New from Milwaukee, SamR, long time rider

[SamR]

Hello worldwide FJ riders! Bought my 1986 FJ1200S brand new in 1996. The Racine WI dealer was known for having still crated carried over for many years new bikes. My FJ had been on display in the dealer's showroom for 10 years! When I got it home I removed, fogged & bagged the center stand & rear signal assemblies, removed the clear wind screen & wrapped it in bubble wrap, installed a slightly taller smoked screen with a slight top flip, replaced the black steel tube bar bracing the rear caliper with a drilled for lightness cast aluminum bar from a 1986 Yamaha SRX-6 & replaced the red & pearl white with Yamaha lettering chin fairing with an all pearl white from Yamaha chin fairing. After the FJ was broken in I put all synthetic fluids in it. I've kept it serviced, polished, waxed, kept the down pipes silicone sprayed. It's always garaged & covered & now has 16K miles on it, still running & looking showroom new. When I was 16 my buddy let me try his 50's BSA Road Rocket, I was hooked & have had bikes ever since. My favorites of bikes I've owned are the 250cc Ducati Diana desmo (30hp 10KRPM single), 900F Honda, SRX-6 Yamaha, & the "torque monster" FJ1200. I'm 75 & don't ride much anymore, but each time I do the FJ has me grinning like the first time I rolled on its throttle.

[FJmonkey]

Welcome Sam, my favorite year FJ. It is easy to fall in love with such a great bike...

[Harald]

Welcome and cool story about your bike.Nice to have something that old and still in showroom condition.
I also like and own a 1981 CB900F Supersport that I am working on updating.

Harald

[giantkiller]

Hey Sam. Welcome. I live in Fond du Lac. Bought my first bike In 86. Fj1200. Had It for 2 1/2 months put 14,000 miles on it and totalled it. Somewhere around 135mph. Owned and have ridden many motorcycles. Came back to the Fj. And now have 5.
Would be cool to ride with you sometime.

[SamR]

Welcome Sam, my favorite year FJ. It is easy to fall in love with such a great bike...

Thanks FJm, I'm glad to be on board.

Here's an FJ quirk that might have already been shared on the forum: gas starvation problem, one possible cause is blocked gas tank breather in gas tank cap. To eliminate blockage blow it out with gas station air hose.

Sam

[SamR]

Hey Sam. Welcome. I live in Fond du Lac. Bought my first bike In 86. Fj1200. Had It for 2 1/2 months put 14,000 miles on it and totalled it. Somewhere around 135mph. Owned and have ridden many motorcycles. Came back to the Fj. And now have 5.
Would be cool to ride with you sometime.

Giantkiller,

14K miles in 3 months, my helmet's off to you! Makes my longest ride to FL & back seem mighty puny.

If you're ever riding to Milwaukee let me know, I'll do the same if heading for Fond Du Lac.

Sam

[SamR]

Welcome and cool story about your bike.Nice to have something that old and still in showroom condition.
I also like and own a 1981 CB900F Supersport that I am working on updating.

Harald

Harald, I really liked the 900F. When it came on the cams it was like a steam catapult was throwing the bike ahead. Bought it in '83 as a carried over '82 discounted from $3400 to $1695! Best vehicle deal of my life at a time when Japan way overestimated the # of bikes they could sell & was wildly discounting the overproduction.

Sam

[FJmonkey]

Welcome Sam, my favorite year FJ. It is easy to fall in love with such a great bike...

Thanks FJm, I'm glad to be on board.

Here's an FJ quirk that might have already been shared on the forum: gas starvation problem, one possible cause is blocked gas tank breather in gas tank cap. To eliminate blockage blow it out with gas station air hose.

Sam

Sam, this has been covered but your contribution to help is what makes this group really work. Feel free to stick around our digital campfire and share what you can.