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  • Originally posted by Aches n Pains View Post
    We need pictures and a place to order them!

    Thanks,

    Aches n Pains
    Place is called Sign-A-Rama. It is a national chain sign place. The letters are 1.5" tall.

    Nathan
    KD9ARL

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    1978 XS1100E
    K&N Filter
    #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
    OEM Exhaust
    ATK Fork Brace
    LED Dash lights
    Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters

    Green Monster Coils
    SS Brake Lines
    Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

    In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

    Theodore Roosevelt

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    • Very cool Nate! There's even one within reasonable driving distance of me!!

      Thanks!
      Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

      '78E original owner - resto project
      '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
      '82 XJ rebuild project
      '80SG restified, red SOLD
      '79F parts...
      '81H more parts...

      Other current bikes:
      '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
      '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
      '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
      Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
      Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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      • Bleeding brakes

        These brakes are hard to bleed because the bubbles keep going up the line between strokes. Best way is push the brake cylinders way in forcing the fluid and bubbles back into the master cylinder resevoir, then when you pump the brake again only fluid goes down to the wheel cylinders. I use a large channell lock pliers (slso know as water pump pliers) to push the pistons in. Also you have to do both of the front ones together, or do one then block it so it can't move back out while you push the other one in.
        You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

        '78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
        Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
        Drilled airbox
        Tkat fork brace
        Hardly mufflers
        late model carbs
        Newer style fuses
        Oil pressure guage
        Custom security system
        Stainless braid brake lines

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        • I just bought two more! ( In not addicted! Really!)


          You can see both in this picture. There is a Seca between them.
          Ty

          78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
          80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
          82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
          82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
          82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
          72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
          72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)

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          • Originally posted by tcoop View Post
            I just bought two more! ( In not addicted! Really!)


            You can see both in this picture. There is a Seca between them.

            I wish my yard looked like that yard...
            Joab

            "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
            ______________________________________________
            1979 XS1100SF
            1972 XS2 650
            ______________________________________________
            Ozark, Alabama

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            • You might be a redneck if you say something like.........

              Originally posted by Joab View Post
              I wish my yard looked like that yard...
              Greg

              Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

              ― Albert Einstein

              80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

              The list changes.

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              • Originally posted by tcoop View Post
                I just bought two more! ( In not addicted! Really!)


                You can see both in this picture. There is a Seca between them.
                The Special on the right has XJ bars on it and the Standard on the left has Special bars on it.

                Looks like you may have some sorting out to do.

                Greg

                Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                ― Albert Einstein

                80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                The list changes.

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                • Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                  You might be a redneck if you say something like.........
                  I live in Southern Alabama, the closest gas station is 6 miles away, and my neighbor does nothing but ride around on his lawn tractor drinking beer.

                  Trust me, I have no where to go from here but up.
                  Joab

                  "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
                  ______________________________________________
                  1979 XS1100SF
                  1972 XS2 650
                  ______________________________________________
                  Ozark, Alabama

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                  • I can give you a hard time about it because I are one.
                    Greg

                    Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                    ― Albert Einstein

                    80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                    The list changes.

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                    • Lol, well, come on down and get r dun Mr. Okie!
                      Joab

                      "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
                      ______________________________________________
                      1979 XS1100SF
                      1972 XS2 650
                      ______________________________________________
                      Ozark, Alabama

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                      • Originally posted by Joab View Post
                        Lol, well, come on down and get r dun Mr. Okie!
                        Ok, that address was the second tree stump after the end of the fence line right? Next to the big rock turn left and cross the creek and look for the rusted Chevy and I should be able to see the trailer from there?
                        Greg

                        Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                        ― Albert Einstein

                        80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                        The list changes.

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                        • Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                          Ok, that address was the second tree stump after the end of the fence line right? Next to the big rock turn left and cross the creek and look for the rusted Chevy and I should be able to see the trailer from there?
                          Actually, now that you mention it...




                          Joab

                          "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
                          ______________________________________________
                          1979 XS1100SF
                          1972 XS2 650
                          ______________________________________________
                          Ozark, Alabama

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                          • Looks like you snuck up on the neighbors house in the dark. Is that your place off to the far left in the first pic or is that it in the second?

                            Looks kinda like an old Willys in there.
                            Greg

                            Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                            ― Albert Einstein

                            80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                            The list changes.

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                            • I seem to spend more time in the second then the first...

                              That is just an old CJ-5, although I did have an old 1950 Willys PU I just sold up in Minnesota.
                              Joab

                              "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
                              ______________________________________________
                              1979 XS1100SF
                              1972 XS2 650
                              ______________________________________________
                              Ozark, Alabama

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                              • Originally posted by tcoop View Post
                                I just bought two more! ( In not addicted! Really!)
                                You can see both in this picture. There is a Seca between them.
                                Hi Coop,
                                of course not, it's hardly even a compulsion.
                                But never mind the Seca between them, look at the orange bike on the immediate left! I swear that's a Can-Am Qualifier. If I were closer I'd hope the owner didn't know what he had and make a lowball offer on it.
                                Those bikes are becoming quite collectable.
                                Fred Hill, S'toon
                                XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                                "The Flying Pumpkin"

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