XJ1100 - My Project

[Prothec]

Here's the story:

My father-in-law bought his XJ1100J new in '82. He put around 30k miles on it over 5 or so years. At some point the crank broke in half while he was riding and was able to made a short drive home on 2 cylinders. At the time, the bike was pretty much totaled.

He gave the bike to me a couple of years ago as a project or to part out. I'd rather get it back together so I can move up to a bigger bike from my XJ650 and to give him a chance to be able to ride it again, not to mention so I can get some experience.

I've been working on it every couple of weeks for a while with an experienced mechanic that a buddy of mine hooked me up with.

The wiring is going to be a pain in the ass. I have the frame sitting out at a friend's where their dogs had some fun and ripped out a lot of the wiring. I picked up a wiring harness on ebay, but man, that'll be a blast.


"Before" Photos:



In Progress:






Anyone have any comments/suggestions/experience?

I need a couple pairs of valves now, but hopefully something comes of Geezer's thread about a group buy on valves.

[XS1100 Newbie]

As bullet proof as these bikes are, i would wonder how the crank broke on this one with only 30000 miles on it.

[Prothec]

who knows.. my father in law blames the shop that he had working on it..our best bert with it apart is possibly partly a lack of oil getting to that bearing...

all in all seems to be minimal damage. there was a broken link in the primary chain which your up the guide. there are plenty of cheap parts on ebay!