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A long winter gives a good FJ modding time :-)

Started by keand3, October 16, 2012, 02:49:41 PM

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keand3

Quote from: FJmonkey on September 01, 2013, 08:31:47 AM
Looking and sounding really good Ken, great job!!!  :good2:
Thanks Mark. Best investment i ever did! :good2:
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fj11.5

Great work mate :good2:, like the white wheels, thought of  painting my front to match the gsxr ,but would of stood out a lot on a black bike :biggrin:,,,  I'm glad someone else has rain too
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

keand3

Rain is nice... Snow on the otherhand, not so much  :good2:

Guess you've guys down in new zeland is fairly used to rain..? From what ive heard its more rain the anything else? If it only rained chicks and usd forks  :rofl2:

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andyoutandabout

Do like an 86 with white wheels. Well, one at least.
Beware of a white rear wheel, you'll be forever cleaning it. Had an 89 VFR750, red with white wheels. Looked great just after a bath, but a few miles later the wheels looked like they'd been at the bottom of the sea for a century.
Andy
life without a bike is just life

keand3

Quote from: andyoutandabout on September 02, 2013, 01:44:52 AM
Do like an 86 with white wheels. Well, one at least.
Beware of a white rear wheel, you'll be forever cleaning it. Had an 89 VFR750, red with white wheels. Looked great just after a bath, but a few miles later the wheels looked like they'd been at the bottom of the sea for a century.
Andy

I figured one would be enough...  :lol:
Nah, i have a FZR rim for the back too, just haven't got around to it yes. Its soon winter up here so i will have it done by next season.
I know how much cleaning the front require, can only imagine the back... Luckily i am a cleaning fanatic so i like a good challenge  :good2:

White rims look awesome, so i think its worth the effort.. :yes:

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fj11.5

Rain chics and rpm parts all it wants,, and you could never have enough fj,s  :biggrin:,, and just for the record ,I'm on the other island , not new zealand  :lol:
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

keand3

Quote from: fj11.5 on September 02, 2013, 02:28:48 AM
I'm on the other island , not new zealand  :lol:

Ahh... So your on the little one then, eh? :biggrin:

Funny how it is when youve done something to the bike, and the "to do" list just keep on growing? :good2:
Shit, I just added the exhaust to the list for this winter... Hopefully Randy have them ready by then...
Would soon need a second job just to feed the moditus budget....  :dash2:

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Dan Filetti

Quote from: keand3 on September 02, 2013, 02:15:48 AM
White rims look awesome, so i think its worth the effort.. :yes:

That is of course, up to you.  In my case, if I could find the Japanese man that designed my GSX-R to have white wheels: I would slap him.

They are a royal pain in the ass to clean.

Dan 
Live hardy, or go home. 

keand3

 (popcorn)
Somehow, slapping a japanese designer kinda reminds me of all the weird tvshows they got :wacko1:

But i do agree that white rims are alot of work though... :pardon:
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movenon

Quote from: keand3 on September 02, 2013, 09:40:16 AM
(popcorn)
Somehow, slapping a japanese designer kinda reminds me of all the weird tvshows they got :wacko1:

But i do agree that white rims are alot of work though... :pardon:

Black isn't any better....  :dash2: Also hard to keep clean.
George
Life isn't about having the best, but about making the best of what you have...

1990 FJ 1200

Dan Filetti

Quote from: movenon on September 02, 2013, 05:50:14 PM
Black isn't any better....  :dash2: Also hard to keep clean.
George

I've had, and had to clean, both black and white wheels George.  White is orders of magnitude worse, seems to me.

White wheels are simply not worth the aesthetics, such that they may be.  I have actually seriously considered having my white wheels painted black. 

Dan
Live hardy, or go home. 

WhiteBeard


keand3

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FJmonkey

I concur the White wheels are a major Pain In the Ass to keep clean, I have them... But they look really good on my Ambulance colored 86'. If you don't want them... Don't get them.. Nuff said....

Lube chain... Clean rear wheel... Ride... Clean rear wheel.... Lube chain... Clean rear wheel, Lube chain..... Etc...
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

Dan Filetti

My Gixxer has white wheels.  If I could find the Japanese engineer/ designer that thought this was a good idea, I swear I'd punch him. 

White wheels suck.

Dan
Live hardy, or go home.