Steve's 1985 FJ1100 restoration in San Diego

[Bones]

Randy at RPM used to sell those engine bars that's where I bought mine from for my 3xw. He had them for all models at the time.

[RPM - Robert]

Unfortunately Renntec sold several years back. When they did they jacked the dealer pricing up. That plus the several hundred dollars to get them from the UK to the US made it not feasible for us to continue to carry them when people could buy them direct for cheaper.

That said I don't think they make them for the FJ anymore. The part numbers were 10019 and 10021 for the two models they made.

[Millietant]

Dean,

Thank you for your update, and offer to assist in acquiring the engine guards.     

If the model year makes a difference in the fit of the engine bars, I have a 1985 FJ1100.  The re-powder coated  Renntec engine bars might be perfect.  We'll know when they become available.  Are the FJOC engine bars comparable in build and quality?  Let's wait to see how the re-powdered Renntec's look. 

Insofar as shipping goes, I recently purchased motorcycle parts from BikerMart in the UK and they used UPS and Parcel2Go for shipping.  The shipment went very smoothly.

I appreciate your help!

Steve

Hi Steve, the engine bars that the FJOC sell are Renntec, so are brilliant 

I'll see my pal Chris over the weekend and see if we can get a slot to do some powder coating any time soon.

[STLanduyt]

Over the past week I have been attempting to remove (for the first time) the upper fairing on my 1985 FJ1100.  I read all the fairing removal posts and owe a huge debt of gratitude to oldktmdude
and FJ1100mjk for their posts.

oldktmdude in 2013 wrote, "with all due respect to the others that have commented on fairing removal, disregard everything they have said. They are talking about removing a fairing from later model bikes, not an '84 or '85 which are totally different."

FJ1100mjk in his 2015 post gave a step-by-step tutorial on removal of the fairing on an 84/85 FJ.  Step 7b details how to detach the fairing from two small "pins" located on both sides of the frame adjacent to the oil cooler.  That was exactly where I had been hung up, but I couldn't see the pins and the 1984 Yamaha Shop Manual I am using doesn't show or even mention them.  Once I read FJ1100mjk's post and successfully completed step 7b, VOILA! ... removal of the fairing was straight forward.

Thank you. 

[STLanduyt]

This is an effort to post a few photos of the current state of my FJ project.  (If the photos do not appear, I am sorry but I tried.)

The removal of the upper fairing has revealed years of road dirt and small areas of rusty on the main frame and subframe.  The fairing itself is in great shape, but very dusty on the inside 

The immediate plan is to clean the entire  frame, respray the front and rear subframes black and respray the main frame silver after the wiring has been removed and the rusty spots are de-rusted.  Hopefully it is only surface rust. The rear frame also has a bit of rust ... mainly around the welds, so those will need de-rusting and respraying.

The available work area in the garage is small.

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[STLanduyt]

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Not great photos, but hopefully you can see the current state of my 1985 FJ1100.  It has been garaged and car-ported in San Diego since leaving the Yamaha dealer here, but is in need of restoration, nevertheless, as you can see.

It is gradually being disassembled, cleaned up, de-rusted, spot painted, updated with a fuel pump, RPM refurbished carbs, new tires, new clutch/brake hoses, chain, etc., etc.

The fairing is in great shape ... just needs cleaning.  The engine  only has about 5,000 miles on it (I only rode it on weekends), which may be unusually low.   It currently awaits the carbs and a new  battery, and the rest of the restoration before being restarted.  I appreciate the advice that I have received (and hopefully will continue to receive) from members about the care that should be taken before restarting the engine, as well as other suggestions to make the FJ "friendly" to a now "older" rider.

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[86FJNJ]

My 1200 sat 15 years, before starting I changed the oil,  i took the valve cover off and put assembly lube on the cams and cam chain and put the valve cover back on. Be careful not to over tighten the valve cover bolts, just tighten them until they stop, no more, very light pressure or you'll strip them out, I removed spark plugs and sprayed oil in the spark plug hole and let it sit for a few days, then turned the engine over without the spark plugs installed so the oil was pushed out ( put a towel on top of the engine because the oil will shoot out). Then I put spark plugs back in and started it.