Some PICs

[79XS11F]

I just signed up at photo bucket so I could attempt to load some pics into my posts. We will see if it works. If it dose I will add other pics of my current bike and hop up engine project in this thread.
First pic is my bike (1979 XS1100F) after a detail cleaning.
Rob

[79XS11F]

That worked so I will post some pics
Next is a before and after of that refurb project
Rob

[79XS11F]

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[79XS11F]

Messed up insterments :-( Who dose this sort of thing??
Rob

[79XS11F]

Engine 1/2 Glass beaded

[79XS11F]

Engine makes it back into frame, headers installed
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[79XS11F]

Back on its wheels :-)

Rob

[79XS11F]

Allmost missed this one. the day I got it home ... What a MESS
Rob

[79XS11F]

Refurbed carbs and Dial-A-Het system

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[79XS11F]

Makeshift spray booth. Bike was painted with spray bombs that were made up for me by a local saint shop for about 125 dollars
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[79XS11F]

Some of the hop up engine work.

[audijunky]

Lookin good man , so did you do the bore on the exhaust ports and if so what did you use?

[79XS11F]

Originally posted by audijunky
Lookin good man , so did you do the bore on the exhaust ports and if so what did you use?

Yes I did the work myself. I used a dremel with the high speed carbide cutting tips. I used 3 of them in total but they made very fast work of the bulk of the material removal. Once the holes were very close to the gasket size I used a "standard abrasives" head port and polishing kit to smooth things out. Then i polished everything including the combustion chambers with a metal restoring polish. The whole job took about 8 to 10 hours to do. i left the intake side as is because those ports already match the carb boots even if not as smooth as a babies butt.
Rob

[mason79]

Originally posted by 79XS11F


Yes I did the work myself. I used a dremel with the high speed carbide cutting tips. I used 3 of them in total but they made very fast work of the bulk of the material removal. Once the holes were very close to the gasket size I used a "standard abrasives" head port and polishing kit to smooth things out. Then i polished everything including the combustion chambers with a metal restoring polish. The whole job took about 8 to 10 hours to do. i left the intake side as is because those ports already match the carb boots even if not as smooth as a babies butt.
Rob

how did the bike behave after the port and polish job, gas mileage?
you painted the bike with cans?

[79XS11F]

The hop up engine is not fully completed yet so it's not in the bike. I have 2 complete engines for this bike. One that came with the bike and one that I bought on e-bay . It is the e-Bay engine i am hopping up due to its lower mileage. I hope to have the hop up engine in this bike for fall riding. It would be nice to fine a real cheap rolling chassis beign that I have 2 engines.
Yes the bike was painted with spray cans.
Rob