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Started by Millietant, October 22, 2020, 03:06:47 PM

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Millietant

That's the real irony Motofun......... I wasn't riding "fast"  :sarcastic:

I've spent the last 20 years getting my speed fix on track days and at the Nurburgring (on myAprilia RSV), but I do still like to ride my FJ at a "brisk" pace, when roads and conditions allow.

Mostly I'm extremely sensible and never speed in built-up areas, but you can't have a FJ and not enjoy it sometimes.
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.

Millietant

Here's the fruit of yesterdays labours for Liz and myself.

I'd built the panels for the shelter "flat pack" style a couple of weeks ago and yesterday Liz and I went up to the community park and erected the panels to make the 2nd shelter for local dog owners to use when the weather isn't great (it got a lot of use in today's rain, apparently).

Lessons learned from the first one meant this one went up much more easily and quickly!!

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.

Waiex191

Quote from: Millietant on May 14, 2021, 02:36:21 PM
Here's the fruit of yesterdays labours for Liz and myself.
Looks great!  It rains in England?  I've never had the opportunity to go.
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Millietant

Quote from: Waiex191 on May 14, 2021, 04:19:28 PM
Quote from: Millietant on May 14, 2021, 02:36:21 PM
Here's the fruit of yesterdays labours for Liz and myself.
Looks great!  It rains in England?  I've never had the opportunity to go.

If ever you do get the chance Bryan....come !!!!!  We'll get you to and from the airport, be your hosts and could even lend you a bike to ride, as well as showing you some of our best biking roads.


But yes........it does rain here  :sarcastic:.........a small island, water on all sides, with a prevailing westerly wind that spends around 3,000 miles picking up moisture over the Atlantic, not much more than a couple of hundred miles across at its widest and just on a hundred miles wide at its narrowest.....!!
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.

Millietant

This is what happens when you delay the "King's" morning walk  :sarcastic: :sarcastic:

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.

Millietant

And this is what happens when he comes home tired from playing with his buddies in the pond and field, and joins you at the breakfast table  :sarcastic:
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.

woodcreekpete

Quote from: Millietant on May 20, 2021, 10:26:55 AM
And this is what happens when he comes home tired from playing with his buddies in the pond and field, and joins you at the breakfast table  :sarcastic:


My kingdom for a dog. Both of mine croaked and the price of a pup is running around $3,000 here. Never figured they'd become a luxury item.

Millietant

Quote from: woodcreekpete on May 20, 2021, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: Millietant on May 20, 2021, 10:26:55 AM
And this is what happens when he comes home tired from playing with his buddies in the pond and field, and joins you at the breakfast table  :sarcastic:


My kingdom for a dog. Both of mine croaked and the price of a pup is running around $3,000 here. Never figured they'd become a luxury item.

Sorry for your loss Pete. We've had him for just over 2 years now (got him at 8 weeks old); got him to replace our previous one who we had for 15 years.

With the lockdowns we've had over the last 15 months here, dog ownership has gone through the roof and £5,000 ($8,000) is not unusual for a documented puppy !!! Just where we live I'd guess dog ownership has tripled over the pandemic.once kids are fully back to school and parents are back working from offices/factories etc, there will be a LOT of 1 yr old puppies being handed in to dog shelters  :dash2:
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.

Waiex191

Dean, that is awesome.  I'll have to look into adding external fuel tanks on the Waiex.  Hope I can take you up on that someday.

We are also dog-less.  Unfortunately my wife isn't a fan.  My thought was that as long as we had kids, we should have a dog, since they both tie you down with responsibility.
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Millietant

Quote from: Waiex191 on May 20, 2021, 01:50:33 PM
Dean, that is awesome.  I'll have to look into adding external fuel tanks on the Waiex.  Hope I can take you up on that someday.

We are also dog-less.  Unfortunately my wife isn't a fan.  My thought was that as long as we had kids, we should have a dog, since they both tie you down with responsibility.

I was never a fan, but Liz and our boys insisted for the first one in 2003 "don't worry dad, he'll sleep outside in a kennel, you'll never have to look after him, you won't event know he exists....Pah...poppycock  :sarcastic:. When he passed away in late 2018 he was missed so badly we just had to have another one.

Fortunately, we've never been tied down by them, we've always got a queue of people wanting to look after him if we need time away (anything from a couple of hours, up to a month). We have a huge circle of friends, mostly people we have met because of the dog  :good2:
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.

Millietant

A little remiss of me, not mentioning a brilliant ride out last Saturday with a couple of friends, one of them (Sian) on her new-to-her Yamaha Tracer 900 (FJ 09 to you guys in the USA, I think).

We headed west into the Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire countryside for a couple of hours chasing corners through lush rolling hills, vineyards and hop farms.

The most impressive part of the day was my FJ's fuel consumption...door-to-door 190 miles ridden and still over 1/3 of a tank of fuel left. When I fill her up, I'll know what the actual mpg was, but I reckon that's the best I've ever had. The Tracer seems to be a great machine, comfy, capable and quick enough....but it was running on fumes at 180 miles  :sarcastic:....sometimes progress isn't always forwards !!

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.

Millietant

Lovely sunshine today and temps in the low 20's C, so got out with a couple of friends down into Oxfordshire and across to the Cotswolds (again !) - time limited today so just 101 miles covered.

Lots of holiday/vacation traffic on the roads though !



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.

Millietant

Quote from: Millietant on June 03, 2021, 08:33:02 AM

The most impressive part of the day was my FJ's fuel consumption...door-to-door 190 miles ridden and still over 1/3 of a tank of fuel left. When I fill her up, I'll know what the actual mpg was, but I reckon that's the best I've ever had. The Tracer seems to be a great machine, comfy, capable and quick enough....but it was running on fumes at 180 miles  :sarcastic:....sometimes progress isn't always forwards !!


Just an update on this - filling up after 192 miles, and getting my tank absolutely brim full, I managed to squeeze 15.82 litres in it..

In U.K. terms, that's 54.6mpg (45.9 US mpg) - generally about the best I've had from the FJ.  :good2:
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.

krusty

Quote from: Millietant on June 07, 2021, 05:15:29 PM
Quote from: Millietant on June 03, 2021, 08:33:02 AM

The most impressive part of the day was my FJ's fuel consumption...door-to-door 190 miles ridden and still over 1/3 of a tank of fuel left. When I fill her up, I'll know what the actual mpg was, but I reckon that's the best I've ever had. The Tracer seems to be a great machine, comfy, capable and quick enough....but it was running on fumes at 180 miles  :sarcastic:....sometimes progress isn't always forwards !!


Just an update on this - filling up after 192 miles, and getting my tank absolutely brim full, I managed to squeeze 15.82 litres in it..

In U.K. terms, that's 54.6mpg (45.9 US mpg) - generally about the best I've had from the FJ.  :good2:
For comparison, returning from the Oz FJ rally in Bingara on my 1200, I filled up at Bingara and refilled at Muswellbrook = 305klm. It took 19.5 litres which is 15.64k/l. Not bad as I had a pillion plus a full Givi top box. Mostly cruising between 100-120kph
91 FJ1200
84 FJ1100 x 2
85 FJ1100
89 GL1500
76 CB750F1
72 CB350F
63 C92 x 2
59 C76
62 C100
63 C100
60 Colleda 250TA x 3
63 Suzuki MD50
77 DT125E
77 DT175E x 2
79 DT250F

Millietant

Not bad at all Krusty, just a couple of kms less than mine and less than 25% greater consumption even with with a pillion and a full top box..............44.3 mpg  :good2:.......who said these FJ's were gas-guzzlers ??   :sarcastic:
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.