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[Truefreak104]

The shape that this $200 bike was in when I saved the little that remained I could either spend 5 yrs putting it together or I could be where I'm at in less than a month and take a frame that was already chopped and just finish it and have a riding bike.....like I've said before the xs1100 is new to me I'm a harley guy so if soneone doesn't like it oh well .....I come here for tech answers not looks

[fredintoon]

The shape that this $200 bike was in when I saved the little that remained I could either spend 5 yrs putting it together or I could be where I'm at in less than a month and take a frame that was already chopped and just finish it and have a riding bike.....like I've said before the xs1100 is new to me I'm a harley guy so if soneone doesn't like it oh well .....I come here for tech answers not looks

Hi True,
it's the guys who turn bikes that have working rear suspension into hardtails that push my sarcasm button and trigger the Fred-rant.
If someone else took a sawzall to your XS11 before you bought it and you are getting it back on the road the best way you can despite their best efforts to wreck it, good on ya!

[Truefreak104]

Surprising they left the soft tail ...looks like they chopped right at the mounts....anyway ...another question.....so the floats were acting like they were stuck but after pulling the bowls off one of the " pin holdingpossts for the float" is broken looks like it also acts as a stop for the float...is there a getto fix for this or is a new carb the only way....

[TopCatGr58]

Hey there TrueFreak,

Here's a page of search results for "float post repair",

http://www.xs11.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1125822

A few should stand out with Float Post repair in their subject, and should be more than 1 pages long....we really do need to make a formal tech tip showing the various techniques folks have come up with!

T.C.

[trbig]

Which carb is it? As sitting on the bike, cylinder # 1 is on the left, #4 on the right.

[Truefreak104]

Not exactly sure glanced at on the way out today ill let u know in the am ...there's 2 broken but the other still acts a stop so I'm not worried about it

[Truefreak104]

3 and 4 both had a broken post ....but I think I've made a decent fix with break line and epoxy ...a little bit of forming the break line some filing and ...bam....new posts ....waiting for the garage to open to put them on and try it out lol

[TopCatGr58]

Hey again,

Your word EPOXY has me/us concerned! If you are talking about JB Weld, we have tried that before and it doesn't work, it doesn't hold up to immersion in fuel, especially ethanol, it softens, turns to putty and such! SO...with your use of "brake"line...I'm assuming you used the hollow portion of a brake line fitting or automotive brake line tubing, cut it so you had a section of tube and slipped it over the break???

Did you follow the search results link and view any of the repair threads??
Techniques varied from using stainless steel lock wire with drilled holes in the sides of the broken base/float post to be able to secure them together with the wire; OR drilling the ENDS of both pieces of the post and inserting rods/threaded, or just substituting a threaded rod/bolt into the base after drilling it, and then dremelling it to make a flat surface, and then drilling it for the float pin.

T.C.

[Truefreak104]

Ill get pics up gotta get them off my phone .... but now 1 Carb is leaking#3 instead of a 4 so good deal ...been freazing lately ..haven't been up to the cold in the garage to work lately