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  • #1

    Yay! Its running!


    Here is my 79 special I freshly picked up from the shop after carb sync.
    Its buddy is my 82 xj750 daily rider.
    Still need to finish the windjammer 4 stuff and the whole thing needs paint one day, but Im excited to have gotten to ride it in good functioning order!
    Thanks to all who chimed in with assistance during my learning curve. I know its frustrating to deal with "us" but it is appreciated.

    The cat is an add-on I picked up so the muffler doesn't scrape the ground.
    79 Special
    2012 FJR1300
    78 E (project. Clutch problems from PO) Must sell
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  • #2
    Originally posted by Redshirt View Post
    The cat is an add-on I picked up so the muffler doesn't scrape the ground.
    Of course those of US that can offer advice can only offer it cause some one else helped US to get past being one of Those US's. So it is simply repayment of a favor.

    That is the best use of most cats I have heard of this side of China!! No Kat's included of course.
    Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

    When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

    81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
    80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


    Previously owned
    93 GSX600F
    80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
    81 XS1100 Special
    81 CB750 C
    80 CB750 C
    78 XS750

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    • #3
      Awesome! I also got to ride mine today. Great feeling isn't it!
      Where did you get your cat? Did the PO install it. Are they hard to find on ebay? Also it there a diffrence between a special cat and a standard? Or are they the same on them all?
      Remember, eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

      1980 XS1100 Midnight Special
      2007 Triumph Daytona 675

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      • #4
        Thanks.
        As for the Cat(tm), I installed it myself. It was a direct bolt on modification, although you've got to adjust them properly to really get them to purr.
        This model is the Special model. My wife has a standard but hasn't modified her Boulevard C50 with it yet.

        The Special cat requires a little attention an periodically leaks. Luckily its mostly automatic and you dont have to clean the spooge hole.

        The Standard cat requires ALOT of work. It doesnt function in bad weather and good weather it can be fickle. The spooge hole is a maintenance nightmare.
        Both versions of cat (tm) are hard to find on fleabay but occasionally a PO will let one go.
        Personally I would rather have the Mutt(c) mod.
        79 Special
        2012 FJR1300
        78 E (project. Clutch problems from PO) Must sell

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        • #5
          The up side is that cats are easy to find, and cheap too. Unfortunately, it can be rather confusing trying to sort out which cat goes with which bike. Your VIN can help you with some of them, and luckily many are interchangeable, but some are rather difficult to nail down.

          Also, some will have different requirements based on where you live:
          If you live in Maine, you must of course use a Maine Coon.
          A Devon Rex can only be used in England (though it's not the only breed that can be used there).
          If you live in Georgia, you must use a Savannah.
          Siamese are used exclusively in Thailand.


          Midnight Specials are easy...black cat.
          Last edited by Kit; 03-22-2011, 07:45 PM.
          XS1100SG - Obsession

          Like I told my last wife, I says, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."
          -- Jack Burton

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          • #6
            you guys are too much..

            I kept thinking you were talking about some kind of catalytic convertor and finally went back to first pic and saw the "cat". GOOD CAMO!

            John
            John is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)

            Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
            '81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
            Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine

            "Not all treasure is silver and gold"

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            • #7
              I must have used the wrong cat for my area. Everytime I go into a hard leaning turn the darn thing would move and I would still scrap the muffler.
              Ty

              78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
              80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
              82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
              82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
              82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
              72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
              72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)

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              • #8
                awesome thread

                Great work boys - what a laugh! I can't get any of those mods - I have a lab, that won't allow it. I think it has to do with the border crossing & customs. - Dan
                '81 XS1100 LH - Midnight Special - been lookin' a long time for this one.
                1179 big bore kit, 80SG motor
                Rebuilt head, valves
                TC Bros Forward Controls (Brass Pegs)
                Tkat Fork Brace
                T.C. Spade Fuse Box
                Dyna Coils & wires
                Mikesxs shocks,controls,& bars (special)
                ISO grips with stelleto ends
                4 into 1 black Bassani exhaust
                Bridgestone Spitfires
                Tuned by Tinman905
                & a will to keep it.

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                • #9
                  I did the dual cat mod, upper and lower. Didn't seem to help much with anything though. It did give me an excuse to get the seat recovered though.
                  Cy

                  1980 XS1100G (Brutus) w/81H Engine
                  Duplicolor Mirage Paint Job (Purple/Green)
                  Vetter Windjammer IV
                  Vetter hard bags & Trunk
                  OEM Luggage Rack
                  Jardine Spaghetti 4-2 exhaust system
                  Spade Fuse Box
                  Turn Signal Auto Cancel Mod
                  750 FD Mod
                  TC Spin on Oil Filter Adapter (temp removed)
                  XJ1100 Front Footpegs
                  XJ1100 Shocks

                  I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by cywelchjr View Post
                    I did the dual cat mod, upper and lower. Didn't seem to help much with anything though. It did give me an excuse to get the seat recovered though.
                    And if the cats don't work, you could have genuine cat akin on the seat.....
                    Nathan
                    KD9ARL

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                    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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