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How comfortable is it? Is it blue or gray? How come the vacuum advance isn't hooked up? Is the choke lever bent or broke off? How come the rear shocks are painted black? How come you don't have side cover emblems?
79 F full cruiser, stainless brake lines, spade fuses, Accel coils, modded air box w/larger velocity stacks, 750 FD.
79 SF parts bike.
Why don't you have a front fender? Why aren't your handlebar ends capped off? What happened to the stock mirrors? How come you have to turn your petcocks off? How come yours doesn't have the puddle of oil under where you park it like it's supposed to?
Tod
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
this an old picture and this bike is a runner but still under construction, I just got the stock seat redone , also hooked up vacuum advance, ,choke lever straightened , got a fender , tkat f/b replaced aluminum bars and so on
OH! by the way the seat is blue with grey cloth inserts and is very comfortable but quite a bit lower than stock, as for emblems I am doing a color change
the shocks were just flat blacked but I just put on some new ones from part and more, and Im waiting on a rebuild m/c kit and new cup so I can intall the s/s brake lines
You can tell how good a thing you have by how much others pick at it.
Hi Garth,
like it plainly sez, "under construction" right?
It'll look effin' wonderful once it's done, I'm sure. I love the seat you are offering, it looks to be a fair bit longer than the stock seat. If so, my fat arse would like it too. Alas, it seems the seat from a '78 Standard don't have the correct dents underneath to fit on my '80 Special.
Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"
You might want to keep that exhaust until you have the new one dialed in. Sometimes it's such a PITA to get it running right and it's never gonna be as strong as stock was. More noise isn't always the most important thing, or best thing. IMHO
You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...
'78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
Drilled airbox
Tkat fork brace
Hardly mufflers
late model carbs
Newer style fuses
Oil pressure guage
Custom security system
Stainless braid brake lines
Yes, that's what I said. She decided in her infinite puppy-like wisdom that she should maybe eat my original 79 seat. Took 43 people and a midget to keep me off of her. As a result, I need a seat, foam and all. Had heard that maybe cutting my own out of a foam block might be an idea. Might be easier to find one in good shape and throw it on, eh?
"Rat Rod"
79 XS1100 Standard
87 VMAX cans
Cheap Japanese Tires
Cobalt Blue Rattle Can Paint
Custom Lighting on a Budget
Perry Center Fire Department
Perry Emergency Ambulance
"If we don't do it, who will?"
Some people have one of those days, I have one of those lives...
Hi Hammer,
the dear little doggie hasn't done with you yet. Her innards are now full of foam chunks that won't "pass through" but will block her intestines so you'll have to spend a fortune at the Vet's to get her unblocked. Then she'll need extra TLC and expensive special food for the rest of her life. I now realize how fortunate I was that my own dear little Husky-Shepherd cross chose my custom built oak coffee table as a teething aid. I could have wished that she'd chosen one or several of the kindling sticks that were in a log basket right next to my good furniture but I suppose to a dog, one stick is as good as another.
Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"
Get revenge and save on vets bills.....shoot the dog
Tom
1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original
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