My xs850

[danteinien]

Yeah that plastic is easily formed with a heat gun. I didn't get he nice crease I wanted, but it works.

Thanks! I like the rockstar muffler too. It's.....unique

[danteinien]

I was forced to raise my headlights and cut down the windscreen.

I dont know if I like it.

I also riveted on some stainless steel straps onto my rockstar muffler. You cant tell in this pic, but they are true exhaust can straps, with the slots cut into them. Unfortunately, I put a dent into my can, so I'll have to re do it, not a big problem, just drill out the rivets and re-do them, but frustrating.

[danteinien]

Getting some bondo on the tail. Not quite done yet.

[danteinien]

New gauges, R6 left hand control and exhaust wrapped

[danteinien]

Painted my stuff. We screwed up the box around the #7, so I'll have to remake some. Also, I think I'm going to put some black pinstripe to seperate the red from white. Also, the yamaha decals I got were all one peice, with some clear vinyl between the logo and the yamaha, so that made it difficult to put the decals on, and there are some bubbles and stuff. :/

That's my old man spraying it and laying down the stripe

[petejw]

really nice,
shes looking real good.

[danteinien]

Thanks!

Some cell phone pics

[T99Ford]

Yep, I can dig it! Paint turned out good man!

[motoman]

Looks nice! Keep an eye on that mono-shock rear mount and upper extension! The lay down position of a mono-shock set-up multiplys the forces at the mounts. Hopefully the mounts and ajoining pieces stand up to those multiplied forces. Either way, watch for any cracking in the paint at those points associated with the fabricated mono-shock mount. Would not be good if the rear of scoot turned loose from a sharp pot-hole or similar.........JAT.

[danteinien]

Thanks guys!

I will watch out for any cracking for sure, I appreciate the advice and concern. I used DOM .125 wall tubing and 3/8" thick steel for the top mount. That's about twice the material of the oem mounts on the R1, I'm pretty confident it'll stand up to the abuse.

Here are some more pics and a vid. I found an old before pic, one that I had though I lost, which is why I used that red one on the first page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVsqKJQMyc

[NewGuy]

That thing looks awsome! I like your old xs11 too!

[Bellerophon]

Really great work. Way cool! Sounds awesome!