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hello from southafrica

Started by spikem231, May 13, 2019, 11:51:12 AM

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spikem231

hi all, thansk for the add. i am spike from south africa living in pretoria, i bought my fj1200 a year ago.wha a bike, wish i had bought one long time ago.just finished her now a week ago after i have spend a month rebuilding her from the ground up.

Tuned forks

Interesting color combination.  I've never seen that before.  Welcome to the forum.

Joe
1990 FJ1200-the reacher
1990 FZR 1000-crotch rocket

ZOA NOM

Welcome aboard! Put some air in that rear tire.
Rick

Current:
2010 Honda VFR1200 DCT (Full Auto!)
1993 FJ/GSXR 1200 (-ABS)
1987 Porsche 911 Carrera (Race)
1988 Porsche Carrera (Street)
Previous:
1993 FJ1200 (FIREBALL)
1993 FJ1200ABS (RIP my collar bone)
1986 FZ750
1984 FJ600
1982 Seca

aviationfred

Welcome to the forum  :hi:

There are a few FJ owners in South Africa

Fred
I'm not the fastest FJ rider, I am 'half-fast', the fastest slow guy....

Current
2008 VFR800 RC46 Vtec
1996 VFR750 RC36/2
1990 FJ1300 (1297cc) Casper
1990 VFR750 RC36/1 Minnie
1989 FJ1200 Lazarus, the Streetfighter Project
1985 VF500F RC31 Interceptor

red

Spikem,

Beautiful color!  Welcome to our sandbox.
Cheers,
Red

P.S. Life is too short, and health is too valuable, to ride on cheap parade-duty tires.

FJmonkey

Welcome Spike, looking good.
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

'86 Ambulance - Bent frame, cracked case, due for an overhaul
'89 Stormy Blue - Suits my Dark Side

Motofun

Welcome.  That's a nice looking bike.  The pipe diameter looks small on that exhaust.  Is that just the photo or is there something different in SA?
'69 Honda Trail 90
'75 Honda CB400F
'85 Yamaha RZ350
'85 Yamaha FJ1100
'89 Yamaha FJ1200
'09 Yamaha 125 Zuma
'09 Kawasaki KZ110 (grand kids)
'13 Suzuki GSXR 750 (track)
'14 Yamaha FZ-09
'18 Suzuki GSXR 1000R (track)
'23 Yamaha Tenere 7
SOLD: CBX,RZ500,Ninja 650,CB400F,V45 Sabre,CB700SC,R1

Pat Conlon

Welcome Spike!
Please tell us more about your rebuild and your bike.
I don't recall ever seeing a FJ done in metallic green with silver accents. I like it.  My first model car I built when I was seven, I sprayed the body a metallic green with a silver (not gold) under base. I've always been partial to metallic green since.

Yea, as Moto mentioned, you muffler looks a bit restrictive.

Cheers. 

Pat
1) Free Owners Manual download: https://tinyurl.com/fmsz7hk9
2) Don't store your FJ with E10 fuel https://tinyurl.com/3cjrfct5
3) Replace your old stock rubber brake lines.
4) Important items for the '84-87 FJ's:
Safety wire: https://tinyurl.com/99zp8ufh
Fuel line: https://tinyurl.com/bdff9bf3

spikem231

thanks guys,,sorry i was a bit buzy this week,
i did put some air in the tyre after the photo.hahaha
the exhaust is small yes but she has 2 pipes on,left and right.
but i want to change the 2 for 1 only,this will be my next mod..
the reason why i went with green is because i love candy colours and like to be different from the rest..

spikem231

about the build,i bought her in a fair condition with little accident damadge.the belly pan i had to build from scratch as i couldnt get 1 in south africa.the nose fairing i could repair with fibreglass.the screen is also hand made as i was charged about r2000 rands to import 1 to south africa.i will post some more pics after completion,there is some small mods i want to finish on her.

Troyskie

1984 FJ1100 Ms Effie brand new :)
1984 FJ1100 Pearlie, stock as.
1985 FJ1100 Mr Effie 647,000K and still running hard.
1985 FJ1200 'Yummy' takes a licking & keeps on ticking
After all is said and done, more is said than done :)
2013 Trumpy Tiger 800, let's do a lap of Oz