Classic Mile Muncher: 1986 Yamaha FJ1200 for Sale

1986 Yamaha FJ1200 for Sale on eBay
Miles: 21,290
Clean Texas Title
Listing Price: $4,999
Listing Ends: May 25th, 2024

An evolution of Yamaha’s earlier FJ1100 with a slightly larger bore, better suspension, and a bunch of detail changes, the FJ1200 lacked Yamaha’s signature technological innovations with names like “Genesis” and “Deltabox” and instead made do with a large-displacement inline four and a steel twin-spar frame. That inline four was naturally an air and oil-cooled, chain-driven overhead cam, 16-valve unit displacing 1188cc that produced a claimed 130hp. Backed by a five-speed transmission, the 571lb wet machine was capable of over 150mph on its period 16″ wheels. It was decidedly old-school, when compared to the exciting models from Kawasaki and Suzuki like the GPz and GSX-R, but it was big, beefy, and fast, with a more touring bent and less of the others’ boy-racer pretensions. It soldiered on with minor changes until as late as 1996 in some markets, a testament to the bike’s fundamental quality.

21,300 original miles

Newer tires

Completely gone through.

Original paint except tail section and paint needs to be corrected.

Very clean retro Yamaha Motorcycle

It is not perfect has scratches here and there and minor defects that are consistent with older motorcycle but it is well -preserved time capsule.

Clean and clear TX title in hand

Moved from Texas to Missouri recently

AS-IS condition

The FJ1200 obviously isn’t a hard-core sportbike, but it is equally obviously a very practical machine for riders who are of a similar vintage themselves… It’s hard to get a real sense of the bike’s cosmetic condition from the relatively low-resolution images, but it seems to be consistent with the seller’s description. Some of the red panels don’t quite match, but that’s to be expected on a mostly original machine like this one. Miles are pretty low for a sport-touring machine, and the bike appears to be very complete. No mention whether or not it runs currently, unless “completely gone through” encompasses that, but a quick message to the seller should hopefully clarify things. This looks like a very nice, clean example of a practical 80s sportbike, and the $4,999 asking price will probably seem like a bargain in a few years’ time…

-tad