New projects!!! Yamaha FJ1200
Hi Folks,
Ive recently bought 2 FJ1200′s I bought them quite cheap as they are in a bit of a sorry state, Theres a 93 model and an 87 model,
I plan to fix up the 93 model back to “Standard” and the older one (Which i think looks better!) I’m hoping to make into a custom rat/chopper type bike. I think the older 87 bike looks far better, with the alloy swingarm, antidive forks, nicer wheels with polished rims etc. Don’t laugh, but I’m planning on building the 87 bike with a zombie theme…lol,, thinking of building a zombie face onto the tank… Watch this space!
the 87 bike is undercover in the meantime,
I have already stripped the 93 down to the frame, it was a bit of a struggle, a lot of stiff bolts, but, touchwood, i havent stripped or snapped any bolts so far. I had the engine running, cleaned the carbs and sorted out the wiring, I eventually got it running nice once i sorted the wiring to the coils.
Here are a few pics to show you how I bought them
Man,,, this has been the quickest build ever,,, 4 weeks to get to the point you can see in the pics below,,,, I stripped it to the frame, painted the frame, engine, wheels, swingarm, forks, discs etc. started to polish the rims, polished the footpeg hangers etc,, i just used halfords aerosols, but went over it with a proper lacquer from the paint shop using the airgun,, looks not too bad, and should be quite tough., got the chassis rolling again, exhausts mounted, subframes etc.,,
the throttle cable is kinda holding me back from bolting more bits on….. plenty to do in the meantime,,, still got the plastics to paint, and a couple of repairs here and there,, im goni repaint the silver colour on the plastics and tank, and re-lacquer all the plastics and tank,, should look minted when done…. hopefully in about 2 or 3 weeks…. come on the good weather!!!!!!,,, im hoping the second gear will be ok i haven’t drove the bike since i bought it in boxes!!, ive been reading a few articles saying how weak it is, hopefully the 93 engine should be ok,,
Heres a short video of the first start up video………..loads of smoke,, but this is the paint burining away from the exhausts and the engine,,, i had a wee bottle of wine to celebrate…lol,,, so if my spelling is off,, you know why…lol…
I also got the plastics laquered today ill post some more pics tomorrow :-)
:-)
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