http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/news/index.cfm?cid=42937 (http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/news/index.cfm?cid=42937)
Ok all you hot custom FJ owners out there, looks like Yamaha wants you to show off your hot modified bikes. Pat, you listening here? Winners will get a cash prize and maybe a trip to Laguna Seca for the Moto GP.
Here is the link to the entrants and more details:
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShow.aspx (http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShow.aspx)
There are other FJs here that should compete as well. So send in your entries and show off your stuff.
Keep smiling,
CraigO
90FJ1200
They've been doing this for a few years. The old stuff NEVER wins. They want the R1 with pimped out chrome crap. Newer stuff that will help move bikes off the showroom. Yamaqha quit giving a flip about us when the first ABS units started failing in the mid '90s
DavidR.
If an old bike won, how could they sell more of them? One of their biggest competitors (particularly with crap economy and all) is their prior machinery.
Hey,
Couldn't hurt. Get your bike out there in the national spotlite. After all, they let you post a pic and the mods done. Great PR for the FJ. I mean that a 20 something bike can be built to meet and compete with the modern stuff. Pretty rare machine that can do that.
Just MHO,
CraigO
i second that. already posted on their site.
Thanks Craig, I'll give it a go...I know I can beat the FJ that has already been submitted.......Pat
Damn Pat,
You might just owe Candieandy a bit of an appology for that statement. At least be a little more diplomatic about it. :-)
I think we should all enter and swamp them with FJs. Maybe we can beat the 41 R1s already entered (yawn, wow, another "custom" R1, yawn again).
DavidR.
.......100 winners.
Quote from: candieandy on May 23, 2011, 10:29:41 AM
i second that. already posted on their site.
Quote from: SlowOldGuy on May 23, 2011, 10:56:01 PM
Damn Pat, You might just owe Candieandy a bit of an appology for that statement.....
Oh shit that was a stupid thing for me to say, I didn't see his post, still I should have figured it was one of us... sorry Andy :flag_of_truce:
LOL its ok. To my surprise they posted my bike. maybe they are just posting everyones bike.
heres the link : http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShowBike.aspx?id=3838&gid=5&pg=1&y=c (http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShowBike.aspx?id=3838&gid=5&pg=1&y=c)
Andy - just a thought (and my own opinion)... how about painting your frame black?
And what kind of bike is your rear swingarm from?
P.S. - That was awesome timing, Pat. That kind of thing usually happens to me! :wacko2:
The swingarm is off of a 2003-2004 R1. i thought about painting it black... i like the silver frame, but black would look cool too. i just dont feel like pulling the plastics/motor this early in the season to paint. maybe this will be a project for next fall.
Quote from: candieandy on May 24, 2011, 01:25:16 PM
The swingarm is off of a 2003-2004 R1. i thought about painting it black... i like the silver frame, but black would look cool too. i just dont feel like pulling the plastics/motor this early in the season to paint. maybe this will be a project for next fall.
Paint the frame red like the wheels, it will visually tie the front and rear together.
That is way cool. I am happy to see one of our bikes in the Yamaha Sportbike show list. That black FJ is beautiful, but the pipe hides that sweet swingarm. Love that front end also.
Good luck and I hope that they award with a winner's nod.
CraigO
Quote from: FJmonkey on May 24, 2011, 06:14:41 PM
Paint the frame red like the wheels, it will visually tie the front and rear together.
Red Frame!!No. Sorry Mark. In my neck of the woods they would call that TJ homie. :negative:
Mike
gotta get that quote box thing down :blush:
[edit] No worries homie, got yer back. Pat
I just got my FJ entered into the show. It's stupid that they have a requirement for a picture to be AT LEAST 2000 pixels. The best photo of my bike is just less than that. Oh well...
I wanted to enter my other bike (in the U.S.). My V-Max. But that's not a "sport" bike. I sure do miss her. :sorry:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y177/Lotsokids/V-Max/RT_side.jpg)
Quote from: candieandy on May 24, 2011, 08:42:39 AM
LOL its ok. To my surprise they posted my bike. maybe they are just posting everyones bike.
heres the link : http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShowBike.aspx?id=3838&gid=5&pg=1&y=c (http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShowBike.aspx?id=3838&gid=5&pg=1&y=c)
You know, your's and lotsokids FJs look better than those FJRs in that section. I have ridden a FJR and found it heavy and, where the FJR was really fast, it didn't handle near as well as the FJ. What's power without control?
CraigO
Quote from: craigo on May 25, 2011, 08:25:36 AM
What's power without control?
CraigO
Most bikes that win shows have neither. I would imagine it's difficult to convey how sweetly your ride goes, stops, and turns as a package in one pic on a "custom" competition.
Candieandy, your bike would look significantly better with a tighter shot without the rig in the background to distract I think. Even so, it takes a skillful photographer to convey the beauty of a black bike.
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShowBike.aspx?id=3848&gid=5&pg=1&y=c (http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/ssvbs/SuperSportShowBike.aspx?id=3848&gid=5&pg=1&y=c)
As I started all this, I entered my FJ into the contest. It only seems that I should after lobbying for others to enter.
Pic came out nice. Doubt I'll win anything, but it's nice to see on the Yamaha website.
CraigO
Well there go my fantasies about pulling down any prizes in this now that Pat and another nicer than my bike has been entered.
Both are beautiful, but Pat, damn, what can I say? Pure Art!!! Just a quick question. Would it have been easier to put the FJ motor in the FZR frame?
Best of Luck!!!
CraigO
Thanks Craig! I think you're kidding about the FZR frame but... I've ridden a FZR and the FJ is a much, much more comfortable bike. (for me)
Heavier, unfortunately yes. Not as nimble, yes. She's a big girl, but she can step lively around the dance floor.... :dance2:
Quote from: Pat Conlon on May 26, 2011, 05:11:15 PM
Thanks Craig! I think you're kidding about the FZR frame but... I've ridden a FZR and the FJ is a much, much more comfortable bike. (for me)
Heavier, unfortunately yes. Not as nimble, yes. She's a big girl, but she can step lively around the dance floor.... :dance2:
Yes Pat,
That comment about putting the FJ motor in the FZR frame was said very tongue in cheek. Hey, there isn't a bike that I have ridden that can replace the FJ. As far as I am concerned, there isn't a better over all package out there for all the things the FJ does really well or competently. Sure, I can't keep up w/ a GSXR in the mountains. But lets go to Portland, Maine on 2 lane highways and see who is smiling and who need chiropractic attention when we get there.
And by the way, thanks for the tips getting the blue spots on. See you in June sometime, I still owe you a sandwich.
CraigO