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  • DavesXS
    XStremely XSive
    • Jun 2008
    • 231
    • Matthews, NC

    #1

    New look for bike(NO 56K!)

    Here is my progress...

    Fire red pearl paint job, 2nd gear fix, 45 pilots, 117.5 mains, new clutch and 10% heaver clutch springs, handle bars, tach and speedo.
    I have a 17" rear wheel on the way, and now in search of front break master cylinder.









  • DavesXS
    XStremely XSive
    • Jun 2008
    • 231
    • Matthews, NC

    #2
    I also got rid of a lot of those wires behind the head light. Still cluttered but better.

    Edit:
    I'd like to move the lines that wrap around the front of the forks. No need for any thing to cross in front of them. That will clean it up in that area.





    And one more...
    Last edited by DavesXS; 07-14-2008, 06:50 PM.

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    • DavesXS
      XStremely XSive
      • Jun 2008
      • 231
      • Matthews, NC

      #3
      Heres the speedo/tach at night.

      I'll have to change the light in the tach to match what looks like arctic white led in the speedo. And a dimmer too. That speedo is like a flash light.

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      • madmax-im
        Master of XSology
        • Sep 2007
        • 6751
        • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

        #4
        Nice!

        cool bike..like the headlamp too and the Red paint looks great.Speedo is way too brite...
        1980 XS650G Special-Two
        1993 Honda ST1100

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        • petejw
          XS-XJ Guru
          • May 2005
          • 2269
          • sydney australia

          #5
          Thats looking very nice!
          pete


          new owner of
          08 gen2 hayabusa


          former owner
          1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
          zrx carbs
          18mm float height
          145 main jets
          38 pilots
          slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
          fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

          [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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          • Jerry
            XS & TRUE XJ GURU
            • Jun 2002
            • 3023
            • Elma, IA.

            #6
            Looking excellent. Add a Tkat fork brace to the front end, will improve the handling and, after a bit of polishing, look good.
            Jerry Fields
            '82 XJ 'Sojourn'
            '06 Concours
            My Galleries Page.
            My Blog Page.
            "... life is just a honky-tonk show." Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut

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            • UncleSpot
              XStremely XSive
              • Jun 2004
              • 383
              • Home: Stockton, California Shop: Lodi, California

              #7
              great looking exhaust - what type of muffler(s) is that?
              I like this a lot more than the usual 4-into-1
              the seat and rear fender are tastefully done as well.
              __________________
              Ron Veil
              <Ron_Veil@yahoo.com>

              1980 XS1100SG

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              • DavesXS
                XStremely XSive
                • Jun 2008
                • 231
                • Matthews, NC

                #8
                Originally posted by UncleSpot
                great looking exhaust - what type of muffler(s) is that?
                I like this a lot more than the usual 4-into-1
                the seat and rear fender are tastefully done as well.
                Thats my custom 4-1-2 exhaust. I made a Y connector, and fit 2 mufflers off an 05 sportster.

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                • chrisso
                  Truly XSive
                  • Jun 2008
                  • 182
                  • Sydney Australia

                  #9
                  Lurve the paint mate-beautiful
                  80 XS11 Standard Australia

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                  • powerram50
                    XSive
                    • May 2008
                    • 92
                    • portland,oregon

                    #10
                    what is that rear fender off of i like it?
                    81 SH for 300 bucks,work in progress.
                    87 dodge d-50,35's,lockers fr&rr,fun.
                    87 dodge d-50,35's,open diffs,wifes.
                    89 dodge spirit,low 17's 1/4mile w/o turbo.

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                    • DavesXS
                      XStremely XSive
                      • Jun 2008
                      • 231
                      • Matthews, NC

                      #11
                      Originally posted by powerram50
                      what is that rear fender off of i like it?
                      Not sure the year but its off a harley

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                      • Brian_D
                        XStremely XSive
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 355
                        • Gardner, KS

                        #12
                        the bike really looks good.

                        I really like the headlight and smaller turn signals. Did you have to make a mounting bracket or did you modify an off the shelf bracket?

                        btw, where did you pick up the black handle bars?

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                        • DavesXS
                          XStremely XSive
                          • Jun 2008
                          • 231
                          • Matthews, NC

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Brian_D
                          the bike really looks good.

                          I really like the headlight and smaller turn signals. Did you have to make a mounting bracket or did you modify an off the shelf bracket?

                          btw, where did you pick up the black handle bars?
                          The PO did the head light. Looks like he made something work.

                          Handle bars came from here

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                          • xs11jack
                            HALF GURU
                            • Nov 2002
                            • 606
                            • O'Fallon, Mo.

                            #14
                            Great Job!!

                            Next thing you know, you will be doing other peoples bikes, and then you'll have this big shop and lots of employees and NO time to do any biking. I am sorry, that wasn't nice, I know you do not want to make lots of money. My Bad!! Again, I apologize, this isn't ending very well. But I am just jelouse, that's all. Like DavesXS said on the pipes. they are great.
                            J.D."Jack" Smith
                            1980G&S "Halfbreed"
                            1978E straight job
                            "We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln

                            Life is like a coin, you can choose to spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once. Make your choices wisely.

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