hi all my name is Glenn I'm from Brisbane Australia,
just purchased a fj 1200 , love it i owned a 1100 about 20 years ago and it was just as good .
would like to know if any one local can balance carbies , don't trust bike shops. :good2:
Welcome Glenn, might check here to see if any members near you registered. https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=724879# (https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=724879#)
The Aussi FJ rally is coming up, good chance to meet a few other FJ owners. They have a few arriving from the states and another from Canada. Here is the link to that post. http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=9788.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=9788.0)
Welcome Glenn! I was in your lovely town in 1968 for Anzac day and have fond memories of it. On the carbs, like FJmonkey said there are a lot of members in OZ that might give you a hand. They are a great group.
The carbs are not to hard to balance yourself if need be. A commercial tool can be bought for less than 100.00 or a home made one for less than 15 or 20.00 U.S.. They are easy to adjust. Doing your own maint. has it's rewards and there is a lot of help here to guide you through.
Cheers George
Welcome from the cold Canadian north. Minus20C. here today. Big R
Hi Glenn :hi:
Welcome aboard.
Always good to have another Queenslander in the ranks .
Darran
Hey Glen.....nice of you to join us.....looking forward to my visit there in a month...maybe I will have the pleasure of making your acquaintance.....
CanDman
G'day Glenn, welcome aboard, Queensland member numbers are steadily growing, must be something with FJ's and Queenslanders . :scratch_one-s_head: It's not hard to balance carbs once you've got the tool, thought about buying one myself (mine can do with a touch up)but keep buying other things for the bike instead.
Once you start modifying these things its hard to stop, there's so many upgrades available .
Tony.
Welcome Glenn, Please don't take away from my misconception of Australia. I enjoy Mad Max to much.
Quote from: VOYAGER on February 02, 2014, 04:02:25 AM
hi all my name is Glenn I'm from Brisbane Australia,
just purchased a fj 1200 , love it i owned a 1100 about 20 years ago and it was just as good .
would like to know if any one local can balance carbies , don't trust bike shops. :good2:
Mate, if it will make it to the Anniversary Dinner as is, we will do it there. Might be able to fit it in before then. Xray might chime in here, will make some phone calls.
(Do you need it done for Jindabyne?)
I'm getting in a bit late here, but guess whose bike Glenn ended up buying? (Hint Hint General !)
Anyway, the weeks are getting short but if anyone wanted to have a short half day or full day pre Jindabyne trip Manshed day to do last minute jobs, (like carb balancing) I'm happy to host again.
Sounds good Ray, The more man shed days the better I reckon.
Tony.
Don't think ill make it down to a man shed before Jindabine
but LB is up this weekend and I can send my carb tune down with him.
Darran