Back in the Day I would ride from Oklahoma City to Dallas with good friends of mine and we'd tear Dallas up . Two guys had BMW's a K 100 and a totally tricked out Cafe 1000 . I had my Ninja 900 and the other guy had what I'd call the nicest FJ 1100 I'd ever seen ( until now ) . His had F1r mufflers and it was sweet . I thought I had the rocket of the bunch but when we rode at 100mph + I learned differently . Whenever we wicked them open at that speed I was downshifting or I had ride at high rpms . All he had to do was whack the throttle open or maybe downshift once and it was GONE ! Beautiful bike.... PK
Awesome bike. I despatched the 1100 as a courier in the UK. Smooth and powerful with amazing low speed handling and great weather protection. The dogs in the gearbox eventually gave up after about a 100,000 miles, hardly surprising given the relentless abuse I gave it. I was on it for up to 14 hours a day and dont ever remember getting a sore backside. Great memories !!
@@mr.m325 the only 500 I had was the truly souless gs500e. Started oñ my zxr 750, 2 X gt 550, 2 × gt 750, 125 dt, gsx1100e, fj1100, 3 x k1100lt's and 2 x r100rt's etc,. I did well over a million miles and you need big low stress engines to soak up the mileage
I had an FJ1100 and after a couple of hours my fingers were tingling with the vibration. Other than that it was the best bike I ever had (never rode the 1200 though).
I have owned both the 11 and 1200s and can attest to the how great these bikes are, in fact I've just finished completely restoring my 87 1200 and plan on putting some serious miles on it soon. Criminally underrated bikes that handle really well with stone axe reliability. A real credit to the design team.
This sounds and goes way better than the yellow bike you demoD They are known as the torque master general some hill climb guys actually put these engines in car set ups they are so grunty and aircooled simplicity make them absolute tanks in durability .
I had a 1993 FJ1200 ABS which believe it or not I got in early 1995 as a new leftover at a substantial discount. The Ninja had come into vogue and these were considered old hat. I’m now 70 and to this day this was by far the best and my most favorite bike ever. I wish I still had it. If I had seen this video the day it came out I would have been tempted to buy it. The 89 color scheme you have here is my favorite it was just beautiful. The torque that engine produced was unreal. What an amazing machine.
Bummer, looks like I missed the auction on this fine FJ. I have the same bike, though in much rougher shape. Great bikes these FJ's. Fast, comfortable, super stable, well handling machines.
I bought an '89 way back when they were new and I still ride it. Great bike. Check your owner's manual, they don't have 6.5 gallons. IIRC it is more like 5.8. I only run ethanol free because I found the ethanol causes corrosion in the carbs. Evil stuff. Mine is just as fast as it was 33 years ago but I've slowed down myself!
Really nice bike! I’m missing where the camera guy used to throw the mic to ken sr! And Ken would catch it and it was pretty cool, bring the mic back! God bless America 🇺🇸
I drive a 92 FJ1200ABS I'VE ADDED 3/4" bar Risers and an inflatable seat pad on Corbin saddle. I can't imagine a more comfortable bike with an insane scream and growl. A beautiful stable tourer or sstraight up drag bike.
The Manic Mechanic is right. Shell VPower is the best 93 out there. Could feel the extra power and snappier throttle response in my foxbody. My MT09 also loves it.
Great bikes! ... I had a red/white '86, fast, fun, handled great and reliable. That thing would get up to triple digit speeds like nothing, miss that bike.
i still have one. Some years back the 1100er, now the 1200. Great bike, one of the best ever built. Specially for the swiss-alps too, there are some old movies on channel, terrible quality😂many years back
@@thomaslouis5626 rad! I love my b king I was on the hunt for one for a while and finally one popped up in my area low miles very clean. I’m tall guy and it fits me well! On my channel I put a vid of a walk around of the b king check it out 😎
This year i sold my 2019 gixxer 1k and 2012 cbr1000rr and I left with realbime gsxr1100 well tuned in red/black paint... Look stunning and sounds even better... A real man bike.
At one time this is my dream bike. I used to commute a long way on the freeway is very early in the morning and I was driving a 500 cc Kawasaki ninja I think it was an EX 500 at the time and I like the sport bikes and a friend at work had one of these and we swapped bikes for a couple days and I have those long early morning freeway commute with nobody else on the road these were amazing and luckily I didn’t get a ticket. My tastes have completely changed but these were fast powerful and incredibly comfortable all at the same time. You could ride for three or four hours on these with no problem yet it was still sporty and fun and kind of huge but that’s crazy on a freeway. I loved it for that reason it was a very comfortable practical supervisor do you spend a lot of time on.
I used to ride one of these in a lighter shade of blue. I was amazed at the top end of this bike for the time as when you were up there, it would feel like a giant hand trying to pull you off the bike due to the aerodynamics. Should never have sold it.
Same year and colour as my 3cv model, sounds great with Lazer sports end cans and handles a hell of a lot better with an fzr 1000 exup rear wheel and progressive front springs. 👍❤️🇬🇧
Iv owned the 88 model from new bought in Elizabeth Street Melbourne Yamaha city back in the 80s after many years and KMs without any issues i decided to trade her in for my other Yamaha FJR 1300 06 which iv also owned from new these FJ series and the FJR series are absolutely bulletproof smooth reliable and fast iv just ticked over 167 KMs im going to ride her as far and as long as im still around im 65 and have been riding since the 60s love hearing the whirl of the 4 cylinder engine made by Yamaha a very good long distance sports tourer and so very comfortable you can sit on 1 all day every day without any aches and pain's compared to some of the bike's they make nowadays also amazing bike to just ride very relaxed around the city some of the bikes you will struggle to do that with these days and then cost a fortune or an arm and a leg 🦵
I had an -84 FJ1100 and I loved it. Sorry to say but it have had a long journey before in history and a lot of things were no too great anymore. For instance the camchain was slack and it was wery difficult to strechen the cam chain. another thing was about the second gear. It was not reliable. I tried to make the best out of it but had to sell it after a while. Now I long for an FJ1200 with better brakes, more modern tire size and other things. It is a great sports tourer!
One beautiful bike. I always liked those. They were both quick and reliable. *****Is it safe to run Shell V-Power in my RZ 350, since Non-Ethanol is very hard to find where I live in Louisiana? Was thinking about running the same in my Gas Gas dirtbike, if you think that's safe. Lastly, since I don't know how to work on dirtbikes, do you think it's a good idea to get insurance for the GasGas dirtbike?
Shell stations are dirty ghandi Marts here 😢 45mins from the museum.. so if you want fresh clean snacks and cigs for good prices you still have too go too a Cumberland… I pay at the pump that’s not broken at shell I don’t even go in you get sick from the place & clientele.
He don’t Stop and he won’t stop !!! Mr Kap‼️ will u be at Stright Rhythm this weekend in HB Cali ??? Are u planning on Super Cross in SoCal this year ?!?!?
-Still have the Classic Bike mag that caused me go out and buy an 84 with the bum 2nd gear. Awesome bike neverthe less But am eternally suprised that the youtubes are devoid of examples have never seen one at a gathering swapmeet jumble or otherwise ...strange.
can you get a new gsxr 1000/ bmw 1000/ zx 1000/ see how they stack up with a pipes/ tune 210++ hp .. felling.. please tell/ or a turbo BUSA 400hp=500 hp ++ +++ be awesome wow factor thanks..
cant thank you enough ken for bringing back some historical bikes and documenting them before they are gone.
living history
How much u want for it?
Back in the Day I would ride from Oklahoma City to Dallas with good friends of mine and we'd tear Dallas up . Two guys had BMW's a K 100 and a totally tricked out Cafe 1000 . I had my Ninja 900 and the other guy had what I'd call the nicest FJ 1100 I'd ever seen ( until now ) . His had F1r mufflers and it was sweet . I thought I had the rocket of the bunch but when we rode at 100mph + I learned differently . Whenever we wicked them open at that speed I was downshifting or I had ride at high rpms . All he had to do was whack the throttle open or maybe downshift once and it was GONE ! Beautiful bike.... PK
Awesome bike. I despatched the 1100 as a courier in the UK. Smooth and powerful with amazing low speed handling and great weather protection. The dogs in the gearbox eventually gave up after about a 100,000 miles, hardly surprising given the relentless abuse I gave it. I was on it for up to 14 hours a day and dont ever remember getting a sore backside. Great memories !!
great story....interested...you must have been the rare courier with a liter bike ??? you must have had a few CX500 cohorts?
@@mr.m325 the only 500 I had was the truly souless gs500e. Started oñ my zxr 750, 2 X gt 550, 2 × gt 750, 125 dt, gsx1100e, fj1100, 3 x k1100lt's and 2 x r100rt's etc,. I did well over a million miles and you need big low stress engines to soak up the mileage
I had an FJ1100 and after a couple of hours my fingers were tingling with the vibration. Other than that it was the best bike I ever had (never rode the 1200 though).
I have owned both the 11 and 1200s and can attest to the how great these bikes are, in fact I've just finished completely restoring my 87 1200 and plan on putting some serious miles on it soon. Criminally underrated bikes that handle really well with stone axe reliability.
A real credit to the design team.
a shame they are so heavy
Those FJs are awesome. That one looks immaculate.
Had a FJ 1200 1988 bought new in Canada and took on some long trips into USA
This sounds and goes way better than the yellow bike you demoD They are known as the torque master general some hill climb guys actually put these engines in car set ups they are so grunty and aircooled simplicity make them absolute tanks in durability .
Cool how the bike looks black until you get close and notice its blue!
I had a 1993 FJ1200 ABS which believe it or not I got in early 1995 as a new leftover at a substantial discount. The Ninja had come into vogue and these were considered old hat. I’m now 70 and to this day this was by far the best and my most favorite bike ever. I wish I still had it. If I had seen this video the day it came out I would have been tempted to buy it. The 89 color scheme you have here is my favorite it was just beautiful. The torque that engine produced was unreal. What an amazing machine.
My friend had one of those what a great bike fantastic seating position beautiful roll on of power great ride a really really nice bike
In 2022 that bike is still a very stylish power house..just like an cr500 a power house 4 life
Bummer, looks like I missed the auction on this fine FJ. I have the same bike, though in much rougher shape. Great bikes these FJ's. Fast, comfortable, super stable, well handling machines.
It hasnt been listed yet! Call us 860 454 7024
I had many this fj1200 in Bashkortostan Russia 1996-2007
I bought an '89 way back when they were new and I still ride it. Great bike. Check your owner's manual, they don't have 6.5 gallons. IIRC it is more like 5.8. I only run ethanol free because I found the ethanol causes corrosion in the carbs. Evil stuff. Mine is just as fast as it was 33 years ago but I've slowed down myself!
Ooh sweat sound of memories, had exactly the same spec in Belgium: no kids back then
Really nice bike! I’m missing where the camera guy used to throw the mic to ken sr! And Ken would catch it and it was pretty cool, bring the mic back! God bless America 🇺🇸
I think , Ronnie , is the new cam-man...You know the deal....he is doing a great job....hope he's getting paid well
Incredible looking machine , just beautiful .
Awsome bike, I had a fj1100 back in the day ,thnx for bringing us classics 👌
thats a real beauty looks like it just rolled out the showroom
I have a 1986 FJ1200, we are just finishing the motor with a 1250 kit from RPM. Excited to try!
I drive a 92 FJ1200ABS I'VE ADDED 3/4" bar Risers and an inflatable seat pad on Corbin saddle. I can't imagine a more comfortable bike with an insane scream and growl. A beautiful stable tourer or sstraight up drag bike.
The Manic Mechanic is right. Shell VPower is the best 93 out there. Could feel the extra power and snappier throttle response in my foxbody. My MT09 also loves it.
Great bikes! ... I had a red/white '86, fast, fun, handled great and reliable. That thing would get up to triple digit speeds like nothing, miss that bike.
Personally I like the Eddie Lawson replica Kawasaki but this is very sweet. The more I look the more I like.
If that FJ 1200 is for sale I don’t know if I can resist 🎉.
It will be sold at ebay next week
i still have one. Some years back the 1100er, now the 1200. Great bike, one of the best ever built. Specially for the swiss-alps too, there are some old movies on channel, terrible quality😂many years back
Aside from dirt bikes. I have a Suzuki B king that I love riding it’s fast as hell and very comfortable to ride.
Awesome! I have a Bking too! They are rare bikes and I've seen 2 since I bought it in 2009 as a leftover.
I bought a 2020 Vmax 1700 last year. They are both very quick in a unique way
@@thomaslouis5626 rad! I love my b king I was on the hunt for one for a while and finally one popped up in my area low miles very clean. I’m tall guy and it fits me well! On my channel I put a vid of a walk around of the b king check it out 😎
Another great video! You guys ever have an FZ750 come through ?
I had an '86. Second gear was crispy after 125k but it still ran like stink. Early brakes sucked too.
This year i sold my 2019 gixxer 1k and 2012 cbr1000rr and I left with realbime gsxr1100 well tuned in red/black paint... Look stunning and sounds even better... A real man bike.
At one time this is my dream bike. I used to commute a long way on the freeway is very early in the morning and I was driving a 500 cc Kawasaki ninja I think it was an EX 500 at the time and I like the sport bikes and a friend at work had one of these and we swapped bikes for a couple days and I have those long early morning freeway commute with nobody else on the road these were amazing and luckily I didn’t get a ticket.
My tastes have completely changed but these were fast powerful and incredibly comfortable all at the same time. You could ride for three or four hours on these with no problem yet it was still sporty and fun and kind of huge but that’s crazy on a freeway. I loved it for that reason it was a very comfortable practical supervisor do you spend a lot of time on.
Very nice!
I used to ride one of these in a lighter shade of blue. I was amazed at the top end of this bike for the time as when you were up there, it would feel like a giant hand trying to pull you off the bike due to the aerodynamics. Should never have sold it.
Same year and colour as my 3cv model, sounds great with Lazer sports end cans and handles a hell of a lot better with an fzr 1000 exup rear wheel and progressive front springs. 👍❤️🇬🇧
Iv owned the 88 model from new bought in Elizabeth Street Melbourne Yamaha city back in the 80s after many years and KMs without any issues i decided to trade her in for my other Yamaha FJR 1300 06 which iv also owned from new these FJ series and the FJR series are absolutely bulletproof smooth reliable and fast iv just ticked over 167 KMs im going to ride her as far and as long as im still around im 65 and have been riding since the 60s love hearing the whirl of the 4 cylinder engine made by Yamaha a very good long distance sports tourer and so very comfortable you can sit on 1 all day every day without any aches and pain's compared to some of the bike's they make nowadays also amazing bike to just ride very relaxed around the city some of the bikes you will struggle to do that with these days and then cost a fortune or an arm and a leg 🦵
Excellent condition, nice running bike
I have an '89 fj1200 in black. Fast and fun. Curve loving bike. Needs a new choke cable. And carb work
I had an -84 FJ1100 and I loved it. Sorry to say but it have had a long journey before in history and a lot of things were no too great anymore. For instance the camchain was slack and it was wery difficult to strechen the cam chain. another thing was about the second gear. It was not reliable. I tried to make the best out of it but had to sell it after a while. Now I long for an FJ1200 with better brakes, more modern tire size and other things. It is a great sports tourer!
Hello great material very nice mounted ;)
Man that bike looks and sounds good!!..
That color got me ...a midnightblue wow
super smooth powerful bikes i had the 1100
No mention at all of the year??? Not in the headline or the video. Year??
He said 89.
One beautiful bike. I always liked those. They were both quick and reliable. *****Is it safe to run Shell V-Power in my RZ 350, since Non-Ethanol is very hard to find where I live in Louisiana? Was thinking about running the same in my Gas Gas dirtbike, if you think that's safe. Lastly, since I don't know how to work on dirtbikes, do you think it's a good idea to get insurance for the GasGas dirtbike?
I think a 89?
I would think as long as you don't let it sit in the bike for long you'll be ok.
Shell stations are dirty ghandi Marts here 😢 45mins from the museum.. so if you want fresh clean snacks and cigs for good prices you still have too go too a Cumberland… I pay at the pump that’s not broken at shell I don’t even go in you get sick from the place & clientele.
Клас, один з моїх улюблених байків....
He don’t Stop and he won’t stop !!! Mr Kap‼️ will u be at Stright Rhythm this weekend in HB Cali ??? Are u planning on Super Cross in SoCal this year ?!?!?
Sx yes . Rythym no
@@KaplanCycles let us know which SX your attendance will be!! Gotta get my Pic w Mr Kaplan America ‼️👍
I have 1996 made heavy and very comfortable to ride...
Speed 🎉
Preciosa moto
Is the Bike still available?
Yamahaaaaaaaaaaa
!!!!🔊🔊🔊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
Used by the french police for years as well as a Yamaha tdm
That cool! Now back to big bore two strokes 😂💪
Can you drag it against a k1200rs. Flying brick.? 🇨🇦
Valve clearance check? O-ring or X-ring chain?
ken makes this bike look small lmao
nice bike ...never seen a black one...thought they were all red and white
That one is actually a very dark blue. The FJ 1200 came in a pretty wide variety of paint schemes besides red/white.
Sounds like a Diesel , who tuned it ? a diesel mechanic ?
Wish i had one...did they ever had gold wheels in this color...
FJ 1100 and 1200 never had gold wheel from the factory. Gold would have looked great on that paint scheme.
-Still have the Classic Bike mag that caused me go out and buy an 84 with the bum 2nd gear. Awesome bike neverthe less But am eternally suprised that the youtubes are devoid of examples have never seen one at a gathering swapmeet jumble or otherwise ...strange.
Мой рост 167см.как он для меня будет ?смогу я ч ним справиться?
What is the selling price?
How much u want for it?
What helmet are you using there?
6D carbon fiber, the best!
can you get a new gsxr 1000/ bmw 1000/ zx 1000/ see how they stack up with a pipes/ tune 210++ hp .. felling.. please tell/ or a turbo BUSA 400hp=500 hp ++ +++ be awesome wow factor thanks..
wow is the new gixxers making that much power? sort of epic.
they should bring back the yellow and black color scheme
Value 10K +
I got a chance to buy a 1993 fj 1200 for 1000 bucks hear in Canada I’m going to buy it
This bike, or a Harley? Which would you choose?
Nice!