reconditioning my bike, took off all fairings, tank etc and decided to drive to buy a few beers. Car parked. I noticed it moving, tried to get in, it ran over me. Remember nothing. In hospital for 3 months. 2.5 years ago. Will it run? Can I ride it?. Who knows .

Hi there. Not yet an FJ owner but looking at buying one in Spain soon and ride it back to Malta, in the middle of the Mediterranean.  I want the 1986 dark blue/white colour scheme as in this pic.  Where can I find paint codes. Thank you.

Winter is here and it appears the sky gods have blessed us this year with ice. I usually do a lot of snowshoeing, but with ice I do spikes and hike a lot less, so I have more time on my hands. I have already mostly completed my ‘barn find’ Suzuki Intruder and just feel like writing.

Now a little about my life. I am pushing 70, I don’t feel it or think it but it is the reality. I was a Volvo/Saab mechanic and operated a business in Boston. I have owned 40-50 bikes and currently have 6 in the stable, they come and they go. As a child, riding around on the tank of my uncle’s panhead got me hooked. I have a few scars, burns, tats and broken bones which I have collected over the years in this fantastic hobby. I have been a fast guy (in the age of Kaw triples and Yam RD’s) and a dude with an attitude (the HD years). I look back and just smile.

I picked up the FJ last spring. It was sitting in the corner a very old Yamaha dealer (est.1956). I love these dirty old bike shops, they are few and far between, everything now is too sterile. It had been sitting for quite a while, but the tank was clean, and it only had 19k on it, it was not perfect but in very good condition. It kind of spoke to me, if you know what I mean, and I had to have it and I am sure I paid too much.

The FJ is why I am here.

Am I enjoying it? Hell yeah.
Cam

Sold my FJ in 2019 as I was leaving England to live in Japan. Even after buying an R1 to ride I still missed the FJ!
In April this year I contacted with the guy I sold it too to say hi and ask about the bike and after some discussion I bought it back and exported to Japan.
Just arrived and its in need of lots of work but Im very happy to own it again

Hi All

I may of just done a dumb thing. I've been looking for a project bike for a while and.....

Just bought a 1992 FJ1200 someone was trying to turn into a street fighter. It doesn't run. But it does come with a bunch or parts I think will be useful for the trike.

I'm going to take the street fighter bet, and raise it to trike. I think it will be cool.

Its been sat for a few years. Looks terrible and its covered in chassis black and bog dust.

Maybe its a diamond in the rough......we shall see.

First job is to get it running. I'll just be happy if I can get the starter motor working this weekend

cheers
Damo