Kurt's XS1100 Spa and Resort...

[madmax-im]

SwampThing is getting some R and R

[motoman]

Well, it looks happy setting there with rest of cousins.

[madmax-im]

I'm bikeless for a spell,but when she comes home she'll have some new clothes...Hope y'all are having a great rally at Echo Canyon...

[motoman]

I'm bikeless for a spell,but when she comes home she'll have some new clothes...Hope y'all are having a great rally at Echo Canyon...

Bikeless?......what, no STeed? rally......wife and I drove there, spent evening at campground then 'moteled' it.....back home the 240mi. yesterday. Great bunch of XSers to hang with......as usual.

[motoman]

......besides, don't think a red Ford Escape matches very well on a group ride of Kaways/XS11's on a group ride, although the AC and tunes is comforting........BTW, rally looked to be a hoot with some 15 bikes lined up at an intersection in town!

[kboehringer]

Well, it looks happy setting there with rest of cousins.

I don't care who you are, that's funny right there

[madmax-im]

The transformation has begun...





Looks like those mirrors gotta go...

[Old Red]

Are you going run it as is, or are you going to paint it to match bike?

[madmax-im]

Are you going run it as is, or are you going to paint it to match bike?

Hi Earl...thats just the primer...its getting painted along with the tank...will be the same shade of red as the tank..but existing paint is very tired...hard to see that unless you're right on top of it...This was never professionally painted...and while Kurt makes no claims to be professional ...his work is good enough for me and light years ahead of most people....

[madmax-im]

Gonna take a few more weeks before we're done...hopefully in time for XSSE...even though this is only a mock up...I'm already chomping at the bit...so to say...I cannot wait to get her back home...plus being bikeless already has me climbing the walls...

[kboehringer]

A SLIGHTLY complicated upgrade.

Gonna take a few more weeks before we're done..

It's a lot easier (and safer) to work out all the bugs while still in Primer rather than with a finish coat of paint on it. Got to make sure we have all the nuts & bolts, wiring, and misc. lined up and correct FIRST. Then we can make a good plan and consistent progress.

Ben's bike is a little more complicated than the typical bike with a few cool extras/accessories that need a work around in a few places. We've already found that the mirrors are going to be an issue with clearance if Ben would like to use the column lock.

I also have to pick the lesser of two evils to remove the no longer needed headlamp ears; A.) remove the forks downward where it will be required to remove the wheel & etc. to get the clearance or B.) take apart the whole world on top including those accessory gauges and the entire upper tree to pull them off the top.



The oil cooler also occupied the space where the fairing support bracket now resides so a complete re-do of the cooler mounting is required with a bunch of drilling & tapping required. Very fortunately, the lines are long enough to allow for the modification of mounting without too much difficulty.



What appears to be the final SMALL hurdle was a little bit of soldered wiring that had to be cut apart or I couldn't get the old lamp bucket off. We also needed the wiring BOOT/SOCK that we quickly found on Evil-Bay for an acceptable price.



Made what appears to be a bunch of progress in less than a week but most of that is evaluation & prep work. All-in-all we'll Git-R-Done nice & pretty for XSSE but it might be a little close!

KURT

[Radioguylogs]

Lots of Details

Looks like lots of nice improvements going on Kurt!

If it were me taking off the headlight mounting ears, I would:

"A.) remove the forks downward where it will be required to remove the wheel & etc. to get the clearance"

However, I never manage to get the front forks off without removing the brake calipers (and leaving them dangle), but at least I'm used to doing it.

[kboehringer]

Removing the tire!

I would:
"A.) remove the forks downward where it will be required to remove the wheel & etc. to get the clearance"

Mike, I'm sure you are correct. That IS the lessor of the two evils. Especially since the tank is still on the bike and working over the tank with dangling handle bars and tools is a little bit more risky than removing the tire and dropping the tubes.
KURT

[madmax-im]

I never expected this fairing to be the nightmare it was...then ofc the unexpected on my bike because its not OEM...alot of mods went into Swampthing and now they are rearing their ugly heads...so to say...fortunately Kurt is the go to man...so in Kurt we Trust!
About those mirrors...I never use the fork/steering lock and if i had to i could just move or remove that mirror...JAT as this is a minor detail compared to everything else...

[MPittma100]

Fairing

Hi Kurt,

Typical fairing install usually leaves the headlight bucket brackets folded in rather removed. The Venturer oil cooler and fairing bracket are sandwiched together originally from Yamaha.

I'm sure this sounds easier than what you may actually have in front of you.