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Started by Pat Conlon, October 25, 2017, 03:48:12 PM

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Pat Conlon

October 25, 2017, 03:48:12 PM
1) Free Owners Manual download: https://tinyurl.com/fmsz7hk9
2) Don't store your FJ with E10 fuel https://tinyurl.com/3cjrfct5
3) Replace your old stock rubber brake lines.
4) Important items for the '84-87 FJ's:
Safety wire: https://tinyurl.com/99zp8ufh
Fuel line: https://tinyurl.com/bdff9bf3

FJmonkey

#1
October 25, 2017, 04:36:18 PM
Double the traction, twice the un-sprung weight in the front.... I guess if you lean over enough you are back to only two contact patches.
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

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'89 Stormy Blue - Suits my Dark Side

FJ_Hooligan

#2
October 25, 2017, 04:40:43 PM
Answer to another question that I'm not asking.  Kind of like Honda's self-balancing bike.

It's a tire company conspiracy.  Just trying to make us buy 3 tires instead of 2.

Yamaha's not selling enough fork seals?

Yamaha Marketing guy:
"No one cares about unsprung weight! They'll buy just like they did the GTS1000"
"No one in America wants an FJR"
DavidR.

FJ1100mjk

#3
October 25, 2017, 04:47:57 PM
No thanks. Ugly, and a niche bike if there ever was one. It probably weighs as much as an FJ anyways.

Will give Yamaha props, for putting it out there though.
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Dads_FJ

#4
October 25, 2017, 05:25:19 PM
 :Facepalm:
John S.

'84 Yamaha FJ1100
'89 Yamaha FJ1200
'94 Yamaha WR250
'80 BMW R100S/Sidecar
'39 BSA WM20

Pat Conlon

#5
October 25, 2017, 06:20:31 PM
I can't imagine that there will be a wide selection of performance tires in the 15" range.

[edit] Suprisingly not as bad as I thought, I counted 6 offerings in the 120/70-15" size.
https://www.jpcycles.com/motorcycle-tires/15-inch/front?N=28004763
1) Free Owners Manual download: https://tinyurl.com/fmsz7hk9
2) Don't store your FJ with E10 fuel https://tinyurl.com/3cjrfct5
3) Replace your old stock rubber brake lines.
4) Important items for the '84-87 FJ's:
Safety wire: https://tinyurl.com/99zp8ufh
Fuel line: https://tinyurl.com/bdff9bf3

andyoutandabout

#6
October 25, 2017, 07:22:06 PM
I kinda like it. Might be a bit of a job to filter traffic, but if the front wheels can stay on the road when you're tipped in, it could handle well, maybe? Come on gents, can't be worse than a Can Am.

https://vimeo.com/189410061

Andy
life without a bike is just life

fj1289

#7
October 25, 2017, 08:08:29 PM
Triple the chance of finding all the pot holes and bumps in the road ...

Country Joe

#8
October 25, 2017, 09:05:22 PM
Props to Yamaha for trying something different. However, it would not be on my radar for a purchase any time soon.

https://youtu.be/2CGYukjM4Vg
1993 FJ 1200

Zwartie

#9
October 25, 2017, 10:26:49 PM
Yamaha 1993: Forks Bad!

Yamaha 2018: More Forks, Please!
Ben Zwart
London, ON
1992 FJ1200
1977 KZ200

fj1289

#10
October 25, 2017, 10:49:44 PM
"That's as fucked up as a football bat"

simi_ed

#11
October 26, 2017, 01:00:09 AM
Never have to worry about losing the front end or locking the front brakes. Lots of upside for someone to explore the outer limits of traction.
Function might beat out appearances.  :morning2:
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Ed
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'89 FJ12C (Theft deterrent Silver/White)


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enough good men to do nothing.

- Edmund Burke

krusty

#12
October 26, 2017, 01:07:17 AM
looks like a Piaggio MP3 that od'd on steroids, ice, meth etc etc
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PaulG

#13
October 26, 2017, 02:41:31 AM
GETDAFOCKOUTTAHERE!   :ireful:

I do like the Stormtrooper riding gear though.  It's so Stormtrooperyish.   :dance2:
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rlucas

#14
October 26, 2017, 07:05:59 AM
Quote from: FJ_Hooligan on October 25, 2017, 04:40:43 PM

Yamaha Marketing guy:
"No one cares about unsprung weight! They'll buy just like they did the GTS1000"
"No one in America wants an FJR"


I'd still like a GTS1000. This, though...not so much.

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