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  • #16
    Slip cover would be the best idea....

    probably WTMI but a bare behind does not slide....I won't explain how I know this....Let's just say that I have a hard time turning down a dare!
    but I will add that you don't wanna go too fast, 60MPH was kinda chilly
    1980 XS11 Special aka The Monster
    "My life used to be a Soap Opera, until I realized something, I own the network."
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    • #17
      Let's just say that I have a hard time turning down a dare!
      Hmmm.... Michigan down in the mid 20's tonight. I DARE you to do it again tonight! (Better keep things off the tank.. may stick like a tongue to a flag pole!)

      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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      • #18
        Kinda like this...only different?



        20 degrees, naw, besides the bike isn't quite ready yet!
        Also, I'm sorta' on the wagon, about 9 years now, well I'll drink a beer now and then, but only 1 or 2 and every couple of months
        1980 XS11 Special aka The Monster
        "My life used to be a Soap Opera, until I realized something, I own the network."
        My Photo Bucket

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        • #19
          Max, man i'm sorry I really didn't mean to 'jack your thread
          1980 XS11 Special aka The Monster
          "My life used to be a Soap Opera, until I realized something, I own the network."
          My Photo Bucket

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          • #20
            Yeah.. but ain't it fun to jerk the wheel a bit and see where we end up?


            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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            • #21
              Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
              Leather and cheeks too much for Kat to resist ...

              Why! I nev....

              ummmm... nevermind...





              and things sticking to the tank?
              Now that's definitely

              worthy

              SOOOO glad I don't have to worry about that...

              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.

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              • #22
                and things sticking to the tank?
                Now that's definitely

                worthy

                Yeah, gives a whole new meaning to the term "tank slapper"

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                • #23
                  Ok we'll have nothing sticking,flapping or otherwise contacting the tank... So whatever pictures you're seeing are your own fantasies..LOL.There is no direction to this thread so it cant be hijacked...LOL...except by me OFC The whole thing about the '82 XJ1100 seat is that its way too low and shaped like you're sitting on a hill. With the textile pants its like sliding down a ski slope on your butt.
                  1980 XS650G Special-Two
                  1993 Honda ST1100

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Wildkat View Post

                    Why! I nev....

                    ummmm... nevermind...





                    and things sticking to the tank?
                    Now that's definitely

                    worthy

                    SOOOO glad I don't have to worry about that...

                    lol

                    Uh.....

                    Oh yes you do!
                    1980 XS11 LG (Diablo)
                    1980 XS11 G (Bagger)
                    1978 XS11 G (White Knight)
                    1978 XS11 G (Skeleton)
                    2016 SS (S.S. Flyer)

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                    • #25
                      Rubber spray?

                      How about a very light dusting of that rubber spray that folks use on their cracked carb boots? I'm serious. I think just a light coat should provide enough tack and if it can survive the evironment of a gasoline engine, it should survive repeated washings. You would only have to do the small area that contacts the seat. You could always re-do it if it eventially wears off.
                      Tim Ripley - Gaithersburg, MD
                      1981 XS1100 Special "Spoiled Rotten" Just sold - currently bikeless!!
                      23mm float height
                      120 main jets
                      42.5 pilot jets
                      drilled stock airbox with K&N
                      Jardine 4 to 1 Exhaust
                      spade fusebox
                      1st and 2nd gear fix

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                      • #26
                        I think I'd just sew a nice denim patch over the rear end of the pants. You could even get it in matching colors! Might even be worth finding a pair of new jeans and cut the matching rear end out and transplant it over the rear of the armored pants.
                        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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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by XSPastor View Post
                          How about a very light dusting of that rubber spray that folks use on their cracked carb boots? I'm serious. I think just a light coat should provide enough tack and if it can survive the evironment of a gasoline engine, it should survive repeated washings. You would only have to do the small area that contacts the seat. You could always re-do it if it eventially wears off.
                          Hmm thats one I never heard of...

                          Originally posted by CatatonicBug View Post
                          I think I'd just sew a nice denim patch over the rear end of the pants. You could even get it in matching colors! Might even be worth finding a pair of new jeans and cut the matching rear end out and transplant it over the rear of the armored pants.
                          Another intersting idea...

                          After much consideration and some riding time I have come to the conclusion that the stock seat on the '82 XJ1100 is a POS for any serious long distance run.Its woefully too low and the shape of the seat,while it looks nice...is not very comfortable...looks like an aftermarket seat will be in the works after all
                          1980 XS650G Special-Two
                          1993 Honda ST1100

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