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  • #1

    Just in time for the snow to fly

    After five months I finaly got the xs to fire up. After setting the timming wrong twice (and bending valves ) I finaly got her running...very rough but running. Still have a mager leak in the carbs (stuck float) and front tire baunces badly at 35 mph. I think one of the rotors is warped, but I will take the wheel off and check the balance to make sure. Still lots to do but I'm no longer discuraged.
    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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    Well now you can get her dialed in perfect for next season! Then now worries at that point!
    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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    • #3
      The balance is probably the issue, but check for roundness also. I bought a tire, and took a trip to TX before I determined that the tire was out of round! Jack up the front of the bike and look over the surface of the tire as you slowly spin it (assuming the brakes don't drag).
      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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