FJ 900?!?

Hi everyone,
A friend of mine is offering to give me her Yamaha FJ 900 which is sitting
around in need of repairs in England. Thing is, I can't find anything about
the 900, least of all a nice Haynes manual for it. What's going on? Has it
been mistaken for a 600? I'm sure she wouldn't have got this wrong.
Perhaps a big bore?

Thanks,
Josh

 

If it's an FJ, its either an 1100 or 1200
If it's a 900 it's an XJ, which came in 600(only chain driven XJ), 750 and
900

I'd say its an XJ900 you're looking at. Talk to Clem.

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In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:51:17 GMT

Nope, it can be a 600.

I rode one in Canada.

Zebee

 

Probably an XJ rebadged for a different market.

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They put the "9" upside-down?

Bet it sucked in those Newfies.

 

And just to confuse matters the Excessive Eleven was called the XJ1100 in
some markets at the end of it's model run.
Clem

 

Okay, thanks. That's something to go on, and I'll have to make sure my
friend wasn't just being ditsy at the time.

BTW, I love countersteering and have heard enough times you can't on a
shafty - how much will I miss it?

Josh

 

i wouldnt worry about that , its the wheelies that you will really miss

 

And I was so busy crapping on about the XJ1100 that I didn't notice that
you'd missed the father of them all; the XJ650.
Clem
(and it just occurred to me that the XJ900F came in a few year model
designations so one of them may have been a "J")
(A google for Yamaha FJ900 brings up so many hits that I'm starting to
believe that some versions of the XJ were called FJ in Japan and parts of
Europe)

 

dont for get xj650

 

Their wood stoves burnt well!

Hammo

 

Oh, you'll be fine in the NORTHERN hemisphere! It's only below the
equator that you get problems, it's because the coriolis effect
cancels the counter-steering moment of force.

All of the problems we have with non-counter-steering shafties could
be solved by simply running the engine in the opposite direction, but
then you'd have to change the camshafts, ignition system, etc.

Happy to help!


BTH

 

....or just interchanging the sprockets, big one up front.
....or turn the ignition key the other way...
....mount the handlebars to the packrack, go backwards...
....punch a hole in the alternator cover and mount the chain/sprockets on the
other side
....oh shit, just f&^%ed myself, this was about shafties, eh?

Pete
....even happier to help more !!

 

Surely you'd have to reverse the tyres so that they didn't get waterlogged,
too?

 

Knobdoodle said....

I thought that it was named after a certain model of Holden due to their
similar performance figures.....

 

Same reason the XJ was named after a Jaguar?
Clem

 

Nah, you just put the tubes on the *outside*, silly!

(That also gives you a lot better mileage out of the tyres).


BTH

 

Knobdoodle said....

Persackly. Big, heavy, sluggish performers, but offer a comfortable
ride.

 

Who will be the first to mention his wife?

 

Baaah humbug you're just baiting me Taylor ! I refuse to bite !

JL
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250Km/hr, bog stock, in 1974
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