Newbie

[canalchris]

  My name is Chris, and I have just found this site after buying yet another FJ12. It looks as though there arn't many areas that haven't  been covered already but I couldn't find anything relating to better mirrors. my standard ones just show me my own elbows. I think I read somewhere that 1200 suzy Bandit mirrors are a much better item, has anyone done this mod.? cheers.Bye the way, I am in England, near the city of Coventry.

[movenon]

Welcome Chris ! There are some other mirrors out there but I will let some else with more experence than me give you some options. I am still using the stock mirrors.
Lots of good information here and owners from all over the world. Check out the FILES section also.
George 

[aviationfred]

Welcome to the group Chris. What year is your 1200?

Mirrors wise, most popular mirror choice other than stock is CBR mirrors. Here is a link to what years to look for.

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=2027.0

Fred

[canalchris]

 :hi:Hello Fred, I live near Coventry in England. Me and my wife live on a 60' canalboat. the bike is a 1990 3cv, which I bought off Ebay, Its last owner was a farmer, he had it for 4 years and kept it in a cold damp barn, so cosmetically she has suffered, but a major service and new Hagon rear shock, and she is singing as sweet as only a well sorted FJ can.I will chase up that link, cheers Chris.

[markmartin]

Welcome Chris.  Depending on what year you have, you might want to include a wedge shaped piece under the CBR mirror base.
FJmonkey, where is the write up on the little mirror wedges you dreamed up??   They improved my line of sight quite a bit on my '89.

Mark

[FJmonkey]

Welcome Chris.  Depending on what year you have, you might want to include a wedge shaped piece under the CBR mirror base.
FJmonkey, where is the write up on the little mirror wedges you dreamed up??   They improved my line of sight quite a bit on my '89.

Mark

Here ya go... http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1562.msg34868#msg34868

[baldy3853]

  Welcome aboard enjoy the ride

Lord Baldy

[yamaha fj rider]

  Welcome Chris good to have you here. How many FJs do you have or had?

Kurt

[canalchris]

 

Welcome Chris good to have you here. How many FJs do you have or had?

Kurt  Thanks for the welcome Kurt, what a fantastic site. This will be my third FJ, The first one I got in exchange for an old 1200 shovelhead HD years ago, but that turned out to be a crashed repaired bike and it turned out the frame was a little bent, tthen I swapped my son  a Triumph Daytona (Hinckley version) for his FJ and finally I bought the current 3CV on Ebay. It was /is a bit tatty round the edges but has some good upgrades, Remus 4 into 1, outback seat, old style Krauser luggage set and a rentec handlebar conversion. I have just added a pair of R1 bluespot calipers, a new hagon rear shock and a thing called a Tortuno chain oiler which does not rely on vacuum or electrics to operate. Looking forward to getting some miles in on the old girl now. cheers .

[Tiger]

  Hey Chris, welcome to the crazy gang hang out mate

Coventry City fan by any chance??

John.

[canalchris]

Hey Chris, welcome to the crazy gang hang out mate

Coventry City fan by any chance??

John.

Never been into football, would rather watch paint dry!!   

[fj11.5]

welcome mate,, watching paint dry is a hell of a lot more exciting than football, cricket, golf,  tennis,and so on and ect ect 

[yamaha fj rider]

Sounds good Chris, how do you like the shock?

Kurt

[ribbert]

welcome mate,, watching paint dry is a hell of a lot more exciting than football, cricket, golf,  tennis,and so on and ect ect 

.....and you only need one ball for those sports.

[rktmanfj]

welcome mate,, watching paint dry is a hell of a lot more exciting than football, cricket, golf,  tennis,and so on and ect ect 

So says a lot of folks who never played...