Some pics of my FJ1200 project

[Pat Conlon]

As Randy pointed out, the center nipple is the gas inlet...it feeds the 4 carbs.
the 2 white T's where you have the Tygon lines are the fuel bowl vents.
Looks like you have fuel pump carbs....

[movenon]

Here is a picture of my 1990 FJ carbs. The two white tees are vents the metal one is the fuel inlet  


Note the one JIS POS screw has been replaced with a SS Allen head ..

[dma251]

Excellent!   I really appreciate the headaches you guys saved me from!     

My next q

[movenon]

Randy's the man to thank 
George

[dma251]

I've been doing "forum-assisted" projects for the last 15 years.    None would have happened without forums and enthusiasts like this....

Randy - I am placing an order tomorrow for pod filters and jets.

[dma251]

Here's the results of my latest series of late-night drinking and smoking in Washington State.....

I made an instrument cluster out of a mount from a gas-turbine engine I had, and I bought 12v bulbs for the crazy little indicator lights that were on it.   They're surplus military, push-to-test, made from machined aluminum and have a mechanical shutter in them for dimming.    Just such a great example of design overkill at tax-payer expense.   I saved them knowing I would find the right project to use them one-day, and this is that time.

Gauge will be my iPhone velcro-mounted.  I also wired into the harness an iPhone charge cord to switched-power.

Also working on the headlight.  I have two more of these cool cnc aluminum mounts, and I want to integrate them into this somehow.  It's the bucket for a cx500 and the ring and lens from something else Stanley.   (I always thought that was an awfully American sounding name to be a Japanese lighting company....)

Also started ordering parts for the lithium-Iron battery I am building for it.  Don't know what to do about the tail yet.....  

Maybe I'll figure that out over the winter.  I want  to learn how to copper-plate.....

[X-Ray]

This looks like it is going to be a real fun bike to ride, 

[fj johnnie]

   Cool project. Nice work.

[fj1289]

Nice work!  Like how you are reusing parts and materials from completely different purposes 

Keep up the good work !

[big r]

Looking good. What is in that bucket, looks like rat was there

[dma251]

Looking good. What is in that bucket, looks like rat was there

I think you are referring to my scrap wiring tub.  Its all the harnesses I've collected over the years.   I keep lengths over about 1' and most of the time can match up color/stripe colors exactly.   This bike has required major surgery to the wiring harness, and if I had known what was ahead, I would have just started over from scratch.   One of the issues is that the components (ignitor box, relays, fuses, etc.) were scattered throughout the length of th bike, so I had to relocate everything to one side of the harness or the other.  I also reduced its complexity significantly.   

One of the complications is how I was going to use two-wire trucklite LED clearance lights as running/signal lights.   I had to add two relays to be able to accomplish both functions.   That added to the mess...

One thing I am considering is rewiring the run/kill switch to act as an ignition/main power switch.  This way I can delete the ignition switch and maybe later install a hidden toggle as a security mechanism.   Theft is not an issue where I live, but the next owner may want a little security.

[Arnie]

I think your project looks great.

About your idea of a hidden "security" toggle switch for the ignition.......

My first bike had no keyed ignition switch, just a fork lock.
I added a "security" toggle switch hidden up under the tank.
Then I went to my job which was at the Ford Utica trim plant NE of Detroit.
When I finished work at about midnight, I went out to my bike, brushed the light dusting of snow off the seat, and proceeded to kick it for about 1/2 an hour until I remembered my new hidden switch. 
It started with the next kick.  Boy, was I dumb back then.

[ribbert]

........and proceeded to kick it for about 1/2 an hour until I remembered my new hidden switch. 
It started with the next kick.

Arnie, that must have been the Norton, it would take that much kicking before realising something was wrong and not just normal starting procedure.

Noel

[Arnie]

........and proceeded to kick it for about 1/2 an hour until I remembered my new hidden switch. 
It started with the next kick.

Arnie, that must have been the Norton, it would take that much kicking before realising something was wrong and not just normal starting procedure.

Noel

Noel,

You malign the mighty Norton unfairly when the real culprit which causes hard starting in Nortons is the Luke'sAss electrics.  Once I'd replaced the Lucas coils with K-mart branded Chevy V8 coils, my Norton would start 1st or 2nd kick (as long as you kicked it properly).
No, the bike in question was a Bultaco Metralla 250.  It had "Femsa" ignition pieces (think poor quality Luke'sAss) and genuine Luke'sAss lighting bits.  It was not a "hard starter" when right, but could start backwards if the timing was a bit off.
Anyhow, the switch was installed on the Bul.

[dma251]

Today I received the diodes I needed to tie the right and left turn signal indicator wires together on one indicator lamp.    Still haven't received the special midget-flange 12vdc bulbs for these indicators.   One of the neatest things about these little indicator lamps is that they have a mechanical aperture shutter that can mechanically dim the light.   Something I love about military surplus - Since the taxpayers were paying, everything is of the highest quality.  These little indicator lamps came from a sweet little gas-turbine APU for starting jets.

The cost to the taxpayers for these little jump-starters was only $28,000.