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  • #76
    The main problem with the windshields like this versus a fairing, is that they are mounted to the forks versus the frame. Sidewinds will affect and push/pull the handlebars and be much more work on a trip.

    As for Maximan's bike, as I heard it, it was bought by a guy that buys things for a very rich individual who then had it shipped overseas somewhere. It's probably sitting in someone's humidity controlled private museum and never being ridden.


    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

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    • #77
      Prolly some rich middle eastern oil baron

      Originally posted by trbig View Post
      The main problem with the windshields like this versus a fairing, is that they are mounted to the forks versus the frame. Sidewinds will affect and push/pull the handlebars and be much more work on a trip.

      As for Maximan's bike, as I heard it, it was bought by a guy that buys things for a very rich individual who then had it shipped overseas somewhere. It's probably sitting in someone's humidity controlled private museum and never being ridden.
      Tod
      How sad that "Zilla" is prolly just sitting as a museum piece...and to think I came within a inch of buying it
      Kinda wish I had it...all we have now are some file photos
      1980 XS650G Special-Two
      1993 Honda ST1100

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      • #78
        The Vetter Fairing got how many votes?It's not that ugly



        The view thru the windshield is not that bad..





        '80 XS1100 SG
        Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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        • #79
          Hi Wolf,
          I think you misinterpret the poll results;
          the greatest percentage of "most ugly" votes went to chromed Harley-Farkles followed by Ivan's cherry bomb mod so that the Vetter fairing was really voted "next to best". And if you consider that every voter had seen those three choices or photos of them at least while a comparative few have met Ivan, the Vetter fairing was actually chosen as the most liked.
          Fred Hill, S'toon
          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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          • #80
            Originally posted by fredintoon View Post
            Hi Wolf,
            I think you misinterpret the poll results;
            the greatest percentage of "most ugly" votes went to chromed Harley-Farkles followed by Ivan's cherry bomb mod so that the Vetter fairing was really voted "next to best". And if you consider that every voter had seen those three choices or photos of them at least while a comparative few have met Ivan, the Vetter fairing was actually chosen as the most liked.
            Great minds think alike
            '80 XS1100 SG
            Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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            • #81
              I like the look of the Maxim 1100, but it does a complete 180 with Fairing on it, as well as a windshield.
              Matt
              Maxim 1100
              (aka-Blue Giants Son)

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              • #82
                One of my parts bikes came with a Harley FLH front fender grafted on to it. You know the one with the little running light in the nose. That was pretty ugly.

                Geezer
                Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

                The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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                • #83
                  “What do you guys think about just the clear fairing made by National Cycle?”

                  I’ve had a Plexstar 2 by National Cycle for 5 or 6 years and I wouldn’t ride a freeway mile without it. Some one posted the opinion that a handle bar mounted wind shield tended to blow a rider around by the wind, but that hasn’t been my experience with the Plexstar. In fact I feel much more stable at freeway speeds with it than without it.
                  Plus: looks great!
                  Plus: unlike a Vetter type fairing, you can see through the whole thing so it doesn’t block your view of the road right in front of the bike.
                  Plus: they are relatively inexpensive.
                  As for the ugliest thing ever put on an XS11…


                  Special Ed
                  Old bikers never die, they're just out of sight!

                  My recently re-built, hopped up '79 Special caught fire and burned everything from the top of the engine up: gas tank, wiring, seat, & melted my windshield all over the front of the bike. Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
                  I've been riding since 1959.

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                  • #84
                    Definitely a nice windshield for those who would rather not have the bulk of a full fairing. However, I think the Vetter looks downright pretty on these bikes! I only used the Plexistar for 2 weeks before selling it to replace it with a vetter, but while using it, I agree that I had no problems with wind gusts. It allowed a much more relaxed ride at freeway speeds than riding naked.

                    Personally, the ugliest thing I've seen added to these bikes is Header Wrap. It's like an Ace bandage over plastic surgery! It makes the bike look like a mummy...
                    Last edited by CatatonicBug; 07-01-2009, 11:38 AM.
                    1980 XS850SG - Sold
                    1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
                    Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
                    Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

                    Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
                    -H. Ford

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                    • #85
                      Uhmmm

                      Kat does not ride nekkid. I and about twenty other drivers on 135 know she prefers black.
                      Lee aka trainzz

                      I am my inner child!!

                      I have no idea how you managed to make that connection within your brain, but I applaud whatever cellular mutation just took place.

                      1980 XS11 Special-"Thunder Pig"
                      1980 XS11 Special-"Crazy Trainz" (project bike)
                      1979 Xs1100 Standard ( parts,parts,parts)

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                      • #86
                        Ohhhhhhhhhh Lee...

                        Originally posted by Trainzz View Post
                        Kat does not ride nekkid. I and about twenty other drivers on 135 know she prefers black.
                        That's just wrong... wrong wrong wrong...


                        lol

                        Hey! At least I was wearing SOMEthing... a few years back and y'all would have seen a lot more than you bargained for...
                        81 SH Something Special
                        81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels
                        ☺

                        79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
                        81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
                        80 LG Black Magic
                        78 E Standard Practice


                        James 3:17

                        If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

                        “Alis Volat Propriis”

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Wildkat View Post

                          Hey! At least I was wearing SOMEthing... a few years back and y'all would have seen a lot more than you bargained for...
                          Pics or it didn't happen!
                          If you don't own a fire extinguisher, do me a personal favor and go purchase one... immediately.

                          1980 MNS

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                          • #88
                            Originally posted by Varnae View Post
                            Pics or it didn't happen!
                            or what didn't happen?



                            lol
                            81 SH Something Special
                            81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels
                            ☺

                            79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
                            81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
                            80 LG Black Magic
                            78 E Standard Practice


                            James 3:17

                            If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

                            “Alis Volat Propriis”

                            Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
                            For those on FB

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                            • #89
                              Ugliest thing ever put on an XS?

                              That's Easy......my Ex-Girlfriend! She was pretty on the outside but UUUUGGGLy to the core on the inside!
                              Former owner, but I have NO PARTS LEFT!

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by DAVINCI View Post
                                That's Easy......my Ex-Girlfriend! She was pretty on the outside but UUUUGGGLy to the core on the inside!
                                The one you threw me out for?
                                "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

                                "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



                                1980 LG
                                1981 LH

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