My New Vetter Trunk or My Bike has got BACK

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  • buickyouth
    XStremely XSive
    • Apr 2004
    • 202
    • Chicago, IL

    #1

    My New Vetter Trunk or My Bike has got BACK

    I was looking for a little trunk for my junk and came across this gadunkadunk on ebay. After a good scrub, I replaced most of the hardware and repainted the pannels. My buddy helped me out making sense of the wiring and his cousin did a little painting as well on the vetter emblems to match the gold YAMAHA and XS11 badges on the bike too. The lock was a little bit of a pain, but once I took a dremel tool to the hole, the perfect fit was mine.

    I just wanted to share my success with all you guys. Thought you'd get a kick out of it.

    I mean you all like big butts right?









    Oh, I also finally got that stock exhaust back on too. Broken posts and all. Took it for a test ride today and all seems okay.
    I am a rhinoceros and my skin is three feet thick.
    //////////////WARSENAULT/////////////
  • John
    XS-XJ Super Guru
    • Oct 2003
    • 5117

    #2
    Where is all the snow? That trunk looks pretty good on there, almost like it belongs.
    I used to live in your neck of the woods 17 years ago. Bensenville, and Wood Dale. I worked at O'Hare.

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    • Bud Manley
      XStremely XSive
      • May 2003
      • 414
      • Clayton, Michigan

      #3
      That trunk is cool. I use mine to store my helmet while in school.

      Also The trunk will carry a 24 pack of mountain dew and 3 #1's from Taco Bell with room to spare.
      79 XS1100F "JINGUS"
      07 V-star 1100
      Do you want it done right or do you want me to do it?

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      • Bud Manley
        XStremely XSive
        • May 2003
        • 414
        • Clayton, Michigan

        #4
        79 XS1100F "JINGUS"
        07 V-star 1100
        Do you want it done right or do you want me to do it?

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        • buickyouth
          XStremely XSive
          • Apr 2004
          • 202
          • Chicago, IL

          #5
          okay ponch

          Why is it that all white bikes look like police bikes to me?
          I am a rhinoceros and my skin is three feet thick.
          //////////////WARSENAULT/////////////

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          • John
            XS-XJ Super Guru
            • Oct 2003
            • 5117

            #6
            Hey Bud

            What are those covers over the carbs?

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            • skids
              XS-XJ Super Guru
              • Jul 2002
              • 5046
              • Florissant, CO, USA

              #7
              Re: okay ponch

              Because you like to ride FAST? ;-)

              Originally posted by buickyouth
              Why is it that all white bikes look like police bikes to me?
              Skids (Sid Hansen)

              Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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              • MAXIMAN
                XS-XJ Guru
                • Jan 2005
                • 1817
                • As far from the government as humanly possible.

                #8
                John,

                Those are standard on any Vetter lower. I've never really figured what they are for. I think it's to keep engine heat off the legs. I've got 'em on Zilla. But the lowers on Kong are much warmer on a cold day. They are Yammy OEM and don't have those sheilds.

                HEY Bud...that's sweet looking bike.

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                • prometheus578
                  XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 4012
                  • Olympia , Wa.

                  #9
                  Don't knock free stuff.

                  Hey, I have the same trunk, too. Found it behind a shop I worked at three years ago. Cleaned up nicely. Plan to put LEDs in this summer. Bought a cabinet keylock from Home Despot as it didn't have one.

                  As for Chicago suburbs.... I was a young, late night gas pumper on Rte 83 between Mt. Prospect and Des Plaines, and am one of the few that can say I met mass murderer John Wayne Gacy and lived to tell of it. I could have ended up as victim #34.

                  Raced at Santa Fe Speedway for a few, too.
                  Funny, how 25 years and 50 pounds can change someone!
                  "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                  • skids
                    XS-XJ Super Guru
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 5046
                    • Florissant, CO, USA

                    #10
                    Re: My New Vetter Trunk or My Bike has got BACK

                    You just have to find the matching-style side bag system to go with that trunk. Is it possible to remove the sissy bar and move the trunk forward a bit?

                    Originally posted by buickyouth
                    I was looking for a little trunk for my junk.
                    Skids (Sid Hansen)

                    Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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