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I hope the pic thing works. I bought this 80 Special last summer for $500, it was rough....really rough. Have about $1500 into now. Cleaned, painted, tuned, new parts a plenty, mostly from ebay. Built the sissy bar and put an old school chopper pad on it from ebay. Bobbed the rear fender, tucked in the turn signals, took off the cruiser handle bars, put a seat on if from a later Yamaha. I cut down the seat foam an inch to lower the seat height. Put 11 inch rear shocks on it. A 4-1 header because the stock pipes were rusty junk. Modified the muffler in the header for that "Suck my tailpipe you punk on a crotch rocket" sound. The paint is base/clear 2005 Mustang Gt color. Polished the forks, etc, etc. Thanks to you all for some great ideas, I enjoy the forum and all the pics of your bikes, very inspiring.
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Hmmm....I gues I need to take another crack at the pics....such is life. -
Easiest way...Originally posted by xsivegary View Post
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3H3 owned since '06
"If it ain't broke, modify it"
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Hey...I'm not as dumb as I thought, got the pic to work, thanks Phil. Here are a couple more.
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Sweet! Very clean, nice color too.
2H7 (79) owned since '89
3H3 owned since '06
"If it ain't broke, modify it"
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Very nice job!! Good looking bike, and you now KNOW your bike, and what it will do!
Ray Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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Looking good ... Isn't it amazing what can be done with these bikes even this many years out...
RobKEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN
1978 XS1100E Modified
1978 XS500E
1979 XS1100F Restored
1980 XS1100 SG
1981 Suzuki GS1100
1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
1983 Honda CB900 CustomComment
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Thanks Guys. It has been a fun project....soooo much easier than my last project which was a 1970 Trans Am that took 7 years. My next project will be a down and dirty drag/rat/bobber/brat thingy. Looking for a cheap standard XS11 for that. Hope to run across one this summer for a few hundred bucks. I wanted to do that to this one, but my wife and kids like to ride with me so a two up seat is a must and the sissy bar is there for my peace of mind, don't want to drop one of them off the back on a redline 1-2 upshift
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Very nice lookin ride!!! Great work!Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection
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93 GSX600F
80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
81 XS1100 Special
81 CB750 C
80 CB750 C
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If it's running right they won't make it to redline at full throttle, they will be gone long before that.Originally posted by xsivegary View PostThanks Guys. It has been a fun project....soooo much easier than my last project which was a 1970 Trans Am that took 7 years. My next project will be a down and dirty drag/rat/bobber/brat thingy. Looking for a cheap standard XS11 for that. Hope to run across one this summer for a few hundred bucks. I wanted to do that to this one, but my wife and kids like to ride with me so a two up seat is a must and the sissy bar is there for my peace of mind, don't want to drop one of them off the back on a redline 1-2 upshift
Nice lookin XS. Another one that looks better than mine. I really need to get out the elbow grease....Ich habe dich nicht gefragt.Comment
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Wow....the bike looks great. I like that shade of blue on there. Nice work.
Doncurrently own;
1980 Yamaha XS1100 SG
2009 Yamaha Star RaiderComment
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