Happy New Year All FJ Lovers

[ribbert]

My last two FJs had stock exhaust and I liked it, nice and quiet but still good sound to me. This Vance and Hines does not look good to me it doesn't look good on the bike and to be honest a bit loud for my liking

Matt

Someone would likely swap you standard mufflers for the 4 int 1. I gave my last set away for nothing in near mint condition, they are not highly sought after. I would think plenty of people have removed them and would sell them for a modest price.

As for all the other items. Stock air box, mufflers, brakes, unless you drag race it or ride it really hard, you wouldn't notice the difference. You would have no trouble finding a member who would swap the blue dot brakes for standard calipers, just make sure if you do, you run EBC HH pads in them. A blind test would have you unable to pick one from the other. Same goes for the airbox, plenty of folks would happily swap with you.
You could return it to stock without spending any money.

Noel

[ribbert]

Letter Graphics, yes....not sure about the accent decals....good to check 'thou.

I had some made at a sign shop. What they have that Jeff308 (our forum graphics guy) doesn't have is thousands of colours, his green swatches alone were as thick as a phone book. To my eye, the colour only seemed to change about every 100th card. They cut them perfectly from self adhesive vinyl. The product is made for outdoor signs so it lasts, doesn't lift, doesn't fade, it's very thin and with just the right gloss level.

Noel

[1tinindian]

  you can argue all day, but you can not convince me that there is isn't a better looking bike made than the Yamaha FJ1100/1200's

I hate to admit this, but my main reason for getting an FJ was because of its looks. Is that superficial or what ?
It's pleasing to the eye, and a thrill to ride!