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  • #91
    I put my air grinder to work today to hollow out backside of the left rear foot peg support this morning. It’s pretty thin at the top area but the job is done and I didn’t manage to come through the front of it which was a bonus.





    KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

    1978 XS1100E Modified
    1978 XS500E
    1979 XS1100F Restored
    1980 XS1100 SG
    1981 Suzuki GS1100
    1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
    1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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    • #92
      Ive had my fill or it !!!

      I'm Done...
      Stinking F***ing COLD BS weather. I am done pretending it's a decent day to work on bikes or anything outside just because it's 8 or 10 degrees outside. That may be a nice day compared to - 10 or -20 but it's CRAP for working on bikes with hand tools or doing just about anything outside. I'm Done working on this bike until May unless "global Warming" arrives before then.
      Rob
      KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

      1978 XS1100E Modified
      1978 XS500E
      1979 XS1100F Restored
      1980 XS1100 SG
      1981 Suzuki GS1100
      1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
      1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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      • #93
        Rob - Sounds like you need one of these http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...3893_200333893 and one of these http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...2835_200332835. Where's global warming when you need it?
        I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

        '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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        • #94
          LOL I'm already working in the garage so a portable cover won't do it for me and I would be OK if I didn't need to open the garage door when using volatile chemicals so the heater with the open flame is out of the question as well. I really think I need to win the lottery and MOVE to an area where global warmer has already arrived ...
          Rob
          KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

          1978 XS1100E Modified
          1978 XS500E
          1979 XS1100F Restored
          1980 XS1100 SG
          1981 Suzuki GS1100
          1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
          1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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          • #95
            I did some fiddle fart jobs on the bike today before work. managed to get the coil brackets made and the coils installed. WOW ... what a tight fit that was. Switched out some of the engine mounting hardware. Doing that as it arrives and got started on making brackets to hold the driving lights. Not a big day by any means but got some stuff done. So far so good on the all SS socket head hardware.
            Rob

            Coils brackets made




            Coils mounted .. Tight fit but thier in there




            Switching out hardware as it arrives



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            Last edited by Ken Talbot; 04-19-2009, 12:17 AM.
            KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

            1978 XS1100E Modified
            1978 XS500E
            1979 XS1100F Restored
            1980 XS1100 SG
            1981 Suzuki GS1100
            1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
            1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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            • #96
              looking good

              Im not doing as much modifications but im about to be at the same spot you are!!!
              keep up the pics and good work!
              Austin Ingalls

              MIDNIGHT FURY
              1979 XS1100 Special [Full Restore Project]
              XJ maxim rear air shocks
              KERKER 4-into-1 exhaust
              Pod Filters

              Money pit.......
              BLACKED OUT

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              • #97
                I farted around in the garage this morning and got a few things done on this bike. I wanted to get the engine mounting completed so I opted to just let that frame bracket slip through the peg support. Made some alloy driving light brackets and brushed the peg supports. Whit that stuff done I could complete the engine mounting and torque everything into place. Now I can start hanging outer stuff on the bike that would have been in the way of engine torque job. Things like the exhaust system.

                Alloy driving light brackets


                Driving lights


                Right side peg support
                KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

                1978 XS1100E Modified
                1978 XS500E
                1979 XS1100F Restored
                1980 XS1100 SG
                1981 Suzuki GS1100
                1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
                1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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                • #98
                  I love the driving lights - and what a great spot for them. How are you going to wire them?
                  I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                  '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                  • #99
                    They are grounded right to the upper front engine mount through bolt and the live line will run from a switch with its location not selected just yet :-)
                    If the bike were to go down ... GOD FORBID ... The driving light would be toast but they are to be mounted between 12 and 14 inches off the ground and that is the most forward location that is at the right height and they are for the most part tucked in to the crash bars nicely.
                    Rob
                    KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

                    1978 XS1100E Modified
                    1978 XS500E
                    1979 XS1100F Restored
                    1980 XS1100 SG
                    1981 Suzuki GS1100
                    1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
                    1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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                    • for the most part tucked in to the crash bars nicely
                      That's what makes them look so cool. Are you going to tap into an existing power source up front, or run from the auxiliary connection by the fuse block? I'm just wondering where your going to get the power from. I drive home several nights a week through a very heavily wooded area that has more deer than people. All things being equal, I'd like to keep their lives and mine separate. Lights like those would be very helpful along that vein.
                      I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                      '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                      • I'm going to use the auxiliary connection so there will be only 2 power supply wires that go down to the lights themselves. Those wires will be easy to hide along the lower frame tubing with black pull straps. There is no relay for them so it's a pretty straight forward hook up. I usually aim the one on the ditch side slightly to the ditch and the other one as per the instructions for driving lights. When I was younger .. Make that MUCH younger, I used to do a lot of night riding back and forth from Ottawa and Toronto and this sort of additional lighting is GREAT. Combined with the HID head light I should be able to see and be seen easily.
                        Rob
                        KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

                        1978 XS1100E Modified
                        1978 XS500E
                        1979 XS1100F Restored
                        1980 XS1100 SG
                        1981 Suzuki GS1100
                        1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
                        1983 Honda CB900 Custom

                        Comment


                        • Rob - So when you come off the aux connection you're going to run two power lines (one per light). Do you have to ground the negative from the aux unit, or will it work by just running the hot lines with the frame ground on the lights?
                          I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                          '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                          • Hey Doug,

                            The AUX terminals provide both incase you have an external device, like a radio or something that needs both, but with the lights, which is also what I drive mine off of, a ground to the frame is all that's needed. I did use a heavy duty switch for mine so I wouldn't have to have a relay either.
                            T.C.
                            T. C. Gresham
                            81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                            79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                            History shows again and again,
                            How nature points out the folly of men!

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                            • That's right TC. These light run just any other lights on the bike with no relay involved. So through the AUX fuse to the switch and to the lights. It's a very easy setup and a worthwhile addition to the bike.
                              Rob
                              KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

                              1978 XS1100E Modified
                              1978 XS500E
                              1979 XS1100F Restored
                              1980 XS1100 SG
                              1981 Suzuki GS1100
                              1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
                              1983 Honda CB900 Custom

                              Comment


                              • It's a very easy setup
                                Now you're speaking my language . Thanks, fellas - I'm heading to the autoparts store and see what they've got.
                                I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                                '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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