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  • #31
    I'm pretty sure I picked that headlight off an XV750, but not 100% on that. It's 8" though.

    I'm doing another set of rotors for my XS650 project,mostly XS11 braking. I'm going to try and copy a pattern for members to use here. I was asked before, so... 217 holes per rotor
    79F cafe

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    • #32
      Originally posted by rambler Shawn View Post
      I'm pretty sure I picked that headlight off an XV750, but not 100% on that. It's 8" though.

      I'm doing another set of rotors for my XS650 project,mostly XS11 braking. I'm going to try and copy a pattern for members to use here. I was asked before, so... 217 holes per rotor
      I'd never have the patience to drill 631 holes between three rotors. Insane!
      1979 XS1100F
      2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Courtney View Post
        Are those radials on there?
        They're tubeless Kenda Cruisers. 100/90 frt/ 140/70 rear. Not an expensive tire, it's what i grabbed in a rush to get rubber on it. Sourced Firestone Deluxe Champions (finally) as wholesale stock had dried up recently in North America.
        79F cafe

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        • #34
          Originally posted by IanDMacDonald View Post
          I'd never have the patience to drill 631 holes between three rotors. Insane!
          That's why I get someone else to do it. To preserve what sanity i have left. lol
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          • #35
            A few pinstripes painted on and pretty much done now. Loose wiring in pic tucked away nicely now. Runs great!

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            79F cafe

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            • #36
              Marty (in Mississippi)
              XS1100SG
              XS650SK
              XS650SH
              XS650G
              XS6502F
              XS650E

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              • #37
                "My '79 STD."

                Hmmm.. If you have a STD since 1979, I'm guessing it was nothing a penicillin shot would take care of?
                Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                Current bikes:
                '06 Suzuki DR650
                *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                '81 XS1100 Special
                '81 YZ250
                '80 XS850 Special
                '80 XR100
                *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                • #38
                  Marty's hand could use some treatment as well.

                  I'm fan of stock bikes, but I like the velocity stacks- they look much cooler than pods.
                  -Mike
                  _________
                  '79 XS1100SF 20k miles
                  '80 XS1100SG 44k miles
                  '81 XS1100H Venturer 35k miles
                  '79 XS750SF 17k miles
                  '85 Honda V65 Magna ~7k miles
                  '84 Honda V65 Magna 48k miles (parts bike)
                  '86 Yamaha VMAX 9k miles

                  Previous: '68 Motoguzzi 600cc + '79 XS750SF 22k miles +'84 Honda V65

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                  • #39
                    Good looking bike.

                    Here on the wet coast, open stacks are not too bad since all the dust gets encapsulated and washed away in all the rain.

                    Didn't know there were so many xsessives on the island. Must be something in the water.
                    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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                    • #40
                      Man, that's a lot of holes in the discs. At what point have you gone from a cooling effect, to defeating the structural integrity of them? It "Looks" cool, but I would worry about emergency stops with them.
                      Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                      You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                      Current bikes:
                      '06 Suzuki DR650
                      *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                      '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                      '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                      '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                      '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                      '81 XS1100 Special
                      '81 YZ250
                      '80 XS850 Special
                      '80 XR100
                      *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                      • #41
                        Wow ...I must say..that this is exceptionally well done...you know me...but I'm actually impressed...
                        Last edited by madmax-im; 01-31-2015, 09:29 AM.
                        1980 XS650G Special-Two
                        1993 Honda ST1100

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                        • #42
                          Remember, our discs are massive 6mm thick beasts about double the thickness of contemporary discs. Look at the example below. There's only about 5/16 of web on those puppies. I think you would have to drill a lot more holes to really make ours compromised, but that would start to look silly.

                          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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                          • #43
                            OK. Looked at them closer... Not a lot more. Maybe two?
                            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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                            • #44
                              Very nice!
                              XS1100 3X0 '82 restomod, 2H9 '78 chain drive racer, 3H3 '79 customized.
                              MV Agusta Brutale 910R '06.
                              Triumph 1200 Speed Trophy '91, Triumph 1200 '93.
                              Z1 '73 restomod, Z1A '74 yellow/green, KZ900 A4 '76 green.
                              Yamaha MT-09 Tracer '15 grey.
                              Kawasaki Z1300 DFI '84 modified, red.

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                              • #45
                                That is ridiculously good looking!!!
                                '96 Kawasaki ZX11, bought February 5, 2015

                                '79 Kawasaki LTD 1000, bought Oct 19,2010.....sold Sept 12, 2013

                                '81 XS11 Special, bought May 6, 2010.....sold Oct 19,2010

                                '79 XS 11 Special, bought July 3rd, 2008

                                '78 XS11 Standard, bought July 2, 2009.....sold Aug 25, 2011

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