XS1100 Sport cafe racer project

[Mathh]

Here are some pics of the building of two Sports (5K7), bought by a friend of mine called Ief Warson from Belgium.
It all started last year with buying two projects , both Dutch bikes and in a sorry state. Both bikes had been standing for lots of years. Although delivered with a lot of spares we decided we could only build one original bike and one caferacer. And as Ief wanted to drive in summer (read : the summer of 2014 ) we decided to start with the caferacer. Now that would speed up things

Here some pics directly after the sale... two bikes



including lots of boxes with parts ...

[Mathh]

one bike was stripped and the frame went off for blasting and coating, the color is black with a silver metalflake to brighten things up. Engine was tested and it ran, although very rough but on all fours. It was washed with degreaser and painted with VHT black wrinkle.












All bolts to be replaced by stainless steel ones. Carbs were taken apart and cleaned thoroughly






Soon frame and engine were married again ...












frame was altered at the rear to get the caferacer look






Stock shocks were dismantled and coated and painted:




And of course the obligatory exhaust stud was broken off .... duhhhhh ..

[Mathh]

Next were the wheels, discs and the front forks ...












Some nice shiny bolts for the discs with a tiny drop of medium Loctite ..








then some trial fitting with the newly painted fuel tank in matt silver:







And time for some new Avon rubber ..

[motoman]

Good find!......with your involvment, can we expect any MAJOR transformations?.. BTW, any pics of the finished twin-sparred frame mono-shocked XS11 project?(nope..haven't forgotten).

[madmax-im]

holy sheetz...that looks bitchin

[jetmechmarty]

Is that a 17" rear wheel? I like it!

[mrhammer2u]

Nice build! Want to see the finished product.

[rambler Shawn]

Nice work! I nearly went with the wrinkle coat as well. Maybe the next build, looks good

[Mathh]

Well, it took a while but as the bike is still not finished due to every session ending in drinking beer …



…. I’m gonna post some pics because these stories need a decent end, too many unfinished stories on the internet..
Here you can see after we fitted the K&N’s , we made a strut on top of the carbs to hold them, also visible the Fireblade coils with the screw-in red plug wires.





Later we rubber mounted the carb struts to stop vibration messing up the floats.. and check out the relocated ignition switch ..



We mounted the stock oil cooler and a solid gold oil pan, just to show off ……





We fitted a new headlamp with a ring of leds surrounding the H4 lamp….



… a T&T electronic Speedometer/Tachometer combination …



Turns out that we would move that headlamp several times and to different locations as we were not pleased with the looks.



Some nice Brembo brakes on home made adapter plates to get some nice braking up front …







Check the adjustable head lamp mount ..



Easier to handle oil filler bolt for the middle drive gear ..



Then we mounted the stock black downpipes and wrapped them. We bought some empty fat shorties which fitted to the stock downpipes and made some baffles to fit in the mufflers and filled them with ceramic wool.























installed a Telefix fork brace ….



… and relocated the rear caliper by cutting and welding the stock adapter plate ..



..... will be continued soon ....

[motoman]

Hi Mathh,
Some nice, meticoulous work goin' on there......as usual, and is normal for you.

[3Phase]

That is some seriously nice work, and thank you for following up on the unfinished story!

[donebysunday]

1100 seca

Can't wait !!!!!
WANT TO SEE THE ENDING (finish) !!!!!
DID I SAY I CAN"T WAIT ?
Being that projects like this are never really done (little things get up-graded) with adding/changing as time goes by.
I hope to see more after the final pics as time goes by, PLEASE .

[skids]

Super work! Hurry up, the suspense is killing me.

[bikerphil]

Looks great, is that a 17" rear wheel? Nice touch with the caliper at the bottom like a newer machine.

[Mathh]

Looks great, is that a 17" rear wheel? Nice touch with the caliper at the bottom like a newer machine.

Thank you all for the compliments again. The rear wheel is 2.5x17" ...
We still have some sets for sale