And so it begins ... Another bike building project

[Bowtied]

But i thought most all xs1100's in the 70's were shaft driven? (maybe i'm wrong i very well could be)

[79XS11F]

Most of them were not shaft drive, all of them were shaft drive.
The rear wheel is a stock wheel with a chain drive sprocket on it. The blue part of that sprocket is a cup with splines that are the same as the splines in the stock drive unit. So it just slides onto the stock wheel. The swing arm and middle drive unit are part of this kit I bought from a lad in south Africa.
The swing arm is not as light as other options but is plug and play.
Rob

[79XS11F]

If it isn't one thing it's another

When I went to install my oil filter yesterday it would of course not fit. This is due to the added depth of the oil cooler disc that was not stock on this model. OK no problem. I dropped the Kerker and installed the filter and bowl and reinstalled the pipes. Well this evening while setting up and swing arm I noticed that the pipes were in full contact with some of the fins on the oil filter bowl. So I got out the die grinder with the intention of trimming the offending bowl fins off. Easy enough eh. NO The die grinder with 3.5 inch cutting disc's would not fit to cut the full length of the fins that had to go so it was die grind, hack saw and "fold and break. Anyway they are off now and I will clean up the work with the first oil filter change.

This won't do


Better

[Korr]

I don't know if it's been mentioned here before or not, but Topcat has a spin on oil filter adapter that you should look into if you didn't already. Keep up the good work. That rear wheel looks killer!

[79XS11F]

Hey Korr, Yes I am aware of TCs Excellent spin on oil filter adapters but... an adapter and spin on filter would never fit in the limited space that's there.
Rob

[79XS11F]

Getting real close to done now

Played around with the bike yesterday evening and finally got the instrument pods painted so the clocks are on the bike. This means that the headlight can go any time and the only wiring left to do will be the horns and driving lights.
Installing the shocks involved grinding out the brackets where the bottom eyes go as they were to narrow and shallow for the Progressive setup.
The list of jobs to do is getting rather short now with the finding of a countershaft sprocket being the biggest issue. Once I have that the rear end can be finalized and I will have a rolling chassis.


Plug Wiring ready to go


Insturment Pods finally Painted So Clocks Are Installed


Shocks Are Installed.

[79XS11F]

After finishing all my planned yard work and general clean up of the yard I figured i would spend a few minutes getting the plug wiring completed. I opted to use a 90 degree boot at each end for a nearer tighter fit. If I jet the carbs tomorrow after work I will be ready to dismantle and rebuild the Kerker baffle. Then, I can consider firing this engine up and doing some tuning.
Rob

Neat and tidy with the 90 degree boots at both ends.

[ossjughead]

O ya all the work Rick and i did finding that plastic piece for you and no pic of that hard to find valuble part that took us so long to find for you LMAO.

The bike looks amazing Rob and for all that are looking at these pics it does not do this bike justice GREAT job buddy

Jim

[79XS11F]

O ya all the work Rick and i did finding that plastic piece for you and no pic of that hard to find valuble part that took us so long to find for you LMAO.

The bike looks amazing Rob and for all that are looking at these pics it does not do this bike justice GREAT job buddy

Jim

I figured most had are ready seen enough photos of the brakes but believe it or not, the first thing I did when I was done having my coffee was go to the garage and pop that part in place. Sometimes the smallest and simplest parts the the hardest to find eh. And I stinking forgot to get some of that penetrating spray from you Jim. What was it called again?
Rob

[DGXSER]

As stated, awesome work. Looks great.

I am a little surprised that you are using the stock fuse box though with everything else you have done to make this thing bullet proof, seems you might upgrade that as well.

[79XS11F]

As stated, awesome work. Looks great.

I am a little surprised that you are using the stock fuse box though with everything else you have done to make this thing bullet proof, seems you might upgrade that as well.

I rebuilt this fuse box while the harness was on my restored bike. I found a NOS harness for the restored bike so I just used the refurbed harness that came off it on this bike. To rebuild the fuse box I got a 4 fuse block that used higher quality fuse holders and used the components from it inside this box. Other then using glass fuses, it works well. If it ever gives me trouble i will replace it.
Rob

[79XS11F]

While I wait for the counter shaft sprockets to arrive I took care of some “loose ends” on the bike. I got the Kerker baffle apart but damaged the cone to do so. Guess I will need another one. I got the HID headlight installed and it was a TIGHT FIT in the pod. One thing is for sure, this sealing of the head set area tubing is not user friendly for running wiring or hiding devices. I am also just about done with the installation of the last of the SS socket head hardware. The only way to do the tail light was to install posts that will receive the longest SS #5 screws I could find. I also got the driving lights and alarm wired. As was the case last time I had to mount the alarm on the electronic ignition pack. It’s the only place where it will fit easy. The tamper switch goes on the tool box. I still need to wait for the horn relay to arrive before I can wire up the 2 highway blaster horns. The rear brake MC is rebuilt and installed but without the stock solid tube from the standard setup the hose is too short. I will need a single SS line to fix that. Once the wiring for the horns is complete the body parts could go on but that’s another painting job that needs to be done. The carbs are ½ rejected and on the bench. It’s getting closer by the day now. I can’t wait to fire this puppy up and post a sound track …
Rob

So far, So good, Even the Lenes are attached with SS socket head bolts.


Pipes and rear foot pegs


Posts in tail light bolt for SS socket head bolts.


Alarm


Alarm tamper switch

[79XS11F]

Boy am i disapointed

I fired up the bike early this afternoon after cleaning up a few puddles of gas, dam petcocks, and she did in deed fire right up. She was rough but I managed to get her synced and idling smoothly. I recorded a video without picture but the file is just a little too big (122 MB) to upload to photo bucket on their "free" program so I am disapointed. I don't have no video editing software to reduce the size. Perhaps tomorrow I will try to record a shorter one. She's running pretty good for first fire up without color tuning.
Rob

[TopCatGr58]

I recorded a video without picture but the file is just a little too big (122 MB) to upload to photo bucket on their "free" program so I am disapointed. I don't have no video editing software to reduce the size. Perhaps tomorrow I will try to record a shorter one. She's running pretty good for first fire up without color tuning.
Rob

Hey Rob,

Isn't a Video without picture a SOUND FILE??

Did you mean a video without sound?? Either way, if you have Windows XP, then you have the Windows MOVIE MAKER program..check it out, you can edit it, process it to a smaller viewing size, format, etc.! Or you can record and save just the audio as a sound file, into an MP3, shouldn't take up but a few MB's that way!? Not sure what you were wanting to post...a video or a sound file!?
T.C.

[Just In Case]

Another 2 video editing programmes that are free are Virtualdub and Virtual Edit.

*dub is good for changing formats, frame rate and resizing. You need to poke around a bit to change settings and do a few runs checking the results.

* Edit is a full featured editing programme, but a bit quirky at setting it up. You must specify the input video frame rate correctly else the audio is dropped.

I generally do my work with * Edit, then after outputting a file use *dub to re-size and shrink down. It seems to be faster and has more options.

Dave