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    Well I have some new paint on the bikes. It is a black cherry. I took a bunch of pics because it looks different in different light. What do you think? I am very pleased with it myself.





    2-79 XS1100 SF
    2-78 XS1100 E Best bike Ever
    80 XS 1100 SG Big bore kit but not fully running yet.
    Couple of more parts bikes of which 2 more will live!

  • #2
    It's purty...

    Nice job!

    '78E original owner
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    '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...

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    '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
    '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
    '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
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    Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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    • #3
      You have every right to be proud of the paint and the bike it's self. When I get around to painting mine I hope I can be at lest half as good.
      Ole Jack
      J.D."Jack" Smith
      1980G&S "Halfbreed"
      1978E straight job
      "We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln

      Life is like a coin, you can choose to spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once. Make your choices wisely.

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      • #4
        Looks similar to one of the stock Maxim colors? Sort of modernizes the bike, looks great.
        Nice day, if it doesn't rain...

        '05 ST1300
        '83 502/502 Monte Carlo for sale/trade

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        • #5
          That looks really good the way the sun reflects off the tank. Nice job!

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          2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
          1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
          1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
          1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
          1979 XS1100F: parts
          2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.

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          • #6
            Sharp lookin color!............but need to shorten up the left side plug wires a bit.
            81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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            • #7
              Niiiiice

              Good to see a nice color for the bike,,,,only thing I would do is change the plug wires to black, they really distract the eye from the coool rich color scheme. Whatever the beholder likes, regards, Mike in Sun Diego
              mike
              1982 xj1100 maxim
              1981 venture bagger
              1999 Kawi Nomad 1500 greenie
              1959 wife

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              • #8
                Love the seat

                Your bike looks great, I think the color is cool. Oh & I love the yellow wires- same on mine. Your seat looks fantastic. Really like the small driver backrest type look (makes me wanna sit on it) - it really makes the bike with the color & the chrome backrest too. - 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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                • #9
                  Looks good, man! Nice job on the paintwork.
                  Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

                  Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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                  • #10
                    Looks very nice, it picks up the sun very well, and looks almost a darker richer color in the shaded areas. Good job
                    I was with that which others did not want to be, I went to where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do. I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear, And enjoyed the sweet taste of a moments love. I have cried pain and hope, But most of all I have lived times others would say were best forgotten. At least some day I'll be able to say, That I was proud what I was, A Soldier."
                    81 XS1100SH

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                    • #11
                      Thanks for your thoughts on this. I do like the yellow wires myself although it is not to everyones taste. It is a change from the basic black or bright yellow/orange /pink for sure. To each his own and now I own three bikes this color.
                      2-79 XS1100 SF
                      2-78 XS1100 E Best bike Ever
                      80 XS 1100 SG Big bore kit but not fully running yet.
                      Couple of more parts bikes of which 2 more will live!

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