Yamaha FJ1200 1993 ABS PROJECT RUSTY HELGA!

[Bones]

Great work, you've got some different ideas from the rest with your rebuild, can't wait to see the finished product, keep us posted.

[MLdesigns]

Cheers bones. I like to do things different and most the time my ambition out weighs my skill but ive gotta try.

[rlucas]

...most of the time my ambition outweighs my skill...

Okay...

Found my new sig line. It's a good day.

[FJmonkey]

The Monkey likes it...

[giantkiller]

Wow that's friggin awesome. I really like the shorter tail and the lights. What are, and where do you get the really bright LEDs for the brake light?

[MLdesigns]

ok so the leds are from phenoptics a company on ebay they are called neon red leds the light above is a ebay special again its a third brake light thats billet cased i i flush mounted it to keep it clean.

glad you all like the bike
glad the monkey approves aswell

i havent added my tag line yet

[MLdesigns]

So its been a long time since ive posted and alot of that is due to changes in life. Firstly i got a new job in january im now an apprentice tech for harley davidson.
This means my hours at work have increased so free times decreased.

secondly rusty helga became more than just a little rusty. I took the swingarm off and it looked like a shotgun had been taken to it. So there i was with an fj that would more than likley hit  the road again.

So i bought a new one. It was stunning its a 3cv in white red an silver and had low millege so i rode that from october until the 4th of feb this year when a cager cut me up at 30mph and knocked me and my girl into the central reservation.

The insurance wrote it off on a cat D which in the uk means un economical repair so i can put her back on the road so thats what in doing but new and different. Pics to follow tomorrow when im on the pc.

[MLdesigns]

ok so as i said i will be posting some pics so here goes.

as i meantioned helga was doomed she had been layed waste by the dreaded tin worm my plans to make her epic were in tatters.


so...... i bought another fj. i knew from that one ride 3 streets away from the house i had to have one i was in love.

so i got a fj1200 1989 in white silver and red.
i paid 480 british pounds for it as it was listed as a non runner with all problems pointing to the carbs..........
well i went to pick it up and the guy had just re charged the battery he put the key in and pressed the start button and guess what
IT FIRED INTO LIFE the guys face dropped because he had been trying for about a month.
we picked it up in the work van which had a tail lift we put it on the tail lift and with me and the boss on the lift it wouldnt go up!
we had a load of matteress in the back (i used to work for a second hand furniture charity)
we rapped my baby in mats and strapped her to the side of the van and took the 4 hour drive home.

so after some fetling with the carbs it was runing like a champ but the shock was toast and the cans sounded terrible netas.
i changed the cans for some vtr 1000 cans that i re worked to fit and they sounded amazing.
next i recovered the seat which wasnt the best job and fitted blue spots.
then i changed the wheels for a red set that i got from a good friend with good avons with loads of meat on them for 100 pounds.
i changed the sprockets and chain for the d.i.d xring gold kit i had and fitted my luggage.

she stayed like this until i was knocked off in feburary this year. heres some pics and video.












the next video is after i was knocked off so if u dont wannt to see a very sorry fj dont look guys.



so i was faced with a problem i needed a bike but my fj was gone being examined for the insuarnce to try and work out if she was saveable.so in the mean time i bought a suzuki bandit mk1 1200 which had been fettled a bit by my best mate started to ride that.


thats my youngest daughter on the bike shes my little mascott she loves the bikes.
the bike is far from stock and is a work in progress...............HERES THE THING  its not my fj i love the bandit for what it is but its not the powerhouse of an engine like the fj was....

so the claim went through i got paid out 1,580 for then bike and then they gave me back the fj they cat D it because it was un economical repair. 
so i couldnt justify keeping it becase of the work to fix it and cost involved.... i was about to start breaking it when it dawned on me i will bring her back to life using helga as the engine donner. so now the builds back on.

so heres where im now at with helga mk2 aka fj1200x

id shortened down the tail so it would be a solo seat bike.......



i orginally tried to modify the side panels so it looked stock but sorter but i didnt like it so i started to trelis the subframe.
also because the subframe was from a 3xw and mk2 is a 3cv i had to re weld the tank mount because once ide stretched the mounts out to fit the non rummber mount frame the tank wouldnt bolt down.
i then mocked the 3xw fairing onto the 3cv


it looked good but dated and then i got offered some new lights from a cbr600 f4i which i orginally turned down. the more it ticked in my head the more i wanted to do it so i did.....









it has been given new suspension aswell i have a thunderace front end for it and at the rear i have a hyabusa swingarm and gsxr 750 rear wheel.

theres still loads to do and i have a picture of it in the sun to pst once i upload it but thats another day.

goodnight and i hope this hasnt been too wordy.

oh and the tank on the bike in the pics is my turbo tank so for now thats going on the shelf as she will be naturally asperated for at least a year.

enjoy and ride safe.....