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Offline Yoshi823

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Yamaha FJ1200 3XW ABS
« on: August 21, 2016, 12:26:12 PM »
I bought this bike purely for touring Europe. It was a bit uncared for when I first got it



With gallons of elbow grease & lots of TLC it passed its MoT with no advisories



Then it took Mrs.Yoshi & myself around Europe



But only after the frame needed welding due to some severe corrosion that I found only once I removed the petrol tank from its mounting


« Last Edit: August 21, 2016, 12:29:08 PM by Yoshi823 »
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Offline MarkCR750

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Re: Yamaha FJ1200 3XW ABS
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2016, 05:30:10 PM »
Looks great, scary how hollow sections rust though, the original swing arm on my SOHC was the same.
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