bought 86 FJ with 10486 miles for $600

[moonrunnah]

Well its official my fj is going to be a YAMASUZONDA. I just bought a f4i rear shock off ebay. Should be here Tuesday.

i thinks thats the case with most fjs haha
keep us posted with pics of your mod 

[giantkiller]

I'm clueless when it comes to pictures. If I can get my daughter to show me how to post them. I sure will

[moonrunnah]

haha all i could figure out was my profile pic and now i forgot that to

[giantkiller]

I work 12hr shifts mostly 7 days. A day off here and there(to pay for all these mods) So I do 1 thing every night. Did the flapectomy last night, just to get it outa the way. Got the 93 Gsxr750 brake side spacer today and fitted it up to see if it was right, it was. 92 thimble looking one was too thick. And now I'm going to need 15/32" total spacer to equal Fj wheel. 93 gsxr750 has straight spokes instead of slash spokes.(needed straight spokes to better mach 2007 Gsxr1000 front wheel) Found out the 93 Gsxr750 uses different brake set up than the rest. Its set a little more to the inside. so overall width is little narrower.

[I make oil]

Please post your experience with the Honda rear shock on the 86.  I am thinking of that mod but didn't know how it would work on a rear suspension without dogbones.

[giantkiller]

So far all the f4i shocks that I have seen are going on 84,85s(no dog bones ) But I measured my 86 shock. And its the same as the posted length for the 84-5 shocks. So should be exactly the same .

[FJmonkey]

84 to 86 have the same rear suspension.

[fj11.5]

all except for andy,s 89? , but he did some extra welding to make it work

[giantkiller]

I finally got my daughter to show me how to post pictures to gallery, I just don't know how to get them to the thread. anyway they are in misc. gallery. (3 of them)

[Pat's edit] here ya go laddie:

Mounted toggle for gsxr electric steering stabilizer in unused spot for reserve switch;


Gsxr electric steering stabilizer;


Fork extensions for 2007 gsxr front end;

[fj11.5]

she should handle rather well

[I make oil]

Thanks, I think I will be ordering a honda shock. :-)

This is a great thread looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

[giantkiller]

I moved the tab for rear brake torque arm from the top to the bottom of the swing arm. And mounted fzr1000 arm to it . Mounted the honda shock and rezzi. Got gsxr rear wheel mounted. Made rizers(with jigsaw and a belt sander) to match fj handle bars on the gsxr clippons and just got them back from welder. Stuck them on just to check them out. Got to make sure every thing is right be fore I round them out and make them purty.I have pictures in the gallery. I can't figure out how to post them here. Or how to rotate them for that matter. Should be just a matter of assembly now.

[jimmyjames1967]

I moved the tab for rear brake torque arm from the top to the bottom of the swing arm. And mounted fzr1000 arm to it . Mounted the honda shock and rezzi. Got gsxr rear wheel mounted. Made rizers(with jigsaw and a belt sander) to match fj handle bars on the gsxr clippons and just got them back from welder. Stuck them on just to check them out. Got to make sure every thing is right be fore I round them out and make them purty.I have pictures in the gallery. I can't figure out how to post them here. Or how to rotate them for that matter. Should be just a matter of assembly now.

Dude
I want to hear more about the front end change. I have considered modifying my 86 and the only thing I really think I want to change is the front end. I have to guess that your fitting Suzuki brakes to the front. I like my 86 stock like it is feels good handles well, I just figure the Suzuki front end and brakes form 07 would make it and even better machine than it is now.

[giantkiller]

I used the gsxr1000 front end because my buddy who races said they  are over sprung. Some of the racers put softer springs in them. So Im thinking that they should be good the way they are for the fj. The brakes (masters calipers and antidive and forks)were all leaking. So instead of fixing all that I decided to just put a complete gixxer front, better brakes, inverted, lighter and has a electrical adjusted steering damper.

[giantkiller]

I've been curious about the differenc in weight of the gsxr front and the stock fj components. I took the gsxr front off (complete with wheel, fender, triple,clippons I made and brake) and weighed it vrs. the fj components.

It's alittle biased in favor of fj be cause I couldn't find the rear section of the fender, the fj brake components are dry(no brake fluid) and the tire on the fj wheel is completely bald. And the tire on the gsxr wheel is new.

The difference was less than I thought the gsxr front was 9.8 lbs lighter. But its all unspung weight. Could be even greater than that for the unsprung. Because the majority of the USD forks weight is on the top (especially with my over engineered fork extensions could probably shave a pound off each extension)