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Started by flipstyledsm22, August 04, 2020, 09:59:59 AM

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flipstyledsm22

New to FJ's here!

Just added a FJ1100 to the stable. I'm going to modernize it while retaining the original look. I need to find info on the R1 front end conversion and the GSXR1000 rear end conversion. Hoping to find build threads here and to add my build as well. If any of you are in the San Francisco area, let me know if you want to go riding! I love these roads out here and enjoy being on 2-wheels.

Millietant

Quote from: flipstyledsm22 on August 04, 2020, 09:59:59 AM
New to FJ's here!

Just added a FJ1100 to the stable. I'm going to modernize it while retaining the original look. I need to find info on the R1 front end conversion and the GSXR1000 rear end conversion. Hoping to find build threads here and to add my build as well. If any of you are in the San Francisco area, let me know if you want to go riding! I love these roads out here and enjoy being on 2-wheels.

Welcome to the mad house. There are quite a few people around who have done conversions (myself included), but a good place to start either Alf's FJ site (he's a member here too), or Barry Edwards FJ Mobs site. Links to both are below.

There are also member files on here about the various conversions too.

Best of luck, hope you find the necessary bit easily.  :good2:

http://www.fj1200.info/Home.htm

http://www.fjmods.co.uk/index-2.html

Cheers.
Dean

'89 FJ 1200 3CV - owned from new.
'89 FJ 1200 3CV - no engine, tank, seat....parts bike for the future.
'88 FJ 1200 3CV - complete runner 2024 resto project
'88 FJ 1200 3CV - became a race bike, no longer with us.
'86 FJ 1200 1TX - sold to my boss to finance the '89 3CV I still own.

red

Quote from: flipstyledsm22 on August 04, 2020, 09:59:59 AMNew to FJ's here!  Just added a FJ1100 to the stable. I'm going to modernize it while retaining the original look. I need to find info on the R1 front end conversion and the GSXR1000 rear end conversion. Hoping to find build threads here and to add my build as well. If any of you are in the San Francisco area, let me know if you want to go riding! I love these roads out here and enjoy being on 2-wheels.
Flip,

Welcome to the FJ sandbox!  Pull up a seat,and be among friends.  My FJ1100 does well by me; yours should do well by you.    :yes: 

While you are still accumulating mod parts, I can offer a few little tips.  The 16" wheels will limit the tires available to you, but I run on Pirelli Sport Demons now, and they are FINE.  I hear the Avon radials do the job just as well, also.  Run a can of Seafoam (fuel system cleaner) through the gas tank, as per label directions, now and then.  I run only gasoline in the FJ, not ethanol-gas, but maybe that's just me (I have a tendency to overdo some things . . .)  Find real gas here:

https://www.pure-gas.org/
.
Cheers,
Red

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

fj1289

Awesome project!

I think a really cool FJ1100 restomod would be a well built engine including a 4-1 exhaust with twin mufflers fabricated to look similar to stock.  Add on RPM suspension upgrades and have the stock wheels increased to 17" and widened (https://www.custommetalspinning.com).  You'd have a thoroughly classic looking bike with thoroughly modern performance. 

aviationfred

Welcome to the forum  :hi:

I am one of the few who have installed a NON-YAMAHA inverted fork. Here are my write ups for the 2 that I have done.

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=16432.45

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=17701.0#msg178602



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

FJmonkey

Welcome Flip, good looking FJ. Some great riding in your area some decent FJowners to ride with. We have a rally coming up. Great way to get really hooked on the FJ, the owners....
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

Pat Conlon

Welcome Flip, I too am partial to the '84 FJ's

Here's some reading homework for you:
http://www.fjmods.co.uk/
....and from our good friend Alf: http://www.fj1200.info/Home.htm

There is our Files section which has lots of good stuff in there.

Do you have FJ Owners handbook? If not, you need one, lots of good stuff in there.
Down load one for free: http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=3483.0

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

andyoutandabout

Welcome aboard. I'm just down the road in Napa. When this Covid thing has gone away, we should investigate those fabulous roads of which you speak.
life without a bike is just life

Seanable

Quote from: andyoutandabout on August 06, 2020, 01:35:29 AM
Welcome aboard. I'm just down the road in Napa. When this Covid thing has gone away, we should investigate those fabulous roads of which you speak.
I live just over the hills and in the great valley from the two of you. There are some very amazing routes to carve around the North State...I'd love to tag along as well.
"If it has wheels or tits, It will give you problems"
~SS

andyoutandabout

Seanable,
Nice thread bump. Meeting up just hasn't happened yet due to this shitty virus. It bollocks this year's rally season as well. Anyway, moving forward, welcome to the group. You've got winter to fix and fiddle with it, then be ready to ride the wheels off it, which is what this forum advocates. Just look at Fred's recent adventures.
As others have indicated, get your clutch pack from RPM, then have a look at the mod files to see if anything grabs you. My 86 remained mostly stock for the first few years of ownership and it was enjoyable enough. Once you've convinced yourself that these are awesome bikes, modding is an investment in the glorious relationship. The Fj responses really noticeably to owner kindness.
life without a bike is just life