my build so far

[Nightengale]

Just another pic of the bike. Not much as far as an update. I'm going to start the sheet metal here shortly

looking good a real beefy cafe racer, i like it. and love the old trucks!!!!

[New2Me]

keep up the good work, looks good so far. are you making your own seat? there is a video on you tube of a guy that builds his own cafe seat on a xs1100. you should check it out. keep the pics coming

This the guy you are talking about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT31eNdQaEI

[Nightengale]

This the guy you are talking about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT31eNdQaEI

thats the one

[JohnRay]

Metal work is done. Now it's broken down for paint.

[Nightengale]

lookin good

lookin good keep it up

[xs1100virgin]

nice shop and nice bike...you have any links where you got the micro switches? did you put a diff blinker control on or use the stock one? any help would be appreciated.

[airborneXS]

i def like the micro switch idea...how did you do that? i would like to try my hand at it...

[airborneXS]

what about the left side, the high beam turn signal and horn switches?

[JCruze]

Yep, definitely wanna try the micro switches on my bike.

[Nick7777]

bike is looking good, it seems you have every man's dream shop.

[JohnRay]

I bought thw micro switches online. The right is start and right turn signal. The left is horn and left turn signal. I'll post the wiring diagram when I get home later. All I did was drill into my bars and run the wiring through. I have some pics of the paint as well. It's Ford frozen white with GM stealth grey coves and racing stripe with a silver Pearl over it all.

[JohnRay]

I couldn't find the diagrams I drew for the microswitches. All I did was wire them into some relay switches and went to the normal circuits from there though.



Here's a pic after my first coat of clear I just sprayed though.

[JohnRay]

Here's the final paint. I silver leafed the Yamaha emblem on the side. I was going to airbrush it but I think it turned out better this way. You also can't tell but I have 6 coats of silver Pearl in their as well. I think I might pin stripe around the cove and emblem. Haven't decided yet. What y'all think?

[Yard Dogg]

Looks sweet! Always good to see someone who likes to make a bike their own. I love the tank. I'm getting ready to paint mine but haven't decided what I want to do yet. I have metallic bronze to use, but it's a big XJ tank so I need to break it up some. I will probably do white or black stripes down the center, can't figure out what to do on the sides. Did you relocate your gas cap?

[natemoen]

Very nice! Well done!