cant thank you enough ken for bringing back some historical bikes and documenting them before they are gone. living history

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 !!

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

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.

Had a FJ 1200 1988 bought new in Canada and took on some long trips into USA

Those FJs are awesome. That one looks immaculate.

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 .

In 2022 that bike is still a very stylish power house..just like an cr500 a power house 4 life

Cool how the bike looks black until you get close and notice its blue!

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

Ooh sweat sound of memories, had exactly the same spec in Belgium: no kids back then

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!

thats a real beauty looks like it just rolled out the showroom

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.

Incredible looking machine , just beautiful .

Awsome bike, I had a fj1100 back in the day ,thnx for bringing us classics 👌

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.

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 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

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 have a 1986 FJ1200, we are just finishing the motor with a 1250 kit from RPM. Excited to try!

Personally I like the Eddie Lawson replica Kawasaki but this is very sweet. The more I look the more I like.

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.

Aside from dirt bikes. I have a Suzuki B king that I love riding it’s fast as hell and very comfortable to ride.

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.

If that FJ 1200 is for sale I don’t know if I can resist 🎉.

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. 👍❤️🇬🇧

Very nice!

I had an '86. Second gear was crispy after 125k but it still ran like stink. Early brakes sucked too.

I have an '89 fj1200 in black. Fast and fun. Curve loving bike. Needs a new choke cable. And carb work

Excellent condition, nice running bike

Preciosa moto

Клас, один з моїх улюблених байків....

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.

super smooth powerful bikes i had the 1100

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!

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Hello great material very nice mounted ;)

That color got me ...a midnightblue wow

Used by the french police for years as well as a Yamaha tdm

Man that bike looks and sounds good!!..

Another great video! You guys ever have an FZ750 come through ?

That cool! Now back to big bore two strokes 😂💪

ken makes this bike look small lmao

No mention at all of the year??? Not in the headline or the video. Year??

nice bike ...never seen a black one...thought they were all red and white

-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.

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 ?!?!?

Value 10K +

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?

Is the Bike still available?

Valve clearance check? O-ring or X-ring chain?

Мой рост 167см.как он для меня будет ?смогу я ч ним справиться?

Sounds like a Diesel , who tuned it ? a diesel mechanic ?

Can you drag it against a k1200rs. Flying brick.? 🇨🇦

What is the selling price?

Wish i had one...did they ever had gold wheels in this color...

What helmet are you using there?

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..

How much u want for it?

Nice!

This bike, or a Harley? Which would you choose?