Bike photos

[3Phase]

Originally posted by chrisso
heres mine 1980 XS1100. Just finished painting & airbrushing it, few more bits to fix-just had clutch rebuilt, new basket, plates-still got to fit actuator parts.

Nice! The turn signals actually look pretty good on the oil cooler and the spoke rims are classic.

Regards,

Scott

[chrisso]

Gota go-- More Tomorrow

[chrisso]

Rims are Akront Alloy. Rear is 18'' x 2.5 with 130/80 rear tyre.
Need lots of elbow grease to make em shine Lites were done before I got bike,I think they same as Speed Triple

[Special Ed]

Oh such purty bikes! I want to give my bike a facelift. Any tips on how to deal with the aluminium grung on the engine? I've been told by pro's that it is beyond buffing, but painting traps heat. What to do?
E.Liberty

[jetmechmarty]

Aluminum corrosion

Any tips on how to deal with the aluminum grunge on the engine?

You're going to have to get after it with sandpaper. You get progressively finer until you're buffing. It's a lot of work!

There must be a thread about it here someplace.

[Wildkat]

hey Ed...

I use micromesh... You can usually find it on E-bay for less than the stores... It's an aircraft windshield grade polishing cloth that comes in extremely fine grades... the 6000 grit will bring a HIGH shine to your engine...
Like Marty said... it takes a lot of work and time... but WELL worth the effort...

[egleaves]

Anybody seen this one yet?

410 cubic inch Gunbus

[Dan Hodges]

Attila's 08 Summer Pictures

Here is Attila after some (minor treaking) for the summer of 08. Hopefully Miss Kat will include him in her next dirty dozen

[Axel]

2008 XJ1100

Where is the last dirty dozen ?

[CarolynS]

Took this picture today

My XS next to about $30K?
Full Dresser HD and a Heritage.

I think it looks better...

And I KNOW it's faster!!

You gotta love it...

[Dan Hodges]

Re: Took this picture today

Originally posted by CarolynS
My XS next to about $30K?
Full Dresser HD and a Heritage.

I think it looks better...

And I KNOW it's faster!!

You gotta love it...

As you know MS Carolyn, things are different on a Harley but I must admit, your seat "the Harley's" looks pretty nice.

[CarolynS]

I'm pretty proud

of my XS!
She definitely can hold her own!

After almost 30 years, she's doing alright!

[Dan Hodges]

Re: I'm pretty proud

Originally posted by CarolynS
of my XS!
She definitely can hold her own!

After almost 30 years, she's doing alright!

I believe those are "Mac" turn outs you have on your XS and they look good on that bike. Compared to stock pipes, how would you rate their noise level? I have a Super/Trapp 4-1 header on mine now but I plan on taking the Super/Trapp off once I'm finished playing with the horsepower thing and I have a new set of Mac's like yours with Jet Hotted (sterling silver color) head pipes that I think would look good on mine. The head pipes on the Mac system look better than the Jardine Spaghetti system I think as the spaghetti pipes have a clutterd look in front of the bike. The head pipes on the Mac's are bad about turning blue and that's why I had mine Jet Hotted. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though when it comes to choosing pipes and so forth. Actually I have a set of spaghetti's in addition to my pristine originals as I have tried them all at one time or another. Be careful on your Harley and don't get run over by some nut case on a 600 crotch rocket or worse yet, a pair of silver haired ladies in a Buick Lesabre. When I see a Buick Lesabre, Mercury Marquis or Ford Crown Vic, I head for the curb and or ditch because AARP members will run you down.

[trbig]

Hey Dan, could you take a couple good pics of those Jet Hotted pipes for me? I have always been curious as to how the silver would look.

Thanks.

Tod

[John]

Dan

I have a set of those Mac turn outs on my Bagger, and to be honest, I think they suck! I don't like the sound of them, and I personally don't like the looks. I was forced to ride the bagger for a week, and I disliked those pipes more every time I rode it. Wildkat has a set of Mac taper tip pipes on her bike, and I don't care for them either. Neither set will tuck up snugly against the muffler/footpeg bracket like the stock pipes do. My daily ride has the spaghetti pipes on it. Granted, the spaghetti pipes don't fit up against the bracket as well either, but I much prefer the sound and appearance of the Jardines over the Macs. The sound issue may just be the lack of a cross over pipe on the Macs.
Need some one to take those Jardines off your hands?