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    To-Do This Weekend

    I'll be taking the bike over to a welder on Thursday to have the frame tig-welded. After that, I'll swap-out the turn signal bulbs, along with the tail light bulbs with High-Power LED bulbs, which will finish my LED conversion.

    Following that, I received the '78 timing wheel, mechanical advance, and vacuum pod from a fellow forum member. Will throw that on and re-time the bike. Will post a new thread regarding the success of both.
    1979 XS1100F
    2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.
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    What are you having welded on your frame?
    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
      Originally posted by natemoen View Post
      What are you having welded on your frame?
      Lol, the frame itself. It literally broke right in-half during the Rally. It may have been a combo of factors involved that caused it. But if you can visualize the right rear section of frame right behind that tab with the hole in it, that goes to the blinker mounts . . .
      1979 XS1100F
      2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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      • #4
        Did you have a trunk or gear loaded on a rack? Those have like a ten pound weight load limit and I know I exceed this almost every time. Leads to fatigue, especially with bad roads.

        John
        John is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)

        Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
        '81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
        Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine

        "Not all treasure is silver and gold"

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        • #5
          Originally posted by jwhughes3 View Post
          Did you have a trunk or gear loaded on a rack? Those have like a ten pound weight load limit and I know I exceed this almost every time. Leads to fatigue, especially with bad roads.

          John
          No rack. I loaded-up the rear of my seat with 75+ lbs. of stuff. Which, really should not matter, as it's the same as a passenger, right? And, we rode over some rough roads.

          The deal breaker was my jacket liner escaping from under my seat pad and wrapping itself around my rotor. I think it whipped around, hit my tail light stalk, and snapped the frame right in-half.
          1979 XS1100F
          2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by jwhughes3 View Post
            Did you have a trunk or gear loaded on a rack? Those have like a ten pound weight load limit and I know I exceed this almost every time. Leads to fatigue, especially with bad roads.

            John
            Ha ha ha ha, my trunk weighs about 40-50lbs easily when it's loaded. His must have been cracked or something John.

            I was checking on a loose turn signal when I noticed it was broken. The only weight on that spot is the seat. The 2 furthest back rubber bumper thingys on the pan set right behind where it broke. Right where the pillion is. I hope no one here has a girlfriend that weighs 10lbs or less.
            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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            • #7
              Originally posted by IanDMacDonald View Post
              No rack. I loaded-up the rear of my seat with 75+ lbs. of stuff. Which, really should not matter, as it's the same as a passenger, right? And, we rode over some rough roads.

              The deal breaker was my jacket liner escaping from under my seat pad and wrapping itself around my rotor. I think it whipped around, hit my tail light stalk, and snapped the frame right in-half.
              Yes Ian, It hit hard, fast, and repeatedly with each revolution of the wheel. Glad to hear that the quick fix got you home OK.
              It is a great big beautiful world out there
              Brent in GA
              Yamaha 80XS1100SG, HD Firefighter Special Edition 02 Road King, Honda 450 rat, 08 Buell 1125R tour modified, 83 goldwing parts bike gone-traded for XJ1100, 2014 HD electraglide police

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