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  • #31
    Originally posted by Wildkat View Post
    "I wonder what part of his body needs the hairs removed before restoring a bike?"
    [straight bat]
    My eyebrows, 'Kat, or I'd look like Frank Zappa with a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers by my side.
    [/straight bat]
    -- Scott
    _____
    ♬
    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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    • #32
      Rat Fink

      Originally posted by crazy steve View Post
      LOTFLMAO.... Do you use chrome paint, like the old Ed Roth song 'Iffen it don't go, chrome it!'...
      Thanks for the nostalgia, had that album in the early sixties. Completly wore it out.

      "I was stopped at a light with my 406
      running fourbarrel carbs and cheater slicks.
      I looked in my mirror and up from behind
      came a black and white Chevy, a 409."
      1979 XS 1100 Special - Nicknamed "MONSTER"

      ATC fuse box
      Braded stainless brake lines
      4/2 aftermarket exhaust(temp until stock is re-chromed )
      V-Max auto cam chain adjuster
      Brake light modulator with reserve brake light bypass
      Vetter Windjammer III faring
      Tkat Fork Brace

      "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed; unlike the citizens of the countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms”
      James Madison, The Federalists Papers

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      • #33
        #1 on the air compressor... runs all the tools I use from sandblasting to painting to plain old fricking thing is too tight let me get the impact out...lol. Seroiusly it is the most expensive and most useful thing I have in my garage. The truth is I use everything mentioned so far and more. Whatever it takes to get it done easy, fast and pretty. My lift is a wonderful tool but it only makes things easier (Gawd I love that thing). In a nutshell I can not say one thing or another is my favorite but that they all work hand in hand.
        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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        • #34
          Know about those wires from a wire cup. I bought one from Harbor Freight and put it on my 4 1/2 in. grinder. I kept feeling these little stings on my legs. I thought well no big deal it is debris flying off the metal I am cleaning, but finally I decided that something was wrong. I looked down and my legs looked like a porcupine's back. I stopped counting at 50. As for my favorite tool, it used to be a tweezer, but now it is a air compressor. I guess I like them because they are so dangerous.
          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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          • #35
            Originally posted by 3Phase View Post
            [straight bat]
            My eyebrows, 'Kat, or I'd look like Frank Zappa with a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers by my side.
            [/straight bat]
            lol
            A dental floss tycoon in the making, I see


            I'm adding micro-mesh to my answer. Along with the Gord's polish, it makes the shiny bits VERY shiny.
            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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            • #36
              Toolz 'r Kool

              And this is the one I would be lost without


              1980 XS1100G "Dolly G" Full Dresser (with a coat of many colors )
              1979 XS1100SF (stock-euro mods planned)
              1984 XV700L Virago (to be hot-modded)
              1983 XJ750MK Midnight Maxim (semi-restored DD)
              1977 XS650D ( patiently awaiting resto)

              Sometimes it takes a whole tank of gas before you can think straight.

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              • #37
                Definite +1 on that!


                Originally posted by Schming View Post
                And this is the one I would be lost without


                Four wheels move your body, two wheels move your soul.

                ATGATT, It could save your life!

                1980 XS 1100SG
                Dyna 3 Ohm Hi Output Coils
                Pod Filters
                DynoJet Kit
                T.C.'s Fuse Block
                Slip Streamer Turbo Windshield
                Custom Tank and Side Cover Decals
                V-Max Auto CCT

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                • #38
                  Glass beader. Same as sand blasting but with minimal change to the metals surface.
                  Rob
                  KEEP 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 Custom

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                  • #39
                    Right on Schming !!
                    1980G Standard, Restored
                    Kerker 4 - 1
                    850 Rear End Mod
                    2-21 Flashing LED Arrays on either side of license plate for Brake Light Assist, 1100 Lumen Cree Aux Lights,
                    Progressive springs, Showa rear shocks
                    Automatic CCT
                    1980GH Special, Restored
                    Stock Exhaust, New Handlebars, 1" Spacer in Fork Springs, Automatic CCT, Showa Rear Shocks
                    '82 XJ1100 (Sold)
                    Automatic CCT, RC Engineering 4 X 1 Exhaust, K&N Pods, #50 Pilot Jets, YICS Eliminator. Sorely missed.

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                    • #40
                      So true Schming !!!
                      FOXS-XS11SG

                      2009 Suzuki V Strom 650,Adventure in Touring,I call her "Smooth" SW Motech engine guard,Coocase top case w/ LED brake and tail lights,20" MRA touring screen w/adjusable bracket,Grip heaters,fender ex-tender,Givi hard sidebags

                      1980 XS11SG-sold
                      1999 Vulcan classic-sold
                      1982 XJ 650-sold

                      Old is only a state of mind......John

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                      • #41
                        What?? nobody said a sawzall... I figured with all the heated bobber hardtail debate as of late, someone would have thrown some friendly rocksalt in the wounds

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0SN-YB_uok
                        81 XS1100H

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