Hey everyone,
Just wanted to say hey! I the proud new owner of a 1984 FJ1100. This is my first bike, and until now, I'm loving it!! She's all original, even has the "Chin fearing" (although not 100% intact). The bike is in great shape given it's 27 years of age, and 113,000km!!
Looking forward to chatting and surfing around on this forum. Seems to be a great community and generous information. Hope I will be able to contribute with write-ups and pictures of my own.
On the short list for the bike:
Battery
Rear Tire
Small shimmy (very subtile) during cornering that I have to address
Other than that, she seems to run just fine!!
Here are some pics!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/227158_10150612977490271_651515270_18935821_1221124_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/227098_10150612977380271_651515270_18935818_767495_n.jpg)
Enjoy
PV
Welcome, Pete!
Wereyat? Canada?
Randy T
Indy
Welcome Pete!
Looks darn good for nearly 70,000 miles!
Lots of fine folks and good information here.
Dan
Welcome to the group PV,
nice looking Kookaloo machine you have there :good2:
welcome :hi:
it is just gettin broke in with them miles.
Good choice of bike Pete, the 1984 FJ1100 is the best looking.
Quote from: SkyFive on May 24, 2011, 02:43:37 PM
Good choice of bike Pete, the 1984 FJ1100 is the best looking.
2nd best looking, but we won't start that war.
Welcome to the party Pete 1st gen FJ real nice.
Bob W
Thanks for the comments everyone!!
Randy: Located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
I'm getting her back up to speed slowly. Starting to just finish figuring out all of her little problems. She's running strong and I am starting to really enjoy the bike. She's parked now though, a leaky slave being the culprit (probably dried seals). Need to get me the rebuild kit, hopefully a simple "reassemble and ride".
I'll get some better pictures soon and upload.
I'm really loving this bike.
Cheers
Welcome, Pete! Good choice on having an FJ. It seems like it was cared for and you are now in charge. The slave is not difficult, I did both slave and master (Clutch) to have peace of mind that the master was not next. Search for others that have posted write-ups in this, pictures and advise from others is priceless. Keep posting and let us know how things fare the French side of Canada. I loved my short visit there 10 or so years ago. Tabernak!!! (spelling might be off).
Welcome to the club.
The slave unit is very easy to rebuild and easy to understand once you have it apart. A novice can rebuild it in 45 minutes, the fun is bleeding the clutch line the first time. There is great advice on do that also.
Very nice! It is great to see a great bike in such good condition!
Jeff
Thanks for all the comments guys. Can't wait to get her out and running smooth.
Kookaloo!!
Quote from: FJmonkey on May 30, 2011, 10:28:03 PM
Welcome, Pete! Good choice on having an FJ. It seems like it was cared for and you are now in charge. The slave is not difficult, I did both slave and master (Clutch) to have peace of mind that the master was not next. Search for others that have posted write-ups in this, pictures and advise from others is priceless. Keep posting and let us know how things fare the French side of Canada. I loved my short visit there 10 or so years ago. Tabernak!!! (spelling might be off).
The spelling is quite close!! The real word is Tabarnacle (like in English I guess) and we kind of say it:Tabarnak!
Too bad that that is what people remember most about us... Hope you at least enjoyed some Poutine and the ladies! ;)
Quote from: PeteGLH on May 31, 2011, 09:57:12 PM
Quote from: FJmonkey on May 30, 2011, 10:28:03 PM
Welcome, Pete! Good choice on having an FJ. It seems like it was cared for and you are now in charge. The slave is not difficult, I did both slave and master (Clutch) to have peace of mind that the master was not next. Search for others that have posted write-ups in this, pictures and advise from others is priceless. Keep posting and let us know how things fare the French side of Canada. I loved my short visit there 10 or so years ago. Tabernak!!! (spelling might be off).
The spelling is quite close!! The real word is Tabarnacle (like in English I guess) and we kind of say it:Tabarnak!
Too bad that that is what people remember most about us... Hope you at least enjoyed some Poutine and the ladies! ;)
My company was managed my French Canadians for many years, I miss the old days, very fun bunch to work with. I got a few trips to Montreal and love them. So truth be told, I remember way more than that. I learned how to laugh at myself when I was the source of the joke. It was all part of the fun and the humor was very important in the culture. Taking it personally was not allowed and when you did.....The humor hammer came down!!!! It really made the work days more enjoyable.
Having fun should be an integral part of the work day. It really is part of the culture around here. Now, with the bike, I get to have fun actually GOING to work too!!
Take care all, this forum is proving to be a great ressource for me.
Enjoy the Kook all.
Quote from: PeteGLH on May 31, 2011, 09:57:12 PM
Hope you at least enjoyed some Poutine
we have that here, they're called disco fries
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Promised a few pictures, here are some from our improvised rally this summer. Bike is going into storage tomorrow.
Winter sucks.
Quote from: PeteGLH on May 23, 2011, 10:08:01 PM
Hey everyone,
This is my first bike,
(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-forum/welcome.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php), if I read right the congrats on getting such a big bike as your first one :good2: just remember to take it easy. Remember to get some good gear(seen from the pics), you never know when you might have an off :dash1:
Hope you enjoy your stay, and Im looking forward to all the stories you have to share :bye:
Hey all,
I had promised some pictures a while back, here are some shots taken yesterday of the old girl. Sorry about the average quality, only have my cell phone as a camera. 125,000km and 28 years old.... She's got issues, but I like to say that she's got character.
Enjoy! (popcorn)
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/303556_10151868816015271_1076964549_n.jpg)
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Nice bike, its as clean at 70k as most bikes are with half that.
sweet fj mate, :good2:
bien venue mon frere et mon ami.......... j'aime votre motocyclette. Excuse a moi mon Francais terriible.....J'etudie seulment 5 anes a l'ecole secondare. J'espere tu assistere a cette anns au norde-est rallier dans le Maine. Il y aura beaucoup de Canadiens nous ont. Essayez si vous le pouvez y'etre......... il serait un grand plaisir de vous rencontrer et avoir un ami qui parle français avec.......Vive les Nordiques !!!!!!!! :hi:
CanDman
Salut CanDman,
Je ne pense pas pouvoir me libérer pour le NE Rally cette année. Malheureusement, je travail les weekends et je garde mes vacances pour aller à L'Ile du Prince-Édouard et la Baie de Fundy en août!
I wish I could make it to the NE rally, it's only 4 hours away and looks like it could be hella good times. I would love to meet up with the guys and just chill out with a bunch of cool bikes all around and perhaps gather a tip or two while I'm at it...
Hopefully next year my work schedule will be a little more forgiving!! :empathy:
Oh well.......work must come first........I was in PEI.......when I ran the cabot trail 2 years ago......was actually on the ride back to Toronto.........crossed a hell of a bridge off the Island........we should orginize next years rally through Cape Breton ...I'll wait till everyones had a few wobly pops and run it by the group at the camp fire...at this years rally.......maybe they'll bring back the Ferry service into Nova Scotia from Bar Habor
(http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u517/photocandman/2010EASTCOASTBIKERIDE152.jpg)
I wished I could have spent one night in Quebec city......
(http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u517/photocandman/2010EASTCOASTBIKERIDE200.jpg)
CanDman
Quote from: PeteGLH on May 23, 2011, 10:08:01 PM
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to say hey! I the proud new owner of a 1984 FJ1100. This is my first bike, and until now, I'm loving it!! She's all original, even has the "Chin fearing" (although not 100% intact). The bike is in great shape given it's 27 years of age, and 113,000km!!
Looking forward to chatting and surfing around on this forum. Seems to be a great community and generous information. Hope I will be able to contribute with write-ups and pictures of my own.
On the short list for the bike:
Battery
Rear Tire
Small shimmy (very subtile) during cornering that I have to address
Other than that, she seems to run just fine!!
Here are some pics!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/227158_10150612977490271_651515270_18935821_1221124_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/227098_10150612977380271_651515270_18935818_767495_n.jpg)
Enjoy
PV
Gday Pete got 1 just like it with 140,000 ks on her & still going fine , re that shimmy , check your head Set bearings if if feels unstable thru corners and your adjustment on the front forks may be off , i just had my front shocks done up & re-bushed the rear , now its feels so rigid thru corners its beautiful , good luck she looks nice ,anything i can help you with just write and the rest of the group will chime in to help for sure there a great bunch from all over;
cheers Brian
PeteGLH :hi: Glad you are here. That is one clean FJ wish is was in my garage. :good2: :good2:
Kurt