Someone has to stop the Legends racing guys!?

[weymouth399]

Well said Arnie, being a down under topic I've been quiet. These post make me laugh now.
But most of these guys that buy fjs would rather piss & moan about legend cars. Well guess what boys, step it up and buy them before we do. W/O legends most of you would be screwed. Cheap parts they don't bitch about? If they would embrace they'd see how much of a advantage the legend world is to the Fj. And do most of the people realize that the great RPM Randy comes from this world too. Oh and by the way, not just legends run these engines, there are 4-5 series that run these too.

Bob w

[racerrad8]

The US experienced the same thing at the time of large growth of the Legend series. That was the late 90's early 2K.

The reason I am part of any of this, dates back to the Yahoo days. I was contacted about helping some FJ guys with their carbs, engines & parts. That lead to me joining a couple of FJ forums including the old Yahoo group.

Then I went over to buy two FJ's from a guy who offered them to me as parts bikes. When I got there I saw two very clean 86's and I thought, heck maybe it was time to see what FJ ownership was like. Well, those two bikes are still with us; my wife riding one and the other is the basis of the RPM efi project.

That then led to Marsh telling me he could build me a website to help me as I was doing everything via email and PM of the forums.

Fast forward to today, the FJ portion of the business has far surpassed the Legend side. Don't get me wrong, I still am active in Legends, Thunder Roadster, and the Aussie Car & Aussie Legends series. But there are millions more FJ's out there than there are race cars, and the FJ guys are the largest portion of my business.

I came from Legends, I am still involved with FJ powered racing series, but if there were no Legends the would be no RPM...

My recommendation...Buy those bikes up, break them for parts and start selling them on eBay.

Randy - RPM

[mr blackstock]

So no secret committee devoted to infiltrating legends racing forums and disseminating the virtues of GSX engines then? 

I suppose I cannot complain too much, I have an engine soon to be a good spare... but we still do not know why the FJ engine? So come on Randy and Weymouth399, why these engines?  Do the racers use other types? 

cheers, Gareth

[fj1289]

But now the question is... In the post Armageddon future of tumbleweeds and kaleidoscope skies, and there are no more FJ engines left, can you wedge an XJR engine in without any cutting and pasting?

The XJR engine will fit an FJ with some minor grinding of the cooling fins on the rear of the heads. And then some spacing out of the rear sprocket and all is good for an FJ1300. 

I wasn't aware the cooling fins on the XJR heads had to be ground for clearance for an FJ frame?

[Mark Olson]

once upon a time I needed a new faring for my 86 fj. I spotted a fj for sale in oregon in good shape for an ok price but sold before I could buy it.
2 weeks later I spot the same fj minus engine in the local craigslist. Legends guys needed the engine only and were selling the rest.
I picked up the whole thing for 80.00 bucks ...yup a roller with clean title. now I have spare parts and sold the gas tank to pay for the whole deal.

so sometimes legend guys are ok.

[mr blackstock]

I recently contacted the Aussie legends racing "club" asking why the focus on the FJ engine.  Sam sent the following reply:

"Yamaha no longer produce this engine for bikes, but they do produce the BLITZ engine solely for Legend Cars. The BLITZ engine is the old FJ renamed. We still source second hand engines from bikes etc where available, and yes, they are becoming scarce, but we will never be without as the BLITZ will continue to be used well into the future. The engine is part of our spec requirements for our division, so all cars must run the same type of engine. We allow 1250cc and 1200cc and they are all tested and sealed before they are allowed to run in our series".

So I reckon that solves the question about "why FJ engines".  I was interested and googled "USLC Blitz" engines and came across heaps of suppliers of engine parts etc.

http://www.rrcperformanceengines.com/for-sale.html
http://www.blitz-uk.co.uk/Product-247.aspx
http://www.rpmproformance.com/index.html

These are just a few I came across.  On one of the sites you can buy a brand new engine, 150HP, for around $5000USD, so put that in yer FJ frame and smoke it!  I am quite surprised that Yamaha still make brand new FJ1200 engines, just re-badged "Blitz".

cheers, Gareth

[FJmonkey]

I am sure if enough of us make a group purchase, Randy can get us a good deal on these 1250 crate engines. Buying and shipping just one is likely to be cost prohibitive.