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

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fj1289

Quote from: Millietant on June 07, 2021, 07:04:21 PM
......who said these FJ's were gas-guzzlers ??   :sarcastic:

Usually the guys with jet kits that have a too large main jet!

Waiex191

Before I stopped riding in 2004, I pretty much averaged 42 MPG US. These days I'm reliably 40 +/- 2 MPG. On my long ride in the Wisconsin twisties I got a little better than 47 MPG.

Back in 1992 I was on a long ride to Florida with a couple of buddies. One Harley, one FJ and I exceeded 50.
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Pat Conlon

Quote from: fj1289 on June 07, 2021, 11:43:52 PM
Quote from: Millietant on June 07, 2021, 07:04:21 PM
......who said these FJ's were gas-guzzlers ??   :sarcastic:

Usually the guys with jet kits that have a too large main jet!

....or the guys that have big engines.
My 1380 only gets 33 mpg ...I guess when you add 30% more air you better add 30% more fuel.
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

Millietant

That's not too bad Pat, you guys just need bigger gallons (like we have) to make your US mpg better match your bigger engine.






But seriously........I'd happily trade the mpg for the extra go of a nicely set up 1380 engine  :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

After a week of beautiful clear skies and sunshine, normal service has been resumed for the last couple of days and the typical British summertime weather has re-appeared.....rain, rain and more rain.......and its set to stay with us for at least another week

But luckily, this morning was dry and I had a little ride out with a couple of BMW riding friends. We headed to one of my favourite local destinations (Rutland Water), but took a different route that was almost entirely 130 miles of twisties, taking us through some unbelievably beautiful villages and passing countless amazing old stone and thatch construction buildings. it was the first time I'd ridden much of the route there, but it won't be the last  :good2:

Another tank refill has confirmed that my 55 mpg fuel consumption recently was no fluke. This last tank full, gave me 195 miles on 15.4 litres of fuel (slightly over 55 mpg !)

One other thing I've noticed about my route maps recently is that it seems that too many of them resemble something rude......maybe my subconscious is telling me something - although I have no idea what it might be  :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.

fj1289


Millietant

Had a nice little 150 mile ride out today with a couple of friends - one is a relatively new rider on a Harley 883 and the other a long term rider on a Triumph Tiger 800.

Speeds were kept down mostly by Tom on the Harley (I was trying to lead at a pace he was comfortable with), general debris on the road from a lot of recent rain / farmers tractors, and the usual countryside hazards (horses, cyclists, walkers, Police).The day started off damp, with very light rain but gradually cleared up and we rode a route of mostly minor roads around Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. the northern part was mostly all new to me and we accidentally came upon a section of road known in the area as the best biking road around (Melton-Tilton).....the only problem was that it was pretty heavily trafficked and the best bits have a double solid centre line  :dash2:, so not much fun.

Today, I rarely took the FJ above 4,000 rpm and was mostly riding below 65mph, but Tom on the Harley still managed to have a couple of "squeaky bum" moments on a couple of corners, but he's learning fast and not getting sucked in to riding way above his ability. I'm going to guess that my fuel consumption was likely in the order of 60mpg, with the fuel gauge showing just under 1/2 full when I got home, having filled it just before starting the ride.

I suppose a few here will have noted me yearning for the wide open sweeping roads that you guys seem to find for every FJ Rally and today was no exception. Being a Sunday, we figured traffic would be light - and it was - but light by our standards still isn't great.

I also went back to trying to get some better quality video footage of some of the roads we rode today and I'm much happier with the camera mount, but the sound quality is still terrible with lots of resonance and buzzing from the mount and camera case. Anyway, I've put a couple of links in to some video footage from today - which also gives a demonstration of some of the "quiet, rural, villages" in this part of the Midlands and some of the regular "hazards" :sarcastic: and just couple of photo's of the guys.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cgNeCwFQ2gShRzyEA_2CI4BHwXWV2MKV/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DBpNpEzlDKa_C1lGZrLcFpfqaMrdzhT-/view?usp=sharing

On my normally favourite bit of road locally (at a much more sedate pace !)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MuiX68p6NAMTJUaVgyA_2whH7P8qUUsg/view?usp=sharing











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.

Ted Schefelbein

I love that FJ. Glad you had a nice ride.

Ted
I am an analog man, trapped in a digital parallel reality.


1989 FJ 1200

Millietant

Took the bike for it's annual roadwortiness/safety inspection yesterday, 32 years old and anoher MOT test clean sheet pass, no advisories and the tester has asked again if I'll sell him my FJ  :sarcastic:

Sorry, but, not a chance  :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.

Pat Conlon

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

Millietant

Had my first run across to Wales on the bike for 2021 today. Got a late start due to jobs around the house to finish before I left and unfortunately it rained for the first hour - but luckily the weather cleared and the bike didn't get too dirty (its becoming a bit of a habit riding in the rain, now that its summer  :sarcastic:).

Due to the late start and needing to be home to help a neighbour lay some paving flags when he got home from work, we (my pal Jim , on his Spyder trike and I) didn't get to ride as far as we planned, hitting only about 230 miles (with plenty of "Driving Miss Daisy's" out there today) and only just venturing into Mid Wales for about an hour.

After stopping for lunch and pausing my Garmin, I forgot to start it until about 20 minutes after we'd started riding again, so some of the route got missed off, but boy, did we have some great roads to ride and some beautiful scenery to pass through.

One thing we noticed today was the occasional strong smell of cheese at various points in Shropshire and Herefordshire - closely followed by signs for small family businesses making cheese at the side of the road. A very pleasant experience that really made me want to stop for lunch.

As is usual, we rode through some places with great names, such as "Cleobury Mortimer", "Hopton Wafers", "Rhos-y-Meirch" and "Snodsbury"  :sarcastic: and many where the front doors of houses basically opened right out onto the road.  A few pics of the day follow (not enough time to keeping stopping for photo's!!)
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

We rode yesterday. We were scoping out sites to launch our catamaran from.  I rolled 40K on the FJ.
https://youtu.be/0qxspzYd8Do
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Millietant

Your lad was certainly giving the Magna some big handful's of throttle there a few times  :sarcastic:

Looks like you've got some decent wind up there too  :good2:

We're off to Arisaig and Morar on Weds (up on the north west coast of Scotland) for a few days out in the fresh air, so i drove down to Southampton this morning to pick up 2 new sit-on kayaks. We'll give them a try out up there. Hoping to get some decent eBiking and paddling done before my hip operation (which looks like it might be going ahead at the end of the month)  :good2:

Hoping to cram in a few more FJ rides too, before i have to go through my post-op Physio and rehab. Looks like my wish to have it all happen later in the year might be coming true, so here's hoping I'm fully fit for the start of the 2022 season.

We've got some nice climbs and hikes planned for next year and also an 1,100 mile (21 day) bicycle ride, as well as lots of paddling and motorcycling, so plenty to get fit for. :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.

Waiex191

Quote from: Millietant on September 06, 2021, 03:06:04 PM
Your lad was certainly giving the Magna some big handful's of throttle there a few times  :sarcastic:

Goes with the territory on the little V30 Magna when trying to keep up with an FJ1200!

I'm hoping for the best outcome on your new hip.  I think I need a knee overhaul myself.  Still running but not so far or fast.
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Millietant

Kayaks are on the bicycle rack, eBikes are in the garsge, all packed up and off to Scotland, with the boss driving   :good2: :good2: :good2:

But the dog is not happy that he's staying at home !!

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.