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Re: Would welcome opinions on FJ1200 on e-Bay
> Hope you don't mind but stumbled across this FJ1200 on e-bay and would
> dearly appreciate any wisdom regarding what to watch out for. > > I sold my last bike (Suzuki GSF600 W, I think) due to excrutiatingly > painful riding position for a fat old (42) git like me and the piss > poor fuel tank capacity. > > Currently in tyre kicking mode for something capable of a 100m round > trip to work during Summer months, comfy pillion for SWMBO and > reasonable lugage capability, which something like the FJ definitely > has. > > I'm really not interested in the current rocketships and 10, 11, 12 > grand for a new motorcycle beggars belief in my opinion. > > All suggestion, comment or discussion welcome, > I had an earlier non abs one for 6 years. Great bike. Things to look out for:- Rattle coming from the left hand side of the engine - some rattle on idle is fine, rattle under throttle is not . . . . . 1st to 2nd gear change jumping out of gear under load - although the later ones have a better gearbox I believe. Weeping clutch master cylinder (in front of drive sprocket cover). Cheap to fix but a complate bar steward to bleed. Squeaking rear suspension heralds a potential linkage strip down and bush replacement. The exhausts have already been replaced with the usual choice of motads - although I got through a few sets of those, check the collector box. Other than that it's just the usual bits and pieces/consumables, which can be bought very reasonably from the owners club. SWMBO found the FJ comfortable, and if you can just load it up with luggage and you'll not notice a thing. HTH Buzby |
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Re: Would welcome opinions on FJ1200 on e-Bay
Many thanks to you Buzby,
Useful food for thought. Might just take a flyer. Cheers, Pete On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:47:37 +0000 (UTC), "Buzby" <gb@pumpupthe.net> wrote: >> Hope you don't mind but stumbled across this FJ1200 on e-bay and would >> dearly appreciate any wisdom regarding what to watch out for. >> >> I sold my last bike (Suzuki GSF600 W, I think) due to excrutiatingly >> painful riding position for a fat old (42) git like me and the piss >> poor fuel tank capacity. >> >> Currently in tyre kicking mode for something capable of a 100m round >> trip to work during Summer months, comfy pillion for SWMBO and >> reasonable lugage capability, which something like the FJ definitely >> has. >> >> I'm really not interested in the current rocketships and 10, 11, 12 >> grand for a new motorcycle beggars belief in my opinion. >> >> All suggestion, comment or discussion welcome, >> > >I had an earlier non abs one for 6 years. Great bike. > >Things to look out for:- > >Rattle coming from the left hand side of the engine - some rattle on idle is >fine, rattle under throttle is not . . . . . > >1st to 2nd gear change jumping out of gear under load - although the later >ones have a better gearbox I believe. > >Weeping clutch master cylinder (in front of drive sprocket cover). Cheap to >fix but a complate bar steward to bleed. > >Squeaking rear suspension heralds a potential linkage strip down and bush >replacement. > >The exhausts have already been replaced with the usual choice of motads - >although I got through a few sets of those, check the collector box. > >Other than that it's just the usual bits and pieces/consumables, which can >be bought very reasonably from the owners club. SWMBO found the FJ >comfortable, and if you can just load it up with luggage and you'll not >notice a thing. > >HTH > >Buzby > |
