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Hey. wanted to post this as I leave for work, Does/has anyone made a locking tab for a sidecover like a bolt or rivet or something, my side cover is good(talking bout left one) just locking tab is gone, I got zip ties on it now, seems almost impossible to get one sidecover that isnt broken there.
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How "broken" is it? For me, only the very tip of the latch was gone, so I was able to re-build the latch with superglue and baking soda. Draketrumpet posted a pictorial of how he did the same thing. Just a drop of superglue at a time, then a dusting of baking soda (blow off the extra baking soda each time). Repeat over and over until you have a glob large enough to replace the broken piece. The superglue hardens almost instantly! Then just grind/sand the glob until you have the shape of the original latch, and it's SUPER strong!
1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
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I fixed mine by fabricating an alloy L bracket and bolting it the latch and the cover, but then i had all the pieces to begin with. Not quite so easy if your missing a bit
1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.
Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.
"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.Comment
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Ya...mine's all gone, I dont event know what it looked like.'79 XS 1100FComment
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Well, in the post I linked to, there is a drawing I made of the actual bracket. If you have the facilities to make a new one, those are the dimensions!Originally posted by perurider View Post
1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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Craig - if it's just the tab on the side cover, I've got some stuff called Plastex that can fix it. It's got a little 'molding bar' that you heat up with a heat gun, and form it around a good part (which we have access to). You let it cool, and use it to form the new part on the bad piece. Takes about 20 minutes and fixes stuff like new. It's slicker than a cucumber in a woman's prison.
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 linesComment
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Thanx for the tip on Plastex, I've just book marked it for future reference...
GeezerHi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.
The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.Comment
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That'd be great> How/where could you get it?'79 XS 1100FComment
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If you can get it over here by Kings Island, I'll fix it for you. Or you could order a Plastex kit, and do it yourself. I think the mini master kit is the one I've got. Looks like the price has come down too.Last edited by dbeardslee; 05-19-2010, 01:54 PM.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 linesComment
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Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.
The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.Comment
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