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Forgive my ignorance but does anyone know if an 81 valve cover will fit the 79? Me thinks it will but the part number changes in 81 from 2H7 to 4H3, the trailing numbers are the same (I know that doesn't always mean they are the same part) I always thought they were interchangeable but the different part no. has me wondering.
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Ernie
79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
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Yup... all of them will fit. Even the XJ's will... it just says YICS on it though. I think it's just painted and un-painted is the difference... but been wrong before. All the tops of the heads are the same though with the same valve cover gaskets fitting all models.Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still own -
I've got an 81 special and the valve cover says YICS on it. Weird. Either a PO changed it or they put them on before they actually instituted the YICS system.Tim Ripley - Gaithersburg, MD
1981 XS1100 Special "Spoiled Rotten" Just sold - currently bikeless!!
23mm float height
120 main jets
42.5 pilot jets
drilled stock airbox with K&N
Jardine 4 to 1 Exhaust
spade fusebox
1st and 2nd gear fixComment
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Okay.....next question, the cover I picked up today is off a MNS. Funny, 2H7stamped inside.....any who.....can I strip the black and polish the cover up like a regular one?Ernie
79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
(Improving with age, the bike that is)Comment
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hey Earnie,
U can certainly strip it back and polish it,
get a good paint stripper, makes life a lot easier.pete
new owner of
08 gen2 hayabusa
former owner
1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
zrx carbs
18mm float height
145 main jets
38 pilots
slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]Comment
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hey Ernie,
U can certainly strip it back and polish it,
get a good paint stripper, makes life a lot easier.pete
new owner of
08 gen2 hayabusa
former owner
1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
zrx carbs
18mm float height
145 main jets
38 pilots
slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]Comment
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Hey Pastor, sounds like possibly a PO switched yours. My 81 special does not have "YICS" on the valve cover. It is a 4RO engine.Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection
Previously owned
93 GSX600F
80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
81 XS1100 Special
81 CB750 C
80 CB750 C
78 XS750Comment
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Yeah, I think you're right. My engine is a 4RO also and matches the frame number so I know the engine is the original. I guess at some point the valve cover was damaged and replaced.Tim Ripley - Gaithersburg, MD
1981 XS1100 Special "Spoiled Rotten" Just sold - currently bikeless!!
23mm float height
120 main jets
42.5 pilot jets
drilled stock airbox with K&N
Jardine 4 to 1 Exhaust
spade fusebox
1st and 2nd gear fixComment
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Yup.. if it says YICS on it, it came off of a Maxim.Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Thanks petejw,
Thanks petejw
Ernie
79XS1100SF (no longer naked, now a bagger)
(Improving with age, the bike that is)Comment
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