1981 XS11 Special - DEAD DUCK Cafe

[Bartman]

I agree, that looks very nice. Good work Kurt

[kboehringer]

Now I like it....

Now, I'm not 100% sure I like it? Probably one that will grow on me with time.

I couldn't figure out why it wasn't living up to my expectations. Then I realized I was giving up a nice shiny new chrome cap for this DULL finish R1 cap. I LIKE SHINY stuff. All my side covers are polished up, nice chrome mufflers, etc. The stock dull finish of the R1 cap looked out-of-place. NOT ANYMORE! I polished the dickens out of it.... Looks like a mirror and NOW I love it too. Now, it looks like it goes with the rest of the bike's shiny stuff.


The Dead Duck is DONE....No more mods, only a little bit of fine tuning, some SS Brake Lines, and a lot of POLISHING and it's Ready for XSSE!

KURT

[Bergman16]

I think that tank looks fantastic, Kurt. Nice work.

And by the way, I bought a pair of those Yamaha stick on emblems for my SG tank. Not to replace anything, but to cover a small ping-dent in the top of the tank next to the gas fill. Annoyed the hell out of me, cause every time I looked at it I remembered dropping the wrench on the tank.

Now all I see is a pretty yamaha emblem that reminds me how much money I saved not repainting the whole tank.