Just Bought a 1984 FJ 1100 - Canada

[PaulG]

First Thing:

Get a hair dryer or heat gun and peel off that fffff!@#$%ing flaming skull!   

Everything is gravy after that.   

[Zwartie]

Bob,

Welcome to the club! You'll get lots of great info, advice and support from this group.

Zwartie
London, ON

[Charlie-brm]

I'm glad somebody else said it first, LOL. That vinyl is f'ugly.
It reminds me of my slogan on another forum "Dude, interesting bike. Did you customize it yourself or was it all f'#c#ed up when you bought it?"

I bought an 1984 FJ1100 in 2012 that is what I'd call a beater; got it CHEAP. It gets enough money sunk in every year just like my previous bike to be #1 Safe, #2 Reliable, #3 Fun. Mission accomplished.
Not pretty up close but lots of fun, especially this season.

I'm part of the southern Ontario crowd. Lots of knowledge here you can tap into online and in person.

North Bay is a 4 hour trip. I do get up to around Gravenhurst several times a year, work related. I see you already put your pin on the world map of owners - +1. That helps, considering Ontario is big enough to be across 2 time zones, one has to narrow it down a bit.

[FJ Bob]

Tough crowd but honest

Yes those hideous decals will be the first things to get some serious work and be removed.

I'm really looking to clean it up, repaint and fix some of the major issues keeping it from being a great reliable bike.  I'm not concerned about keeping it totally stock but at this time I want to stay as close as I can to sticking to its roots.  But i understand that parts may be scarce so finding alternatives will definitely be an option.

Bob

[Urban_Legend]

FJ Bob

You have just said the Magic Works. You will find that a fair percentage of the bikes on here are not exactly stock anymore. There is a highly contagious and debilitating disease that goes around FJ owners. It's called Moditis. Be careful. It starts off with, I might just get one of those spin on oil filter conversions, then all of a sudden you are doing wheels conversions. It is indeed a slippery slope to fun (and sometimes a lot of swearing), riding enjoyment and quite a few empty bank balances.

Other than that welcome to our little international group of lost causes. Good to see another 1100 coming back into the fold.

Mark

[Pat Conlon]

Welcome Bob!
Don't worry about Moditus, your wife should worry, not you. It's quite enjoyable truth be told.
What I've found to work with my wife is to (over) explain how I am making my bike safer.
"Honey, it's all about safety....It's a 30 year old motorcycle.....Don't you want me to be safe?"
What can she say to that? "No honey, I want you to die....."

Although I did have to be a bit more creative when it came time to write the check to Randy @ RPM for his bitchen 1380cc engine.
She just rolled her eyes.....yea, it's all about safety.