hello from southafrica

[spikem231]

hi all, thansk for the add. i am spike from south africa living in pretoria, i bought my fj1200 a year ago.wha a bike, wish i had bought one long time ago.just finished her now a week ago after i have spend a month rebuilding her from the ground up.

[Tuned forks]

Interesting color combination.  I've never seen that before.  Welcome to the forum.

Joe

[ZOA NOM]

Welcome aboard! Put some air in that rear tire.

[aviationfred]

Welcome to the forum 

There are a few FJ owners in South Africa

Fred

[red]

Spikem,

Beautiful color!  Welcome to our sandbox.

[FJmonkey]

Welcome Spike, looking good.

[Motofun]

Welcome.  That's a nice looking bike.  The pipe diameter looks small on that exhaust.  Is that just the photo or is there something different in SA?

[Pat Conlon]

Welcome Spike!
Please tell us more about your rebuild and your bike.
I don't recall ever seeing a FJ done in metallic green with silver accents. I like it.  My first model car I built when I was seven, I sprayed the body a metallic green with a silver (not gold) under base. I've always been partial to metallic green since.

Yea, as Moto mentioned, you muffler looks a bit restrictive.

Cheers. 

Pat

[spikem231]

thanks guys,,sorry i was a bit buzy this week,
i did put some air in the tyre after the photo.hahaha
the exhaust is small yes but she has 2 pipes on,left and right.
but i want to change the 2 for 1 only,this will be my next mod..
the reason why i went with green is because i love candy colours and like to be different from the rest..

[spikem231]

about the build,i bought her in a fair condition with little accident damadge.the belly pan i had to build from scratch as i couldnt get 1 in south africa.the nose fairing i could repair with fibreglass.the screen is also hand made as i was charged about r2000 rands to import 1 to south africa.i will post some more pics after completion,there is some small mods i want to finish on her.

[Troyskie]

Welcome spike