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Title: Hello from Spain
Post by: JVG on March 08, 2014, 05:36:23 PM
Hi all,

I have been an '92 FJ1200 owner since 3/2000 but my FJ has spent lots of time unused, due to different causes. I got it with 38.000km and now it has about 65.000km, so average is 1.900km/year. But the real thing is that since about a couple years I have done less than 1.000km. And now it is in nonworking condition  :negative:

BUT THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE SOON  :good2: (I hope  :yes:)

Some months ago, I got a nice set of new carbs, as the main problem on my FJ now is that, being so much time unused, carbs got clogged  :dash2:

I could rebuild them (and will probably do that to keep them as spares) but I wanted a faster and safer route to go back to road.

But then... I have not had yet the time to fit them!

You can see my FJ1200 here:

http://www.jvgavila.com/fj1200.htm (http://www.jvgavila.com/fj1200.htm)

I am sure some of you have already seen it over these years  :good:

Well, one important thing which will help on my FJ resurrection is that my brother has just bought a new bike, his first ever 1000cc, and he is eager to ride it, so he will push me to get this job done ASAP  :rofl:

Best regards from Spain,

JOSE
Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by: FJmonkey on March 08, 2014, 05:45:46 PM
Welcome JVG from USA, happy to see another member join the Kookaloo ranks...
Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by: movenon on March 08, 2014, 07:08:00 PM
Welcome to the group !! Glad you are getting your bike back into operation.
George
Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by: Pat Conlon on March 08, 2014, 08:12:46 PM
Welcome Jose. :hi:

Along with all the customary stuff needed to get a bike roadworthy (new oil, filters, brake fluid, clean out tank, etc)....do not forget to put new tires on it!

I bet those old tires are as hard as a rock.  :bomb:

Cheers
Title: Re: Hello from Spain
Post by: JVG on March 09, 2014, 04:51:46 AM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on March 08, 2014, 08:12:46 PM
Welcome Jose. :hi:

Along with all the customary stuff needed to get a bike roadworthy (new oil, filters, brake fluid, clean out tank, etc)....do not forget to put new tires on it!

I bet those old tires are as hard as a rock.  :bomb:

Cheers

Thanks for the welcome!

You won't believe the tires it has now... Front is a 2007 but rear... is a 1999 Macadam 90  :bomb: :bomb: :bomb:

There is a reason for that, even if not too convincing... I replaced both tires back in 2002. I was taken, as they put '99 tires.

Time warp to 2007. After very low use of my FJ over these years, I decided it was time for tire change... So I went to a local mechanic, who had also an FJ, and asked for 'fresh tires'. 'Sure', he said... When I took back the bike, I found that front was a '07 but back was... a '95 !!!. Yes, he had put a 12 years old tire!!!. It was friday afternoon and I had a 350km trip for that weekend. I did it... but the front tire wobbled like mad!

Of course, I took the bike back to the mechanic on Monday and he told me... that he had forgotten to balance the front tire  :shok: and that the rear tire was 'old but perfectly fine'  :dash2:

Luckily, he still had my '99 Macadam and he put it back... And it has been there until present time.

Back in September 2013 I talked with a tire specialist and I booked with him for tire change, but then the bike didn't work...

So, once I get the carbs on it and have it working, first thing I will do is to replace them.

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to share it with you  :pardon:

Regards,

JOSE