17 inch conversion

[andyoutandabout]

Merry Christmas Folks:

fjmods09 | andyoutandabout

Andy

[jvb_ca]

  Great job Andy. You are gonna love the way your Fj handles now. And brakes, you got brakes...2 fingers is all ya need now. Your FJ is smiling and happy now. When your Fj is happy, you are happy.

And wishing you a Merry Christmas from the winter wonderland.

Cheers...Jake

[Fred]

Well done sir! Go out and ride, you'll love it.

[tqmx1]

What he did not tell you when he pulled out of his drive way he goosed it and the new tires broke loose and dumped it!!

[andyoutandabout]

Arr yes the bitter sweet story of bike ownership. Lessons learnt, alternative parts located - thanks George B. - and another few hours of fettling before the joy of an Fj christmas mod session can be truly concluded.

File your new tires a bit, else you'll be sorry

[threejagsteve]

Ouch! 

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[Marsh White]

Great editing and video work as usual Andy - well done!

Also, don't forget to thank "FJ Modifiers Anonymous" for the rear end conversion.

(for those who don't know what "FJ Modifiers Anonymous" is)
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=418.0

[andyoutandabout]

Fo Sho
A big phat one out to Fj modifiers anonymous who really started the ball rolling way back.
(see my American diction is improving in leaps and bounds)

[Mark Olson]

Andy,

Great video and music, the bike looks good .

how bad was the whoops damage?

fess up.

[fj1289]

What he did not tell you when he pulled out of his drive way he goosed it and the new tires broke loose and dumped it!!

Been there, done that.  New tires on the XJ650 SECA -- thinking to myself I'd have to take it easy in the twisties and scuff in the tires.  Sitting at the stop sign leaving the neighborhood, see a gap in traffic and goose it good like I'd normally would and out went the rear end.  A little old lady stops the car, rolls down the window and says "you should be more careful young man" and drives off!  Lessson learned!  ANd remembered to this day!

Chris

[racerman_27410]

what brand of tires?


just curious.... sorry for the unintentional dismount...it even happens to the best from time to time



Casey Stoner Highside - Valencia 2009


the good part is you didnt get hurt!


kookaloo!   

Frank

[andyoutandabout]

I got lucky - not even a scratch on me self.
Like Casey, I too went for a walk after the event to clear the head. Except I walked a mile to Golden Bagel, which was most settling.
Anyway, I hot footed it to Sacramento and met up with George Bowers who had all what I needed to make her happy again.
Tomorrow I take a file to the tires - both I think for good measure and then, at last, a test ride.

[the fan]

A quick wipe down with paint thinner is all you need. I do it every time I change out the tires and have never had to worry about breaking in a tire. At the fall rally attended by Marsh, Pat, L.A.Mike, and some schmuck from the underbelly of the world I started the weekend with a tire that had 0 miles and had only rolled from my garage to the trailer. If you know marsh, I don't need to tell you how long we took it easy that first ride.

[Zari]

Andy,

A job well done...  I'm very impressed!   As long as your recovery is going well.  Sorry to have missed the San Mateo bike show, I'm kicking myself.  But have had too many obligations tugging at me.   Let's make it happen next time.

Peace, Craig

[ren-dog]

Andy, shmick looking job mate. 
It appears to me that both your front and rear rims are the same pattern.
i.e. solid, slanted, three spoke design.
I also noted the speedo cable is still hooked up.
So I'm curious to know which rims you used for this swap.
Cheers.