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    I was just looking my bike over, and I noticed how many of the parts that were on the bike when I bought it have been swapped out or replaced. I think the list of what's left is shorter than what's been replaced.
    Here's the list of what's still there:
    Speedometer
    Triple Clamp
    Upper brake hose
    Electrical harness
    Engine
    Tool box
    Rear Master Cylinder & brake hose
    Swing arm
    Rear inner fender
    Right side cover
    That's about it. Everything else has been replaced or swapped out.
    What's left of the original parts on YOUR bike?

  • #2
    On my E I have replaced:
    fork springs
    exhaust
    air filter (K&N)
    coils/wires
    main jets
    pilot jets (one was bad)
    brake hoses (for SS hoses)
    front master cylinder
    but I still have all the original parts that I took off.
    The bike came to me with the bucket touring seat (bought new with the bike by the original owner) but I also have a NOS OEM seat.
    So I am able to put the bike back to OEM condition (tho I wouldn't put the old brake hoses back on)

    On my LG I have replaced:
    exhaust
    air filter (K&N)
    main jets
    front master cylinder
    handlebars
    seat cover
    speedometer (140 MPH now)
    pistons (1196 big bore)
    but I still have all the original parts except the speedometer.
    So, I can put this one back to OEM condition too (cosmetically) too.
    Pat Kelly
    <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

    1978 XS1100E (The Force)
    1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
    2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
    1999 Suburban (The Ship)
    1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
    1968 F100 (Valentine)

    "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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    • #3
      What's original left on mine?

      HMM...

      Oh, yeah, the screw that holds the helmet lock to the frame!

      Just kidding, but too much has been replaced to list. Frame, Motor, tank, wiring harness and triple trees are original for sure.

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      • #4
        Is that good?

        What happened to the bulletproof rep these bike had????

        I'm sure they are still some of the most reliable units out.
        1981 XS 1100SH (Big Red)
        89 Club Car (ELECTRIC so it doesnt have a damn carb, thank God)

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        • #5
          lorenc,

          Yes, these bikes are very reliable when you have them put together right. You don't know the history of the Swmp Thing. click on my www for the whole story

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          • #6
            A lot of the parts replaced on mine were just upgraded or spare parts that I have made pretty/overhauled to install at a future time. Some (frame & tank) were because of the wreck, and others were just for cosmetic reasons. I have recently restored/rebuilt all of the parts associated with the front end of a Midnight Special, and transplanted them onto my bike. I stripped and polished the MNS calipers and swapped them out. All I need to restore from the MNS is the rear turn signals, and swap them onto my bike and the transformation will be complete. I will finally have the bike blacked out to my taste.

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            • #7
              the only parts that have changed on mine is the air filter,oil and the exaust pipes but they are still oem pipes...has still got the original plugs in i think.....oh and the tyres of course

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              • #8
                mine is all oem parts except for the mirrors which are JC whipme and saddlebags which are vetter,
                I'm still running the original fuse box
                I have changed the seat and tank, with originals that were in much better shape
                I have oem exhaust, but it is my 3rd set, and they are not in good shape,
                and the brakes and carbs have been rebuilt.
                almost everything has been repainted
                check it out

                http://home.securespeed.us/~xswilly/
                78E main ride, since birth the "good"
                78E Parts, the "bad" fixing up now
                78E Parts the "ugly" maybe next year
                79F Parts
                80G Parts
                75 DT 400B enduro

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                • #9
                  whats left

                  It's all 100% 1979 the way Yamaha shipped it.
                  It's just not running. I gotta get started on this thing.

                  Skip
                  1979 XS1100SF
                  2005 VTX1800S3 ( Dailey ride)

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                  • #10
                    Daily ride and crash...(80G)
                    have R&R rear fender once (needs another tail light lens tho)
                    On third set turns both front/back
                    Second set handle bars and right control and grip

                    Setting on a shelf have parts to put the G back in near perdey condition, altho running low on turn signals
                    ____
                    Hot rod XS........has original frame, maybe original cylinders, final drive and rims, fenders.
                    think EVERYthing else has been changed
                    ____
                    MNS (LG) have about 75 percent original, rest been getting here and there.
                    ____
                    2 of the 79' standards I had the engines running at one time, but too many issues to get em back on the road so some parts have made a few other XSers happy and got em going. Still have yet to evaluate the 81 special and the other XSes were just parts from the get go.


                    mro

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                    • #11
                      Everything on my 1979 standard is original but not original to this bike ... HMMM ... maybe that's why it won't start LOL LOL
                      Rob
                      KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

                      1978 XS1100E Modified
                      1978 XS500E
                      1979 XS1100F Restored
                      1980 XS1100 SG
                      1981 Suzuki GS1100
                      1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
                      1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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                      • #12
                        aaaahh.. what HAVEN'T I replaced? uuummmm.. side covers, front fender, footpegs, fuel tank - yeah that's about it...

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                        • #13
                          eXSessive

                          On a '78 xs750 triple I bought in 1880 that I traded in for my first XJ1100 in ‘82 I had replaced EVERYTHING but the rear fender/taillight, seat, tach, rear wheel and front master cylinder. In the almost two years I had it, everything else was replaced. Starting with the engine when I bought it, to the frame about 2 months before it was traded in.

                          Louis
                          "There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be overcome by
                          brute strength and ignorance" And possibly some Mouse Milk!
                          '82 XJ1100J
                          LED Dir and running lights
                          LED Tail/Brake lights (4) one flashing
                          Modulated H/L
                          PIAA Driving lights
                          YICS Eliminated
                          750 FD

                          Yamaha Factory X-1 Fairing and Luggage

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                          • #14
                            Hi ya lsippell

                            I bought in 1880
                            You type very well for a guy that's 127+ years old



                            mro

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                            • #15
                              The way I feel sometines, I'm not sure it was a typo.

                              Louis
                              "There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be overcome by
                              brute strength and ignorance" And possibly some Mouse Milk!
                              '82 XJ1100J
                              LED Dir and running lights
                              LED Tail/Brake lights (4) one flashing
                              Modulated H/L
                              PIAA Driving lights
                              YICS Eliminated
                              750 FD

                              Yamaha Factory X-1 Fairing and Luggage

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