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  • #31
    Bars

    Thanks for the pics Greg. The right side legs being so much shorter without spacers I don't think I can make those gaps by bending it. Plus I think it will hit the engine cover before the tabs would reach the frame. One thing on your bars the very bottom tabs are extended more than mine. I will pull the bolts out and try and mock it and get back. Man I sure wanted these to work the 3pts in decent shape are very dang hard to find.

    Jimmy
    81 SH

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    • #32
      as a side note.

      The crash bars that just came off my XJ had some decent sized spacers on the right hand side
      '82 XJ11
      '02 Triumph Trophy
      '97 Buell S1 Lightning
      '92 Buell RS1200 (WestWind)
      '82 KZ750R1 (GPz)

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      • #33
        Look at my picture of the extra set I have compared to the picture you posted at the beginning of this thread.

        It looks to me like the set you have are from a different bike. If they were advertised as for an XS11 whoever sold them to you was misrepresenting them.

        If you bought them off of ebay you should contact the seller and tell him you want your money back PLUS return shipping or you will file a complaint with ebay and screw up his sellers status.
        Greg

        Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

        ― Albert Einstein

        80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

        The list changes.

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        • #34
          Yours...........

          Mine..........
          Greg

          Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

          ― Albert Einstein

          80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

          The list changes.

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          • #35
            Seller

            Yeah I emailed the seller and he said he thought he pulled those from an XS11 but might have made a mistake. He was nice and offered me half my money back and maybe I could make them fit but I can't use them. He will have to refund me plus shipping. I didn't buy them through EBay but I used PayPal and can still file a claim but I don't think it will come to that, I think the guy will refund me. Damn thought I had some decent 3pts
            81 SH

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            • #36
              Originally posted by S1Loki View Post
              as a side note.

              The crash bars that just came off my XJ had some decent sized spacers on the right hand side
              Do you by chance have a few pics of those bars?
              81 SH

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              • #37
                Originally posted by jimp1967 View Post
                Thanks for the pics Greg. The right side legs being so much shorter without spacers I don't think I can make those gaps by bending it. Plus I think it will hit the engine cover before the tabs would reach the frame. One thing on your bars the very bottom tabs are extended more than mine. I will pull the bolts out and try and mock it and get back. Man I sure wanted these to work the 3pts in decent shape are very dang hard to find.

                Jimmy

                I used a piece of all-thread on that bottom mount of mine. Greg has a hardware store they sold stainless metric at. It goes all the way through from one side to the other. Just put two nuts, then a washer between the bars and the engine. Put the bars on with the other two mounting points, then run one nut and washer up against the back side of the bar to where you want it, then tighten the 2nd nut up against the back of that one. Then another nut/washer on the front side.

                Make what ya got work.
                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
                  That's the upper mount Tod. The lower mounts have individual bolts for each side. Go look.
                  Greg

                  Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                  ― Albert Einstein

                  80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                  The list changes.

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                  • #39
                    The seller I bought the bars from was a nice guy and said he would refund my money $70. He mentioned a partial refund if I wanted to use them as wall hangers..LOL. I told him I would eat $20 just to save re-packing the darn things and driving to the PO. He refunded me back $50 this morning. So now I only have $20 invested and don't mind putting a cheater pipe, hammer and 4x4..etc.

                    Jimmy Phillips
                    81 SH

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                      That's the upper mount Tod. The lower mounts have individual bolts for each side. Go look.
                      You're right, but the same thing (Using shorter piece of all-thread) would fix him up.
                      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
                        I will try the all-thread Todd. I understand what your saying, bolt one of the bar points up and use the all-thread to "draw up pull up" the other bars in place. Thanks Todd. The right side may have to have a spacer as the legs on the right are a little shorter. Greg said it will look cobbled with a spacer and I agree, but maybe I'll just need one on the bottom so you can't see it.

                        Jimmy
                        81 SH

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                        • #42
                          It looks like the bolt holes line up pretty fair. The middle one goes to the wrong bolt there but as long as the flange clears the lower bolt head it might be OK.
                          Greg

                          Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                          ― Albert Einstein

                          80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                          The list changes.

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                          • #43
                            Yeah I noticed too the middle bar went to the wrong hole, I will make sure it clears the other bolt when I get it bolted up. Thanks Greg
                            81 SH

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                            • #44
                              Figured out what these bars fit: 1981 Suzuki GS1000 MC Enterprises.

                              Jimmy
                              81 SH

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