Another XJ Re-born

[Toolmaker Tim]

Awsome!

That is one beautiful bike. Great job! Congrats and enjoy it.
Tim

[trbig]

I'm really interested in those header pipes that have the Jet Hot.

Is there any way you could get a good close-up of them? Do they look chrome in person? Thanks.


Tod

[0011mixam]

Trbig:

Here's a close-up of the jet-hot coated header pipes:



You'll have to excuse the bugs, I haven't had a chance to clean things up after my ride today.

The coating polishes up nice with aluminum polish (I use Mother's). It doesn't quite look like chrome, but I like the fact that it will never blue or rust.

Here's a link to the Jet-Hot website:

Jet-Hot

I think the pipes are coated with Jet-Hot's Sterling Silver coating, but I'm only guessing from what I've seen on the website. I bought the complete exhaust system from MAXIMAN when he switched to the Jardine spagetti pipes on Zilla before he sold it. You could try sending him a PM if you have any questions about how they were to deal with, cost, etc.

[trbig]

Well,

Sending Maximan a pm may be tough due to his banned status, but I did email him and talk to him about it. I was wondering about the finish. Yes, that was the sterling coat. He said they sand blast the old chrome off before the process and I was hoping it would leave a smooth finish... but I see that they just coat over the top of that.

BUT... like you say... they look much better than some rusted ones would! Thanks for the pics. Very nice restore job.

Tod

[0011mixam]

The finish is a bit rough. I think the coating is on fairly thick, so if one was so inclined, you could probably sand it with some 800 grit or finer and then polish it. I thought about doing that, but decided that the finish looked good enough just by cleaning it up with the aluminum polish. By the time I was ready to put the pipes on, I was getting impatient to just get it together before I missed most of our short riding season.

I didn't know about MAXIMAN's status. That's too bad. He contributed a lot to this forum, and I'll be the first to admit that all the great work he did on Zilla went a long way towards motivating me to take my time and do a good job on my Maxim.

[3Phase]

That's a nice bit of work there, Perry.

Good job, man!


Regards,

Scott

[madmax-im]

Awesome Time machine

As a proud original owner of my '82 XJ1100 Maxim...I salute you for the very fine endeavor you have undertaken.
There is much to envy in looking at your 2nd Childhood...Love that paint it looks like dark cherry?
Check out the no surrender thread and you'll see my "MadMax"...he has not been restored .the pics do him great justice as he doesnt look as good in person.He is not spec either but you can make your own judgements...
At any rate you are to be commended..Sir!

[JRocket]

Beautiful job! Wow, it's a "10" in anybody's book! Amazing what a lot of TLC can do. You must turn heads whenever you ride it.

Keep the rubber side down.

[DenyP]

What can I add to what has already been said. What a transformation -WOW-

Deny

[mason79]

nectar!

[OpFlash]

Sending Maximan a pm may be tough due to his banned status???

Man its been a while since ive been here I didnt realized anything had happened. didnt he sell his bike on ebay?

Either way youre bike looks totally awesome!! very excellent job indeed!

You have the nicest Maxim ive seen yet. But i think that i still have the one with the fewest miles on it. 1800

[Korr]

A true Phoenix! Grade A++ job

[0011mixam]

Once again, thanks for the nice feeback.

600 km (375 miles) on it so far and running great! I had forgotten how much fun these things can be!