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Title: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: dadofseven38 on March 19, 2020, 06:24:04 PM
Good afternoon everyone.  Jim Richardson here, motorcycle enthusiast, RC Pilot, retired CSM.  Bought my FJ right off the floor in 1986, sold it in 1996 for a VF750f, just picked a non op 86 from a friend for 250$.  Carbs are at RPM, tank is getting cleaned up, fuel sensor and petcock are on the way,  after getting the grime off, and stripping it down, hacking of the 1980something Vance and Hines, this is what we have. As soon as I get it running we will go from there...BTW Robert from RPM is the man!!!
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 19, 2020, 09:36:57 PM
Hello Jim, welcome back...we hear often about previous FJ owners returning to the fold.
Carson City Paul and Travis (T Legg) will chime in shortly, they are also FJ owners in your area.
You are in good hands with RPM.

Cheers,

Pat
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: aviationfred on March 19, 2020, 09:56:17 PM
Welcome to the forum and back k to FJ ownership  :hi:

A few of us fit into your description. Owned an FJ in our younger years and found our way back to the FJ.


Fred
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: Troyskie on March 20, 2020, 02:52:47 AM
Welcome Jim  :hi:.

From the photos it looks like your FJ is in safe hands :good2:.

It's great to see fellow enthusiasts keeping these wonderful bikes on the road, where they belong.

Long Live the Mighty FJ

Troyskie
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: T Legg on March 20, 2020, 03:22:02 AM
It's nice to see another northern Nevada member we are gaining strength up here. After you get it running we should get togethor with Carson city Paul for a ride.
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: Greenlander on March 20, 2020, 10:52:18 AM
Quote from: dadofseven38 on March 19, 2020, 06:24:04 PM
Good afternoon everyone.  Jim Richardson here, motorcycle enthusiast, RC Pilot, retired CSM.  Bought my FJ right off the floor in 1986, sold it in 1996 for a VF750f, just picked a non op 86 from a friend for 250$.  Carbs are at RPM, tank is getting cleaned up, fuel sensor and petcock are on the way,  after getting the grime off, and stripping it down, hacking of the 1980something Vance and Hines, this is what we have. As soon as I get it running we will go from there...BTW Robert from RPM is the man!!!

Welcome to the forum Jim,
Your post cheered me up this morning after waking up to the new reality of the stay at home order. Covid19 will free up time for me to work on my 84 FJ and your post reminded me cleaning the tank is a good place to start since we can't go riding anyway.
I'm really enjoying following the recent Resto projects on the forum and looking foreward to see how yours unfold.  Your freind must have owed you a big favor for letting you have it for $ 250 because it cleaned up nice. Must have been garaged. Do you have a before pic ? And does the odo read only 7800 miles? To blurry to see. Anyway it's a steal and I'm jealous. Wish I had friends like that. He must have introduced you to your wife or something in that category.  Regardless you earned it getting the old girl back in action.
Cheers, Hans
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: Carson City Paul on March 20, 2020, 04:11:24 PM
Welcome aboard Jim,

I look forward to getting together and riding on some of the great roads we have up here.
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: FJmonkey on March 20, 2020, 04:45:13 PM
Welcome, hope to see you at a rally when this all blow over.
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: Mike 86 in San Dimas on March 22, 2020, 06:47:25 PM
Seems the FJ is pretty well represented in Reno. Enjoy and welcome.
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: dadofseven38 on March 30, 2020, 04:10:41 PM
Quote from: T Legg on March 20, 2020, 03:22:02 AM
It's nice to see another northern Nevada member we are gaining strength up here. After you get it running we should get togethor with Carson city Paul for a ride.
definitely!!  Would love to.  In the mean time, after the COID lock down is over....I ride my Wing and VFR all the time...hit me up...775-291-8301
Title: Re: Good Day from Reno, Nevada
Post by: RevDeal on March 31, 2020, 09:24:56 AM
The west coast seems to really stack the deck! Welcome