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85 FJ1100 refurbishment/custom

Started by Joe Sull, October 15, 2013, 06:05:48 PM

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CatTomb

 :good2: Congratulations on a job well done! Bike looks REDiculously good.
"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream." Malcolm Muggeridge, Chronicles of Wasted Time (1972)

Joe Sull

Thanks CatTomb. I wanted my bike to look different and I guess it does. Was hoping to put a few miles on it but it's 20* - blow'n 30 and the roads are crap..
You Keep What you kill

Derek Young

That is a hell of a lot of red!  I was skeptical, but you pulled it off.  A job well done!  Congratulations!

Derek
1986 FJ1200 (R.I.P.)
1991 FJ1200
Nanaimo, British Columbia

ribbert

Quote from: Joe Sull on March 15, 2014, 02:06:25 PM




Joe, what I want to know is, if you hit the automatic "redeye" correction on your camera, does the bike disappear from the photo?

Noel
"Tell a wise man something he doesn't know and he'll thank you, tell a fool something he doesn't know and he'll abuse you"

Joe Sull

Yes Noel. You'll have two tires and some cables left. Please don't hit the red eye :cray:
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FJscott

Joe,

congratulations on completing a monumental project.
Cherry Bomb looks Dynomite :good2:

now you need to do an all white bike then an all blue Bike in time for next 4th july parade.

Scott

Joe Sull

Thanks Scott, This bikes gonna save me a lot of aggravation when the tourist come to the island this summer. I'll be ready. They bung up the roads going 25-30 mph in a 50 mph.
Theres only 2 roads leading here from the outside world. They start about 40 miles out and then about 20 miles out both roads converge into one.
If you have to get anywhere, on or off the island , you can't get there. You pass one and there 10 more in front of that one going slow as death.
It's hard to imagine how they got here in the first place. Questions come to mind; Did they drive all the way from New York at 30 mph? Have they ever seen a tree before? Do they just stop in the middle of the road anytime they want where they live.
It's gonna be awesome because I'll be king of the road. :crazy: Every time I pass one, I'll be thinking to my self "Who's the king" :blum1:
You Keep What you kill

The General

Quote from: Joe Sull on March 17, 2014, 04:24:37 PM
Thanks Scott, This bikes gonna save me a lot of aggravation when the tourist come to the island this summer. I'll be ready. They bung up the roads going 25-30 mph in a 50 mph.
Theres only 2 roads leading here from the outside world. They start about 40 miles out and then about 20 miles out both roads converge into one.
If you have to get anywhere, on or off the island , you can't get there. You pass one and there 10 more in front of that one going slow as death.
It's hard to imagine how they got here in the first place. Questions come to mind; Did they drive all the way from New York at 30 mph? Have they ever seen a tree before? Do they just stop in the middle of the road anytime they want where they live.
It's gonna be awesome because I'll be king of the road. :crazy: Every time I pass one, I'll be thinking to my self "Who's the king" :blum1:

Oh good. I`m glad ya don`t need a brake light.... I was a bit concerned they`d never see it!   :sorry:
`93 with downside up forks.
`78 XS11/1200 with a bit on the side.
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FJscott

Yeah Joe, I feel your pain when its silly season. I live in a small town in south Florida where the population doubles from thanksgiving through Easter.Its not uncommon to see a Blue-hair in the left lane with the left signal on make an abrupt right turn. One of the Guys I work with lives in Maine, Rockport. he says the same thing as you regarding the summer tourists. he lives on Ratcliff Island. I think that's Mid Coast. He just bought the old Rocky Bay Brewery in Rockport so if you find yourself over that way stop in and have a pint.

Scott

Joe Sull

Scott, your buddy lives just across Penobscot bay from me. It's only 15 miles by boat but 60 mile to drive. That tourist ground zero, right there. I feel for him. The Rockland Lobster festival? :hang1:
Hey, you feel the pain hah! You don't get the "Leaf Peepers" in October I bet. They'll slam on the brake to get a good foliage picture. (popcorn)
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FJmonkey

Snowbird season in Mesa Arizona, motor-home capital of the USA. The car, big, Canada plates, the passengers, Q-tips in the front seat, Q-balls in the back, doing 30/35 in a 45. I do not miss those days...  :dash2: :dash2: :dash2:
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

'86 Ambulance - Bent frame, cracked case, due for an overhaul
'89 Stormy Blue - Suits my Dark Side

BadBro

Time well invested and showing.  Nice job.  (Speigler brake lines and banjo bolts come in red)
Kevin 1984 FJ1100 UK

Joe Sull

Quote from: BadBro on March 21, 2014, 05:32:25 PM
(Speigler brake lines and banjo bolts come in red)

I'll be looking into that this summer. Thanks
You Keep What you kill