Nico-D wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:17 pmThink you mean 1984 Dave ?daveuprite wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:44 pmLove the colours. Do you remember the cover of Which Bike magazine - about 2004 - where good old Chris Dabbs ragged an FJ1100 knee down ? Back then Yamaha marketed the FJ as a pure sports bike, up against the GPZ900R etc. It didn't take long for buyers to realise it was far more of a tourer. But Chris still mashed the thing into every corner on test, determined to get that shot. Love 'im.
Yes I remember those knee down shots. Think they used the roundabout under the A3 at Esher for a lot of them.
He was an ex courier for the firm that I rode for . Sadly it didn't end well for him, I recall he went to work at MCN but then had an accident and ended up paralysed.
That's right. I think he still does a mechanical advice Q & A thing for MCN, or at least he did for many years. EMAP looked after him well, I don't know about the new owners.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/tw ... 92034.html
IIRC, pre-accident he once went on an overseas press launch and realised in horror as he waited to check in on the outbound flight that the passport he was holding was his sister's!
He got out and back without a problem (little bloke, fresh-faced and blonde hair)!