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I want to install a set of clip ons for my XS11 build, just curious how anyone else in the XS community went about doing this (as the headlight bracket prevents one from installing them) I like the big XS headlight and don't really want to change it out, and I've seen FJ forks with clip ons from the factory but I havn't seen an XS with clip ons yet, anyone have any pics?
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He slid his forks up and put em on top91 kwaka kz1000p
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Replace the stock headlight brackets with clamp-on universal mounts. That's what I did on my Honda 400 years ago.
Here's what I've used:
http://www.denniskirk.com/jsp/produc...fCatId=&mmyId=
I probably still have them around here somewhere.Pat Kelly
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1978 XS1100E (The Force)
1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
1999 Suburban (The Ship)
1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
1968 F100 (Valentine)
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Ditto on the clamp on headlamp brackets. I haven't got the clip ons yet, but I did lower the stock headlight. I just made the brackets out of flat strap, pretty easy...the clip ons are coming next, but I have not found time for it yet. The clubmans work great, though, except that they do not fit the profile I am going for. I don't want the bar across the top of the triples. An Acewell single gauge is in the future as well
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Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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hey ford, are you waiting for the 4000 to come out too? I've been on electrosports case the last couple months, they told me they'd have them in and taking orders by the end of march, of course they were supposed to have them way back in the middle of 09 to.
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Stock air box/K&N Filter, MAC 4-2 exhaust, Bad-Boy Air horn, TC fuse box, Windshield, Soft bags, Vetter Fairing, Blinkers->Run/Turn/Brake Lights, Headlight Modulator, hard wire GPS power
Short Stack - 1981 xs1100 Standard - lowered for SWMBO.
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I kind of was, but I don't think they are going to get their act together in time. I definitely need round, so a 27 or 28 might be the way I have to go But I have seen some 27's installed on other cafe bikes, and the look pretty good, too. Any of them cleans the look of the bike a whole lot!
Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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I do like the look of the headlight mounted lower, fits the profile for what I'm going for, I actually might do that too.Comment
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You just have to be careful of fender clearance. This one would tap the front fender if I hit a bump until I cut the lower mounting tab off the healight bucket. Otherwise it is great; it was a must do to get rid of the "peaked" look of the stock profile.Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. ThompsonComment
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