What did you do to your bike today?

[Firehawk068]

Cleared the space around it in the garage.........then looked at all the parts I have for it..........
Tomorrow it's up early then turn some wrenches on it!

[ccsct203]

Today??? I have to install a newer alternator
Polish the can and the aluminum parts, check the voltage on the headlight harness and make a harness for low and high beam relays if necessary.

[Mark Olson]

sunday was wrench-a-poluza on the fj.

clutch slave rebuild.
fjr master install.
braided steel clutch line install.(thanks Pat)
clutch extra disc and spin on oil filter adapter(thanks Randy)
oil change
valve adj and new gasket and grommets
spark plugs
fork  flush and fill.

tools everywhere and still more to do today.

[Firehawk068]

I am right there with you Mark, except today was my wrench day.
I removed a bunch of parts...






Cleaned some stuff......

Before(YUKK!)


After a good soaking with some brake cleaner, a screwdriver to get the caked on gunk, and some more flushing with brake cleaner.......


I also clearanced my wheel to fit my modified cushdrive, and collar.
I used an air cutoff tool, and a Dremel, and also finished with2" grinding disk on my air tool.






and I plan on replacing this.....



with this......



I also removed the 2 front motor mounts to clean them........
I spent all day on the bike.........but i still have a long way to go.......I miss riding her

[Mark Olson]

allright, get er done. 

[roverfj1200]

Age and Queensland roads have tried hard to trash my beloved FJ. So the weekend was needed to fix the little things that if left become big things..

Front fairing stress cracks.


I have had good success with fiberglass patches fix behind the plastic.



For some reason the light on the right had started a stress crack to so more glass


Took the chance to clean up the wiring for the lights as well.


New road two for the front.



A wash and I'm ready to roll..



Now where is that tag..

[carsick]

Big weekend for new pieces. Installed 1.05kg/mm fork springs (Thanks Fudge!), fork seals and 15W oil (Thanks Jamie, helpful dealer parts guy and former FJ'er), new Yamaha OEM R1 front pads and fresh fluid (eBay Canada!), FZR1000 3.5" front wheel (Thanks much woodcreekpete- Canada again), Michelin Pilot Power 2CT 120/70/17, V&H SS2R can- no baffle, see 2" of light right through it. Raforth fork seal driver and damper rod tool instrumental to this project- Thanks Dave! I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I seem to have a completely different bike now!! Couldn't swing the emulators, but the forks are so vastly improved as to make the stock setup criminally negligent. No pics of parts or process, but a finished product test video of sorts-
Yamaha FJ1200 burnout competition Barre VT
Doug

[racerman_27410]

OMG Doug.... you really need to learn how to do a burnout without a wheel chock.... might as well be a harley..........

KOokaloo! 

[carsick]

Removed tire from circulation in the interest of public safety, 2003 DOT code, now I can get a match for my front.

Doug

[carsick]

The chock was the rules- last year a Hardly kept trying to launch into the crowd- they were worried I might do likewise. Rest assured- no chock required, although I did try hard to avoid the trail of oil the Dakota in front of me was leaving.

[andyb]

That's a shame, half the joy of a burnout is rolling up to the staging beams!  Suppose I've not done many that weren't at the strip though.

[rktmanfj]

Figured out at least part of the electrical problem that surfaced at the ECSR.  You can almost see it from here...



Ah, there it is!  Could this have been enough of a short to have killed the whole bike?



Oh, and cobbled up a copy of Dan's beaded seat cover, too.



Randy T
Indy

[andyoutandabout]

Like Mark O, I've gone down the braided clutch line route and even a bigger clutch master. Of course, all this is attempted with few days before rally, thus tempting the gods to play the mess with the mortal card. Oh, well, I can always take the truck.

[jvb_ca]

Well it wasn't my bike, but my buddy's 85.
New fork seals, dust caps, Racetech 0.95kg springs, racetech fork bushings, 15wt oil;
Rebuilt clutch slave with kit from RPM, (thanks again Randy, nice touch on the bleeder cap and push rod seal,) replaced master with previously re-built master I had kicking around because he had dot 5 shit in there for 5 years...looked like algae growing in there... reverse bled...easiest bleed I ever did.
Replaced front brake pads...old ones contaminated with leaking fork oil...master was a mess...had a beyotch of a time bleeding the dam things...fricking anti-dive useless piece of crap air holding waste of aluminum junk.
Shake down run was positive. He loves the way his front end feels now.

Cheers...Jake

[Mark Olson]

Installed new chain and did shake down of all recent mods , now I just gotta change the rear tire and I am rally ready.

hell, I may even wash it .