Bettyswallocks an intro.......

[Bettyswallocks]

Hi everyone,
I thought I would introduce myself, as I have posted on the site but haven't really introduced myself properly.rather remiss of me....
Here we go, I am 50 years old and work for network rail (railways) here in the UK. My current job is supporting software systems that are particular to the railways only. Before that I did a bit of everything really, plastics, metal plating, food industry!
As for bikes my current bikes are an FJ1200 and a Honda CBR600. The FJ was sitting in a garage for 17 years before I got it. So far I have had a new battery and a second hand set of carbs and it's now running sweet (tanks underwent some extreme de rusting by being filled with coins, wrapped in a duvet and then put in a concrete mixer for an hour!!!!!)....it worked!
That's about it really...

[FJmonkey]

Welcome! What do we call you? 17 years, that is quite some time to be sitting. Happy that you are getting it back on the road. What year is your FJ?

[movenon]

Welcome to the group  .  Don't be shy and jump in anytime.  Lots of experence with FJ's here.  Good on cleaning the tank I have also heard of wrapping them up and putting them in a cloths dryer. 
Cheers George 

[keand3]

Hi and welcome!
Everyone who can find a way to use an concrete mixer for cleaning part form a motorcycle,  is OK by my book 

Ken

[Pat Conlon]

Welcome, Marcus? ....or?  (I too would have sweaty bollocks if I put my tank in a concrete mixer)

I thought you soda blasted your tank. How did your header tubes turn out?

Pat

[Joe Sull]

Quite a handle you got there Betty

[Bettyswallocks]

Hi guys,
Forgot to say that the bike is a 92. As for the tank, I was going to soda blast it but I thought that the concrete mixer would do a better job, loads of rust and crap came out.
I may have weakened some of the welded seams on the tank but it's not leaking yet.

The downpipes are a puzzle as I was told on this site that they would be stainless, I put a magnet on there and it stuck...so...

Are they steel or are they a ferrous form of stainless (some stainless grades will attract magnets I am told) I suppose the only way to tell is to buff one of the pipes up and see what sort of Finish I get.
Either way I will be replacing rusted fasteners and stripping to clean and repaint the odd part here and there.

I did buy a GXSR750 wheel for the rear wheel mod but may not bother.....I am also thinking of some adjustable alloy levers as I have them on my Honda and really like them.

[Pat Conlon]

Is it the stock exhaust system? All bets are off it it's a aftermarket system.

[Bettyswallocks]

Its the stock exhaust system...

Btw I have just bought some stainless hose for the brakes front and rear! Looking forward to fitting those. I got the two line 'racing' ones for the front so i will have to route both lines from the master cylinder.