Whats the best thing you've done to your FJ

[Bill_Rockoff]

My experience is similar to Red's post above: modern radial tires.  

That change, by itself, was probably as substantial an improvement as every other change I've made put together:
- Penske rear shock, RaceTech cartridge-emulator valves, stiffer springs, heavier oil, professional fork rebuild from Traxxion
- FZ1 blue-spot calipers and master cylinder
- 17x5 rear wheel from a YZF600R, along with some Jon Cain parts that allow me to mount it in the FJ swingarm

I'm pretty sure I could take my bike with its $1,500 worth of handling/braking upgrades, mount up some off-brand tires, and turn it into a slower and worse-handling bike than someone else's bone-stock 100,000 mile FJ on worn-out factory shock if they put good radials on it.

[Bones]

I think the best thing I've done to my FJ is join this forum. Before I joined I just rode the bike and didn't really care much about it, because apart from still being able to get the basic consumables like filters etc from bike shops, I thought that was about as much as you could do with them. How wrong was I.

Apart from meeting a great bunch of local owners, it's made me take a renewed interest in the bike after reading about all the mods you can do and just what is available to turn them from a good bike into a great bike.

Everything I've done so far.     Spin on oil filter, Handlebar risers, Hagon rear shock, RPM fork valves,

                                             Uni filters, SS carb bolt set, Ignition advance mod, Oil temp gauge, Volt gauge,
                               
                                              Blue spot calipers, SS brake lines, Air horn, Cbr mirrors, Gsxr rear wheel, and

                                               I'm nowhere near finished yet.

[charleygofast]

Thanks for answering my question everyone! Great bikes, great people, great stories and lots of good advice, that is what this forum is about.  Bones my friend I think you nailed it...joining this group is probably the best thing we've all done to/for our FJ's, and possibly ourselves... thank you! That said and since I started this post I should add my favorite and possibly the cheapest thing you can do...foam hand grips! Four months ago I had hand surgery on my clutch/fretting hand. I had what's called 'hyper thenar hammer syndrome" basically a clotted vein in my palm. Surgery was a vein graft in my palm. Still sore and prone to vibration and quite cold sensitive...these grips (Johar) have made my FJ rides enjoyable again...especially above 4000 RPM which is where I and my FJ really like to be! I want to thank you Marsh White for starting this forum and for making being a FJ owner/rider so much better for us all!          Cheers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Charley.

[Derek Young]

The list of modifications to my FJ is long. Some of the mods are for better handling, some are for comfort, ease of use or convenience.

On this day I would say the best single mod would be Renntec engine bars. While moving my bike around the parking lot after breakfast this morning, I lost my balance and dropped it. Some paint damage on the engine bar and a scuff on the stainless steel throttlemeister bar end are the extent of the damage.... and my pride of course... luckily I had some help to stand it upright and we were on our way.

Derek