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Started by loudwhat?, October 19, 2011, 03:40:37 PM

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Sideburns

#15
October 27, 2011, 01:10:29 PM
My mother-in-law looks good on pictures too (or so I'm told)
Up close it's a different story.....    :wacko2:

But hey it's not how they look, but how they ride...
I'm NOT talking about my M-I-L

I'm really thinking about slamming the bike, using modified 1100 fairing.
It's gonna be low and good in a straight line.

andyb

#16
October 27, 2011, 01:26:56 PM
Mister sideburns, I have to ask.... why?

You've got a damned sexy FJ with that plastic wrapped on it.  If you slam it and go the whole nine yards, it's still going to be a middle of the pack, slow as fuck machine compared to anything made this century.  With the plastic and stance it currently has, it's really pretty badass/evil looking.  Stick with that, eh?  Sure, a side exhaust, cut pan, and some suspension tweaking could put it in the weeds, but it's not going to go all that terribly fast compared to nearly anything modern unless you start burning nitromethane. 

FJTillDeath

#17
October 28, 2011, 01:47:44 AM
One more example for you loudwhat, somebody who used a R1 or some other sorts fairing, maybe kawa

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=2915.0

It has a horrible paint job I say but just proves you can do anything
Life behind bars - is actually quite thrilling

Brook

#18
October 30, 2011, 07:14:55 PM
.......fjt, what is so horrible about it??   a lot of people that has seen it up close, [and not by the way of a thro -a-way camera], would disagree with you !! 
  and you should have said,..... a select few, can to do anything!! .......... and did you mean when you say, kawa?



             Jeff

FJTillDeath

#19
October 31, 2011, 02:29:49 AM
@ Jeff, by kawa I meant a kawasaki ZX 10 fairing(theres a new very slim pointy one like the FJ on the pic has)

The paint job may actually be very good and the camera may just not do it justice, so sorry if I offended you in anyway. Personal preferrence as I like red myself, but in the picture its too flashy... Its a good job of a mod no doubt about it, but the colour doesnt do it for me :flag_of_truce:
Life behind bars - is actually quite thrilling

fj11.5

#20
October 31, 2011, 04:57:45 PM
im sure the colour looks better in person, but thats a really nice looking bike, lot of work gone into it, great job , wanna swap  :lol:
unless you ride bikes, I mean really ride bikes, then you just won't get it

84 Fj1100  effie , with mods
( 88 ) Fj 1200  fairly standard , + blue spots
84 Fj1100 absolutely stock standard, now more stock , fitted with Fj12 twin system , no rusted headers for this felicity jayne

Brook

#21
October 31, 2011, 08:55:34 PM
....... My mistake, I am guilty of trying to read peoples minds, when not talking to them, face to face.

About the paint job, I am a big time Ford and Yamaha fan and owner. and I have a 02 red Ford Lightning,  that I am very proud of, and that is where that red came from.
   But, I did feel that it was a... plan Jane.... and it needed something more, stripes or decals. so, now it is blue with white stripes.

       fj11.5.......... thanks.

Brook

#22
October 31, 2011, 11:45:18 PM
.....in to big of a hurry!! plain Jane
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