:bye: ok im getting paranoid, seems the colours on my bike are either: made up, resprayed or its just odd. its the typical red white combo, but on mine the red is where the white is.... am i the only one????? seen a coupla fj's round town and the such but not seen one in my colours!!!! seen the ridgy didge original typical white red combo but not red white!!! have the drugs finally got me??? :crazy: :crazy:
The 87' year flipped the colors from the 86' pattern. You still might be on drugs, just saying.....
The 85' 1100 and 86' 1200 are the more common of the Red and White paint schemes. They have the same paint scheme. I am going to guess that you have a 1987, Red on top and White in the middle.
Fred
FJmonkey just likes mixing the white and red or red and white, still it comes out the same his favorite color!!! :bomb: :rofl2:
Kurt
Quote from: yamaha fj rider on February 17, 2013, 07:14:20 PM
FJmonkey just likes mixing the white and red or red and white, still it comes out the same his favorite color!!! :bomb: :rofl2:
Kurt
As much as I love the Red and White, Pat's Silver with splashes of Red is my favorite color scheme. Maybe when I get around to a ground up rebuild I will convert to my 86' to Red and Silver..... but I will also need to polish the hell out of it, would that make my FJ holy? :blush:
I guess we don't call him Father Pat for nothing....
Quote from: FJmonkey on February 17, 2013, 07:35:10 PM
As much as I love the Red and White, Pat's Silver with splashes of Red is my favorite color scheme.
Here is the colour scheme I eventually decided on for FJ#2 (in the foreground) hanging on the garage wall.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8402240714_b7aba5f735_c.jpg)
It's Pat's bike.
Noel
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Pat's Silver with splashes of Red is my favorite color scheme.
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I agree with FJmonkey. The Red and Silver paint scheme would have looked great as a factory paint scheme on the 1200.
Fred
Thanks guys...Hey Noel, is that a new model of a Corbin seat? Looks comfy.....
Quote from: Pat Conlon on February 17, 2013, 11:05:54 PM
Thanks guys...Hey Noel, is that a new model of a Corbin seat? Looks comfy.....
That would be an Australian Stock Saddle with integrated horn...... :rofl2:
Harvy
chill neil, your bike looks good :good2:
Dave
Question..
My 86 also have the awesome red and white power color, for now... (lacking the power ranger power of awesome :-)
Since I'm getting it resprayed I been thinking of going blue, dark blue like the one you find on R6 and R1.. Cobolt blue i think its called..
Recently i feel that it might not be wright.. somehow the bike kinda wants to be red and white.
Would blue look good or awesome? It needs to bee aw some no matter which color i choose :smile:
Quote from: keand3 on February 18, 2013, 09:04:12 AM
Question..
My 86 also have the awesome red and white power color, for now... (lacking the power ranger power of awesome :-)
Since I'm getting it resprayed I been thinking of going blue, dark blue like the one you find on R6 and R1.. Cobolt blue i think its called..
Recently i feel that it might not be wright.. somehow the bike kinda wants to be red and white.
Would blue look good or awesome? It needs to bee aw some no matter which color i choose :smile:
You could go Power Puff Blue :biggrin: :biggrin:
(http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Powerpuff-Girls-cn08.jpg)
Hmm... i need to get in touch with my feminin side to do that. .. :crazy:
Quote from: keand3 on February 18, 2013, 09:04:12 AM
Question..
Recently I feel that it might not be right.. somehow the bike kinda wants to be red and white.
Would blue look good, or awesome? It needs to be awesome no matter which color I choose.
Answer:
Well... It all depends on *YOU*. Some are partial to Red/White. Others like White/Red. (Some even DEMAND a Pink stripe!) Personally, I *LOVE* the later model Wet Pale Brown/Blue (but can't get it here in the States!)
If you're going to go so far as to paint the bike, then do it to make *YOU* happy.
If you have access to Adobe Photoshop, or a Photoshop-campatible program, I just uploaded a ZIP file of a Layer-mask photo of a late model FJ-1200 in the FILES section. Download and unzip the file, open it in Photoshop, and adjust the colors to your hearts' content. That way you can get some idea of what a final paint job would look like without spending money on paint!
Cheap & easy! You might even decide that you like the original Red/White the best. :i_am_so_happy:
In the end, it's subjective, so it's totally UP TO YOU!!!
Cheers!
Steve
Thanks Steve, will look at the zip file :good2:
Quote from: keand3 on February 18, 2013, 09:04:12 AM
Question..
Recently i feel that it might not be wright.. somehow the bike kinda wants to be red and white.
I agree with your recent feelings - Unless you`re a streetfighter, why change the spots on tha Leopard.
had to change effies spots, to either make her mine, stand out, or blend in, depending how you look at things :biggrin:
:good2: o'corse the fj looks good ( thanks dave!! yours makes mine look like an old rust bucket tho.... your forks.... dribbles :crazy:) was just curious. and for my 2c worth it has to be either red white.... or the beasty black n gold version..... got dedicated the other day and took all the fairing off, fixed the fuel gauge( a fellow here said a small drill and some guitar wire.... i used some cable i had from an old model tank.... chuckles) and then proceeded to pad all the old rubbers on the fairing with new soft stuff...... lurverly!!! no squeaks no rattles ( well.... not as many.... but i can now here my centre stand go "clunk" on the pipes over big bumps.... must replace that rubber!!!) don't know if anyone knows so i will share... the mirrors CAN be welded ( snapped l/h side off dropping the bike at running speed trying to bump start the old girl...long story) but they do contain something other than aluminium to add strength to the mirror stem... have been told its magnesium.... but i'm not sure.... coupla tacks a bit of a dress up with a linisher and files and i saved meself 140 odd bucks. and... well this is just me.... whenever i talked my bike up... stuff would break on her.... if i talked her down to people she'd run forever.... was leaving my house ( the pub where i live) with a mate and as we walked out he said i should " burn that ol' piece o' sh*te" then got in his car with me, reversed out and half his front bumper went crack and broke away.... polterbike? chuckles
bubble up rubber down
cheers
neil
Quote from: FJmonkey on February 17, 2013, 06:59:29 PM
The 87' year flipped the colors from the 86' pattern. You still might be on drugs, just saying.....
Well lookie that! So they did, you learn something new every day.
(http://motoprofi.com/bikephoto/2839/yamaha_fj_1200_1988_2.jpg)
(http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20%20A/Yamaha%20FJ1200%2086%20%204.jpg)