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  • jetmechmarty
    Master of XSology
    • Nov 2003
    • 7763
    • Coldwater, Mississippi

    #16
    How do you guys safely flip your bikes over without damaging anything?
    I carefully followed TC's instructions. I removed the turn signals and took everything loose on the handlebars. The frame is supported on jack stands.

    I still have to turn it over again after I reassemble everything. I'm at work (on Maui) until about the fourth. I hope I can remember where everything is, and where it goes. With my job away from home, this project is taking four months.
    Marty (in Mississippi)
    XS1100SG
    XS650SK
    XS650SH
    XS650G
    XS6502F
    XS650E

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    • natemoen
      Master of XSology
      • May 2010
      • 8640
      • Fargo

      #17
      Originally posted by jetmechmarty
      I'm at work (on Maui) until about the fourth.
      Must be rough! :P
      Nathan
      KD9ARL

      μολὼν λαβέ

      1978 XS1100E
      K&N Filter
      #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
      OEM Exhaust
      ATK Fork Brace
      LED Dash lights
      Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters

      Green Monster Coils
      SS Brake Lines
      Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

      In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

      Theodore Roosevelt

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      • jetmechmarty
        Master of XSology
        • Nov 2003
        • 7763
        • Coldwater, Mississippi

        #18
        That's April Fourth!
        Marty (in Mississippi)
        XS1100SG
        XS650SK
        XS650SH
        XS650G
        XS6502F
        XS650E

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        • shadowman
          XSive
          • Dec 2010
          • 30
          • Newcastle Ontario

          #19
          Hey guys, just another option to doing this job on your back or flipping it over:



          It worked well, but if I were to do it again, I would leave the rear wheel on.
          1981 Special- currently under construction

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          • windjammergump
            XSive
            • Jan 2011
            • 71
            • shelby NC

            #20
            like those exhausts....with or without the back tire...what are they...pm me and let me know where to find them and ballpark on the price...thanks gump
            windjammer gump
            bikes now own
            1981xs1100sh special
            1971 cb 350
            mini chopper project
            bikes use to own
            1978 750/four..
            1983kz1100 ltd

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            • xs1100newb
              XSive
              • Dec 2010
              • 86
              • Atlanta, Ga

              #21
              Can you post where you found those exhaust. They look great.

              adam

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              • natemoen
                Master of XSology
                • May 2010
                • 8640
                • Fargo

                #22
                Could be wrong but I think its a MAC 4-2 with the turnouts.
                Nathan
                KD9ARL

                μολὼν λαβέ

                1978 XS1100E
                K&N Filter
                #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
                OEM Exhaust
                ATK Fork Brace
                LED Dash lights
                Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters

                Green Monster Coils
                SS Brake Lines
                Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

                In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

                Theodore Roosevelt

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                • jetmechmarty
                  Master of XSology
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 7763
                  • Coldwater, Mississippi

                  #23
                  The exhaust appears to be MAC.
                  Marty (in Mississippi)
                  XS1100SG
                  XS650SK
                  XS650SH
                  XS650G
                  XS6502F
                  XS650E

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                  • shadowman
                    XSive
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 30
                    • Newcastle Ontario

                    #24
                    Sorry guys, like I pm'ed Gump, they were on the bike when I got it. The previous owner told me they were MACs, just as you guys figured. That's about all I can tell you.
                    1981 Special- currently under construction

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                    • justme1100
                      XStremely XSive
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 243
                      • Eagle, WI

                      #25
                      Originally posted by ThrottleJunky
                      How do you guys safely flip your bikes over without damaging anything?
                      Very carefully
                      Just ME and my 82 XJ 1100. Mac 4>1-2 1/2" open baffle shotgun, no octy, K&N pod filters, LED tail/brake light & directionals, 750 FD mod, Ear Cannon air horn, modified bars and dash. "Motorcyclists are all bound together by a brotherhood tie through their love of the sport, and what difference does it make what machine he rides as long as he belongs to the clan." Walter Davidson, Dec. 1920 edition of Harley-Davidson Enthusiast Magazine http://s851.photobucket.com/albums/ab78/justme1100/

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