Nice bike! About time another FJ showed up around here.
Mine's a '90, but they are all basically the same bike. It eats long stretches of hiway as quickly as you dare and you will be comfortable doing it, and corners way better than a 550+ lb bike has a right too. That front wheel carries alot of weight and is
planted.
Supertrapp makes a complete exhaust for these bikes, and it is the only system other than stock that allows access to the oil plug without removal. Everything else I have ever seen has to be completely removed to change the oil, something I'm unwilling to do. I'm looking for a used Supertrapp for mine. The stock system is nice and quiet, with a nice sound when you honk on it, but it's fairly heavy.
The fairings and bodywork are made from ABS plastic and is brittle as hell. Careful anytime you have to work with them. I've heard reports of a vibrational-type buzz at certain RPM, but I've never noticed it on mine. It is an air-cooled, big-bore motor and it makes a fair bit of mechanical clatter at idle, but that disappears as you start moving. You will roast your nads in stop-n-go traffic when it's hot out, the sidepanels have vents in just the wrong place for this, but it's nice when it's cooler out.
I am pretty happy with mine, it is a good mix of long range comfort and decent corning. It has nice low-end power, very torquey for an inline 4, and it gets up and flucks off in a big hurry when you honk on it.
