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Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still own -
They look very protective like a cradle...
JohnJohn is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)
Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
'81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine
"Not all treasure is silver and gold"Comment
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Yeah, very unusual. The bottom loops down really low for some reason. The bolt holes match so here's hoping. It a bit of a pig in a bag I know but for $40 I don't mind the risk and if they do fit, they'll look amazing all chromed up
Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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Mount extra fog lights inside lower loop....
JohnJohn is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)
Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
'81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine
"Not all treasure is silver and gold"Comment
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Good idea
Seems they were designed with that in mind.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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They look great!
I've fitted one to get an idea of how they will look once I've re chromed them. As soon as I do that, I'll post more pics.
Dan.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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Just got my quote from Astor Metal Finishes
$295.00! That includes $35 courier fees. Oh well, it's only money.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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They did chrome up nicely!
I'll get them on the bike for more pics as soon as I can.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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Just for reference, how much did it cost to have them rechromed? And did you do the rust pit removal, or did the chrome shop do it all?
Those were pretty kgnarley to start with.
Do you have such a thing as EPA down there?
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$295 for the lot. Astor Metal Finishes did the job. They did everything. I've used them before on an exhaust system. They take care of all environmental issues.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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They're on...
I took a few pics because I can't describe them adequately with words. I think they look sensational but I would after unloading $300 on them.
Bike needed a wash but it was raining. I'm sure you get the idea though.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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Those things are awesome!Nathan
KD9ARL
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore RooseveltComment
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Thanks Nate, I think they must have been custom built some time in the dim, dark past. I've never seen anything like them.Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
1196 Big Bore Kit.Comment
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Aren't glad now that you didn't buy mine?
Those things are awesome. They can almost be used as cruising footrests.
btw - I still have one set of mine left BUMP, BUMP AGAIN.1980G Standard, Restored
Kerker 4 - 1
850 Rear End Mod
2-21 Flashing LED Arrays on either side of license plate for Brake Light Assist, 1100 Lumen Cree Aux Lights,
Progressive springs, Showa rear shocks
Automatic CCT
1980GH Special, Restored
Stock Exhaust, New Handlebars, 1" Spacer in Fork Springs, Automatic CCT, Showa Rear Shocks
'82 XJ1100 (Sold)
Automatic CCT, RC Engineering 4 X 1 Exhaust, K&N Pods, #50 Pilot Jets, YICS Eliminator. Sorely missed.Comment
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The sets you show in pic make next to impossible to get feet on road pegs IF and when the lowers are on the Vetter fairing.......JAT to keep in mindHi Folks,
I'm selling a couple of case guard sets I took off my bikes.
One of them was billed as being stainless steel but it is not of the marine grade ss. Both are straight and will fit any of our XSs, even the XJ. They do have a little bit of surface rust which will polish out easily enough.
I'll let them go for $20 each, plus shipping. They'll probably fit in those 'if it fits, it ships' USPS boxes, so you're looking at about $15 shipping.
Here's what one of them looks like:
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Here's what the ss set looks like:
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I've since gone to three point sets. They are very hard to find, I looked for over two years on ebay to find a set. Now I have them on both my bikes.
Thanks
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81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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