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  • Bigfoot
    XS-XJ GURU
    • Sep 2005
    • 1422
    • Kansas City, Missouri
    #1

    Updated pics of MNS

    Since I know everyone likes pics of bikes, I thought I would post some pics of the MNS that I have been restoring. It is still a work in progress but it is getting there. Next on the agenda is new tires and battery. It will be rideable then but I still have to get the carbs dialed in. I have been playing with powdercoating. As soon as the Super Wet Black Powder that I ordered arrives this bike will really start to shine. I also have a set of XJ rear air shocks that I am powdercoating black and plan on installing on this bike.







    Harry

    The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

    '79 Standard
    '82 XJ1100
    '84 FJ1100


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    • madmax-im
      Master of XSology
      • Sep 2007
      • 6751
      • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC
      #2
      Dang..That looks sweeet!
      1980 XS650G Special-Two
      1993 Honda ST1100

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        • Wildkat
          XS Special Gurette
          • Apr 2004
          • 3416
          • Location, Location
          #3
          That looks GREAT, Harry! Awesome job!

          I mean... that looks like crap! let me take it off your hands and save you some embarrassment...
          lol


          Seriously... nice job
          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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            • ManitoulinLad
              XStremely XSive
              • Jan 2009
              • 358
              • Manitoulin Island,Ont.,Canada this is in Lake Huron
              #4
              Hey Harry - Those pics look awesome, these bikes just kill me - I have an '81 MNS with the turbine wheels way up here in Canada & I can't believe it, we both have have the exact same saddlebags. I ordered mine from the U.S. I have never seen anyone with the same bags as mine yet, & have never personally seen another MNS - what are the odds of that? Now thats cool!!. Keep up the great work with the MNS - not too many of them left.
              '81 XS1100 LH - Midnight Special - been lookin' a long time for this one.
              1179 big bore kit, 80SG motor
              Rebuilt head, valves
              TC Bros Forward Controls (Brass Pegs)
              Tkat Fork Brace
              T.C. Spade Fuse Box
              Dyna Coils & wires
              Mikesxs shocks,controls,& bars (special)
              ISO grips with stelleto ends
              4 into 1 black Bassani exhaust
              Bridgestone Spitfires
              Tuned by Tinman905
              & a will to keep it.

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                • zx11racr
                  Truly XSive
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 101
                  • kansas City, Mo
                  #5
                  bike

                  Man Harry that looks real nice. Gotta get together soon.



                  ed

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                    • CatatonicBug
                      Master of XSology
                      • Oct 2008
                      • 6117
                      • Clinton, UT
                      #6
                      Very nice! All you need are some insignias for the side covers! Maybe some day mine will look that nice...
                      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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                        • Bigfoot
                          XS-XJ GURU
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 1422
                          • Kansas City, Missouri
                          #7
                          Thanks for the replies. The bike actually doesn't look as good as the pics make it seem but it is getting there.

                          I ordered mine from the U.S. I have never seen anyone with the same bags as mine yet
                          I ordered mine from some website quite a few years ago (don't remember now where I got them) but they were real cheap and quite large.

                          All you need are some insignias for the side covers!
                          I have one, still searching for another. I still need to wet sand and polish the side covers a bit before I put them on though.

                          I am also looking at a 3 step powdercoat to try and replicate the gold. The pics I have seen look comparable so I have hope.
                          Harry

                          The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

                          '79 Standard
                          '82 XJ1100
                          '84 FJ1100


                          Acta Non Verba

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                            • ossjughead
                              XStremely XSive
                              • Oct 2008
                              • 203
                              • Ottawa, ON
                              #8
                              Looks realy good nice job

                              Jim
                              http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...all2008017.jpg

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                                • tarzan
                                  XS-XJ Guru
                                  • Apr 2008
                                  • 1700
                                  • Chandler,Az.
                                  #9
                                  The bike looks great.And you should have some decent riding weather someday.
                                  I dont know about Canada but here in Spokane we are still getting snow.Way past time for warm weather!
                                  80 SG XS1100
                                  14 Victory Cross Country

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                                    • trbig
                                      Simply used to just post A LOT!
                                      • Nov 2005
                                      • 7838
                                      • Ada, Oklahoma
                                      #10
                                      I agree with Wildkat. That bike looks terrible. You should feel absolute shame riding it around. Of course, being the good buddy that I am, I'll take it off of your hands and ride it for you.. since obviously I have NO shame! lol.

                                      It really is looking great. I know you've been working a while on it, but you really should have trouble sleeping at night for what you gave for it.

                                      Let us know how the gold powder coating goes. I know several people.. especially the people with XJ's... that would like to have the gold Yamaha emblems back on the tank. That might get a little side business going. You do work for beer.. right?

                                      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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                                        • Ivan
                                          XS-XJ Guru
                                          • Jul 2008
                                          • 2524
                                          • Hutchinson KS
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by trbig
                                          I agree with Wildkat. That bike looks terrible. You should feel absolute shame riding it around. Of course, being the good buddy that I am, I'll take it off of your hands and ride it for you.. since obviously I have NO shame! lol.

                                          It really is looking great. I know you've been working a while on it, but you really should have trouble sleeping at night for what you gave for it.

                                          Let us know how the gold powder coating goes. I know several people.. especially the people with XJ's... that would like to have the gold Yamaha emblems back on the tank. That might get a little side business going. You do work for beer.. right?

                                          Tod
                                          I work for beer, Bigfoot and Russ drink and provide moral support. HA!

                                          Honestly they helped too.

                                          And the MNS looks as good in person as it do in the photos. Nice job Harry.
                                          Ich habe dich nicht gefragt.

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                                            • Bigfoot
                                              XS-XJ GURU
                                              • Sep 2005
                                              • 1422
                                              • Kansas City, Missouri
                                              #12
                                              Unfortunately the emblems are not metal are they. The powder coat needs to be metal and baked at minimum of 375 degrees. Don't know if it would work to well.
                                              Harry

                                              The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

                                              '79 Standard
                                              '82 XJ1100
                                              '84 FJ1100


                                              Acta Non Verba

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                                                • ManitoulinLad
                                                  XStremely XSive
                                                  • Jan 2009
                                                  • 358
                                                  • Manitoulin Island,Ont.,Canada this is in Lake Huron
                                                  #13
                                                  Hey Harry: The name of the wedsite for the saddlebags is "bikerbags.com" if anyone on the site would want to check them out. I also got the matching tool bag for the front, and "yes" it has tools in it. Wouldn't travel without it. - Dan
                                                  '81 XS1100 LH - Midnight Special - been lookin' a long time for this one.
                                                  1179 big bore kit, 80SG motor
                                                  Rebuilt head, valves
                                                  TC Bros Forward Controls (Brass Pegs)
                                                  Tkat Fork Brace
                                                  T.C. Spade Fuse Box
                                                  Dyna Coils & wires
                                                  Mikesxs shocks,controls,& bars (special)
                                                  ISO grips with stelleto ends
                                                  4 into 1 black Bassani exhaust
                                                  Bridgestone Spitfires
                                                  Tuned by Tinman905
                                                  & a will to keep it.

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                                                    • dpotter58
                                                      XS-XJ Guru
                                                      • Aug 2004
                                                      • 1831
                                                      • Southern Maryland
                                                      #14
                                                      Outstanding.. Love me some Midnights.
                                                      "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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                                                        • Bigfoot
                                                          XS-XJ GURU
                                                          • Sep 2005
                                                          • 1422
                                                          • Kansas City, Missouri
                                                          #15
                                                          No Tod, I have no problem sleeping at night and I have been known to do all kinds of things for beer.
                                                          Harry

                                                          The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

                                                          '79 Standard
                                                          '82 XJ1100
                                                          '84 FJ1100


                                                          Acta Non Verba

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