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I have posted more photos on http://jimpphoto.freeprohost.com/Yamaha. New are yam023-yam030. I took the brake calipers apart and cleaned them, as well as the Master Cylinder, and the test was pretty good, but not on the bike yet. I got a center stand from eBay. And, I now have the front wheel off and am working on that (8 hours yesterday!!!). If you all are tired of my adventures, please let me know. Jim
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never get tired
It's great to know you share our obsession & frustrations. Keep it up!
Tom Clisham
Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
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'78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN
'80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA
79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper
79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE -
You should keep using the same original thread for all your updates rather than creating a new thread each time you update. That way people later on can follow through your buildup and see what you have done rather than just seeing one update at a time.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.
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More work progress...XS1100F...sitting for 25 years.
10/25/11: Well, I am starting on the front end. Good place to start I guess. I re-did the front wheel, and am polishing the front lower forks. Had to take a FINE wire brush (on an electric drill), then used a buffing wheel with WHITE jewler's rouge and it turned out pretty well. The wheel hub was a real B%$#H to get done and masked and painted, but it looks OK now, I think. New photos are yam031 to yam036.
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Like the forks.
nice job, I think I'll do something similar.
The wheel? How did you clean out the areas in the spokes? Did you use just regular old spray paint can stuff?Hi, my name is George & I'm a twisty addict!
80G (Green paint(PO idea))
The Green Monster
K&N A/F, TC's fuse block, '81 oil cooler, TC's homemade 4-2 w/Mac Mufflers, Raptor 660 ACCT
Got him in '04.
bald tire & borrowing parts
80SG (Black w/red emblems & calipers)
Scarlet
K&N A/F, TC's fuse block, WJ5, Shoei bags, Raptor 660 ACCT.
Got her in '11
Ready for the twisties!
81H (previously CPMaynard's)
Hugo
Full Venturer, Indigo Blue with B/W painted tank.
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URL was wrong....now corrected....sorry!
I just noted the error in the URL. Jim......It did not work....so here is the correct one http://jimphoto.freeprohost.com/Yamaha
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Clean out the spokes.....
I cleaned it with de-greaser and then wire brushed and then polished the shiny parts and then masked and painted with high heat engine paint. Worked pretty well. Jim It was a small wire brush.
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