Another new owner in Seattle!

[aviationfred]

Great looking bike for an awesome price. Welcome to the group. 

Fred

[X-Ray]

Nice!

The ol' weeping clutch slave is a feature built into most model FJs I believe. I put a seal kit in/hone the cylinder lightly with emery paper probably each year or 2. But Randy at RPM has the kits plus even the whole new slave housing if needed for not much money.

Have Fun!

Ray

[airheadPete]

Oh Gawd, that was funny Pat, I'm gonna have to have my wife read that too. I told her beforehand of the latest new mouth to feed, and she didn't bat an eye. I think I'll keep her. (It may have had something to do with looking at an airplane two weeks before, relatively speaking, the bike is free!)

[Ranman85FJ]

Hey guys, so sorry to take so long to respond to the hilarious stories and advice.  I was unable to get internet in the Dog House!  Actually, everything is okay; I bought the bike on a Monday and told the wife about it that Friday.  I had to listen to a lecture, and got a wagging finger pointed in my direction but I reminded her that early in our marriage I made a statement:

  I promised to be forever faithful, to never lay a hand on her or our daughters, and to never gamble, or drink excessively.  I will however, almost guarantee, that I will occasionally bring home stray cars and motorcycles!  She remembered me saying it, and we're good. 

This bike is a dream to work on, a tribute to Japanese engineering.  I've rebuilt the slave cylinder, replaced the rocker cover gasket, safety wired the petcock, replaced the front tire and put in fresh plugs (although the old ones looked fine).  Next will be new brake lines, balance the carbs, and possibly dig into the fairing to replace a burned out cluster bulb.

To hammer home the superiority of the red & white machines, the previous owner kindly donated some bitchin' riding gear, which I will wear proudly!



My '85 has the word "Yamaha" on it in 14 different places.  The jacket on the right says it 10 times.  There will be no question to anyone which brand of bike I'm on 

[FJmonkey]

Holy shit!!! I might be replaced as the "Red Power Ranger"!!! Love the Red and White dude!!!

[Goetz]

I have an 85, the fairing and headlight need to come off before you can get to the gauge cluster, After replacing 2 speedometers and most of the lights I know from experience. Careful not to over tighten the headlight adjusting knob on it's mount as it is an old piece of plastic and likes to break. Welcome!