Brake fluid type

[a.graham52]

I tried the search but there were thousands of hits to sift though. What type of brake fluid does the 87 use? I forgot to look and now I'm at work with my clutch slave and ready to rebuild.

[rktmanfj]

DOT3 or 4 will work fine, unless someone like me changed it to DOT5.

[aviationfred]

The OEM Master Cylinder covers have the Recommended brake fluid type casted as part of the cover.

DOT 3 or DOT4 work just fine.

Fred

BTW, the 1st Gen Vmax uses the same master cylinder covers as the FJ1200

[red]

I tried the search but there were thousands of hits to sift though. What type of brake fluid does the 87 use? I forgot to look and now I'm at work with my clutch slave and ready to rebuild.

A.Graham,

Isn't that information engraved on the master cylinder cover? 
Somebody here may have a 1987 Owners Manual for you, as a .PDF from Yamaha. 
I did find a 1986 version, if that helps:

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700.0;attach=334

You can do a Search on the Internet for

1987 FJ1200 "owners manual"

and there were several sources available, but I did not check them out any further. 
Somebody here may have exactly the Owners Manual that you need, as a .PDF file.

www.dogpile.com is a search engine that searches many search engines, so it may provide more sources than just Google.

Cheers,
Red

[a.graham52]

Thanks for the info. As I posted I forgot to look and I'm now at work and the bike isnt. I wanted to make sure I lubed the parts with the correct fluid