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    XS750 Cafe=FUN!

    I built this little cafe to sell, but I'm having a hard time letting go of it. I'm having waaaay too much fun zipping around and jamming through the twisties. I should put it up for sale a month ago but I keep procrastinating.





    I'm making a new side-mount license plate holder to clean up the lines of the tailpiece.





    The lil' XS has an electric boot and starts nicely with the button, no prob. But I love using the kickstart function. Two kicks cold and one when warm. The sound of a motor firing up with out the clash and whine of a starter motor is magical. And the wail of three cylinders at full chat makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!

    Big XS, little XS - they're all fun...
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    Very cool! Nice work, she's a good looking rail!
    BARE BONES CHOPPERS: If it don't make it go faster, you don't need it!
    80 XS1100SG(cafe in progress *slowly)

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    • #3
      Cant say i like the Cafe style, (on any bike, not just yours) but I hear you on the exhaust note. Ive had two of them and both had 3 into 1's on them. Absolutley love that sound.
      1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
      2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

      Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

      "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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      • #4
        Thanks for the props, gentlemen. That old triple sounds cool at speed. Gotta love it!



        I sure had a good time building the tailpiece and seat. Learned a lot and I'm putting those newly learned skills to work on a new old bike. Can't wait to finish and post up some pics for y'all to critique. I cut up a gas tank from a Yammy R1 to make a fairing and tailpiece. We'll see how this one turns out...

        Ride hard, mofos!

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        • #5
          How did u build the tail? Sheet metal and welding or fiberglass?
          BARE BONES CHOPPERS: If it don't make it go faster, you don't need it!
          80 XS1100SG(cafe in progress *slowly)

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          • #6
            Originally posted by daveyg View Post
            How did u build the tail? Sheet metal and welding or fiberglass?
            I used some 22 ga steel I recycled from a discarded closet door. Bent it over my knee, cut a piece for the bottom and welded 'er up. I own some wrenches and files, tin snips, a hand drill, an angle grinder and a MIG welder. Don't even have a vise! Just gotta be creative at times. Makes it fun...

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            • #7
              Now that's the best looking old metal door I've ever seen! Mine would need a touch bigger seat for the occasional 2nd person, but I really like your handiwork nonetheless!
              BARE BONES CHOPPERS: If it don't make it go faster, you don't need it!
              80 XS1100SG(cafe in progress *slowly)

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              • #8
                Why does the exhaust look closed off with the red thing?

                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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                • #9
                  Originally posted by jwhughes3 View Post
                  Why does the exhaust look closed off with the red thing?

                  John
                  That is the Supertrapp muffler. If ya look closely you can see that there is a stack of thin plates in front of the red endcap. The plates are held about an eighth of an inch apart and this is where the exhaust gases exit the pipe.

                  You can tune yer exhaust to the motor, carb, and riding style by adding or removing the plates. Not a bad exhaust system.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Shacknasty View Post
                    Not a bad exhaust system.
                    True that. They've been around for years. I had one on an XT500 years ago, worked bloody well.
                    1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
                    2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

                    Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

                    "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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                    • #11
                      This bike looks great! I bet it's a hoot!
                      Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

                      Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Shacknasty View Post
                        Bent it over my knee
                        Ah you broke out the fancy tools!

                        Looks like you did a great job.
                        Nate

                        78 XS11 "Matilda" 2H7 000364

                        2001 Raptor ACCT, T.C. Fuse Box, TC Bros Forward Controls
                        Kuryakyn Iso Grips/Throttleboss/Bar End Mirror, Custom Covered Seat
                        Shinko 712s, HID Headlight, RC Performance Exhaust
                        Bikemaster Daytona Handlebars, Galfer SS Brake Lines
                        Barnett HD Clutch Springs, T.C. Spin On Filter Adapter
                        K+N Air Filter

                        88 Voyager XII
                        81 XJ650 Maxim

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                        • #13
                          Where's the pic's

                          Interesting thread, but disappointed by the photo's that have been taken down. I am very interested in a 750 triple. My XS11 recently burned up (see Idle Talk Forum.) Love the sound. What else is good about them?
                          Special Ed
                          Old bikers never die, they're just out of sight!

                          My recently re-built, hopped up '79 Special caught fire and burned everything from the top of the engine up: gas tank, wiring, seat, & melted my windshield all over the front of the bike. Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
                          I've been riding since 1959.

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                          • #14
                            Sweet bike, well done you!
                            [b][size=4][font=times][color=#BD0062]Wayne[/color][/font][/size][/b]
                            [b][size=4][font=times][color=#095de5]TeXSive forever[/color][/font][/size][/b]
                            The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome.

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