yamaha fj 1100 fuel tank,, lock ,,cap

[melvin]

hi all,,,,i have just joined the fj owners club and looking forward to it ,,im form northen ireland and have just bought my frist fj1100 it,s the vance@hines bike it,s 1985 and looks great for a 30 year bike i,ll try and post pic,s later i have restored this bike after it was lying up for 11 years indoors so it wasent to bad to do just spent alot of money on it but thats wot ya do when you love the fj 1100 lol all i need is the fuel tank lock and key if any 1 out there can help me get this to make the bike road wearthy ,,,,,,cheers all

[FJmonkey]

Welcome Melvin, the '84 tank cap has been a recent issue and some progress has been made. Other years of Yamaha bikes may have used the same cap or possibly cap parts. Is your cap missing or broken?

[melvin]

hi there,,, thank,s for getting to me on the tank cap ,,,, ya i still have the cap,,, but the lock has been busted before i got it,,, was gona maybe take it to a locksmith to see if it can be used again with a new lock insert,,,,,,,,regards ,,,mel

[copper]

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=13921.msg140627#msg140627

[aviationfred]

Welcome to the forum.  There have been many modifications and upgrades that can be found through out this forum. Sadly the '84/'85 FJ1100 fuel cap is not one of them. There were no other Yamaha models that shared the fuel cap. Recently there was a post that the guts from a Yamaha XV500/535 can be swapped into the FJ cap. I am on my phone, so I can't copy and paste the thread.

Another option that has been done with success and there are no shortages of fuel caps. If your 1100 is White and Red that matches the 1986 1200, you can swap the 1200 fuel tank and all is good. The color scheme and striping should match.
Caution, you have to use a 1TX model 1200 fuel tank. Do not use a 3CV 1200 fuel tank. They have a free flow petcock due to a fuel pump added to the FJ.


Fred

[jo-sommer]

  and welcome to the FJ world and Forum.

Cheers Jo