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  • #61
    Originally posted by Orange4 View Post
    Good eye. They didn't make a lot of those bikes. The rears are 16" to the XS's 17". I suppose you could get custom spokes and lace up a bigger rim but that's another cost. Don't know about mating up the splines like I had originally planned. looks like a different shock absorption system.

    The fronts are 19 which is the same but since anything from a later XS650 with discs bolts right on with no mods and there are lots of aftermarket bits for it, the best bet is the XS650 route.
    Hi Marcus,
    like Nate sez, XS11 Specials have 16" rear wheels.
    Also ANY year of XS650 disk brake front wheel will fit.
    The pre-1977 34mm fork front wheels including my favorite deep groove aluminum rim wire wheels have a 2-part brake disk that's dished differently
    but the disk's bolt circle is the same and later disks will fit perfectly.
    My son's 1980 XS650 Special is wearing a pair of those right now.
    Fred Hill, S'toon
    XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
    "The Flying Pumpkin"

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    • #62
      Also ANY year of XS650 disk brake front wheel will fit
      Except....... the early models had a smaller diameter disc which makes them unusable without mods to the caliper mounts, though they all will fit onto the hub.
      79 SF Special W/ Stock all original motor @ 384,000klms
      Stock exhaust, stock airbox, XJ sump, 78E carbs, Xs1100RH seat, Bosch superhorns, 5/8ths front M/c, braided lines, sintered SBS pads, drilled discs, progressive springs, 8" 50w HID headlight 4300K, 2 x 50w HID spiral driving lights, KONI shocks, Spade fuse box
      *Touring mode - Plexistar 2 screen, Gearsack rack & bag & saddlebags, homebuilt towbar
      *"The Keg"- UC torana hubs, XS11 discs, Tokico 4 spot calipers

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      • #63
        Saw it is...





        Ready for the lathe.



        The only clearance issue that I may come across is the inner hub cover of the final drive and the inner lip of the GL hub. Worst case scenario, I will have to trim the fins on the final drive a bit.

        Living to EXcess.
        1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
        Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
        1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.

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        • #64
          Originally posted by Eveready1100 View Post
          Except....... the early models had a smaller diameter disc which makes them unusable without mods to the caliper mounts, though they all will fit onto the hub.
          You'll only understand this if you have a Bristol accent, but you are in errol, Errol.
          Early model XS650 disk brake front hubs had a 2-part disk (only one disk in North America, 2 everywhere else) that was dished a different height so won't line up with the pads in the later caliper.
          The XS750/850 fronts have the same smaller diameter brake disk that's fitted to the rear wheel of rear disk XS650s
          ALL XS series disk brake wheels have the same disk mounting and bolt circle
          so that ANY disk will fit on ANY wheel.
          When you use an orphan wheel you don't modify the caliper mount, you swap the disk.
          Fred Hill, S'toon
          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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          • #65
            Wire wheel

            Anyone ever look into a rear wheel set up off a xv1100.Looks like it might bolt right up? How nice that would be for some of us looking for wire wheels?

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            • #66
              Hi Guys,

              I bought an XV1100 rear wheel, with bevel, brake, spindle and all the spacers last year. I attempted to fit it to one of my XS11s, and wrote it up on the XS11 UK site.

              It is not an easy fit, summary of the topic HERE-CLICK .

              Anything is possible, but this is not a simple swap.

              Sorry!

              AlanB
              If it ain't broke, modify it!

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              • #67
                Found a French XS that did exactly what I'm attempting to do. It even looks like the same GL1000 hub I'm using.



                Here's the bike:





                Living to EXcess.
                1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
                Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
                1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.

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                • #68
                  You know, except for the French license plate that looks pretty good! Thanks, Orange!

                  .
                  -- Scott
                  _____
                  ♬
                  2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
                  1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                  1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                  1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
                  1979 XS1100F: parts
                  2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
                  ♬

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                  • #69
                    Ha Ha. Those aren't french license plates. They are Freedom plates!
                    Living to EXcess.
                    1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
                    Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
                    1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Orange4 View Post
                      Ha Ha. Those aren't french license plates. They are Freedom plates!
                      LOL! I meant it doesn't look like a real license plate, it's small and monochromatic like a street sign or a house address or something but I can't read it because it's in French!

                      .
                      -- Scott
                      _____
                      ♬
                      2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
                      1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                      1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                      1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
                      1979 XS1100F: parts
                      2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
                      ♬

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                      • #71
                        Any new progress on this? If you can't get somebody local to do the lathe work I'd be willing to help with it for a small donation to the DaveyGs beater xs11 repair fund.
                        BARE BONES CHOPPERS: If it don't make it go faster, you don't need it!
                        80 XS1100SG(cafe in progress *slowly)

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                        • #72
                          Thanks for the offer of help. I do have someone local who can help me.

                          I'm putting it off while I get the running bike tuned up and polished for riding.
                          Living to EXcess.
                          1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
                          Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
                          1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.

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                          • #73
                            I bet it ends up lighter than the aluminum wheels were originally... I once was changing the tire on my xs11 front and on my kz750 front on the same day and noticed the kz's bare aluminum wheel was about half the weight of the XS' bare wheel... Got me wondering why the XS wheels are so heavy...
                            BARE BONES CHOPPERS: If it don't make it go faster, you don't need it!
                            80 XS1100SG(cafe in progress *slowly)

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                            • #74
                              They were their first mags. Probably overkill for safety/liability. The swirly mags a few years later were much lighter.
                              Living to EXcess.
                              1978 XS1100E Canadian, Cartridge emulators, NOS heavy duty fork springs,
                              Showa rear shocks, ACCT, Jardine 4-2 spaghetti pipes.
                              1979 XS1100F Canadian, stock exhaust. Top end rebuild in progress.

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by Orange4 View Post
                                They were their first mags. Probably overkill for safety/liability. The swirly mags a few years later were much lighter.
                                The later rims were made from the lighter aluminum in recycled Lite beer cans.

                                .
                                -- Scott
                                _____
                                ♬
                                2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
                                1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                                1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                                1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
                                1979 XS1100F: parts
                                2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
                                ♬

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