Xs1100f

[Wayne]

Welcome to the site Ridinhi,
As you can already see, the folks on this site are very helpfull. A great bunch for sure.

May your XS give you many miles of joy.

Ride Safe

[motoman]

Just keep me imformed Skids. Have extra room for ya.........and could join you, being retired, can go on short notice. Always up for ridin'. Email me: brperson@msn.com

[Ridinhi]

Hello fellow XS's.

Never thought I would say that.

I just got the carbs and engine back together. I replaced all of the carb tubes because they were badly cracked. I went through the carbs and replaced a few gaskets and cleaned. All is well.

I changed oil, gear lube, went through the final and diassembled the brakes. I plan to replace all of the lines with SS and have rebuilt the calipers and front master.

I started the bike last night and she fired right up. I have two vacuum lines to replace is all I saw. The carbs synched with a little tuning and she runs smooth as butter.

I did have a real smoking problem on the 1-2 side but after a bit of running it went away. I may have had a ring stuck because of the sitting. If it does it on startup I will put a little Marvins in each cylinder to see if it freezes up. I hope it is not a valve seal. I plan to get the tires done by tuesday and have the lines made up . I may just have Pirtek make me a set.

I will, upon recommendations here, change the fuse block after getting all of the maintenance issues rung up.

Later

Ridinhi

[Ridinhi]

One thing I forgot to mention.

My Dad helped me do all of this. He loves to tinker on bikes. I am not sure I could have done all of this in record time without him.

Thanks Old Man !!!!!

[Dennyz]

Here is my $500 (with 32K) "F", after a lot of hours and a little bit of cash. Now she has 105K on her.

[Ridinhi]

I like the exhaust and the drag bars.

Mine is the same exact color.

Did you take the fairing off or did you recieve it that way?

[Dennyz]

Mine came with full fairing, floorboards, saddle bags, and trunk. It was a full on "bagger". I found it sitting outside in a service yard of a dealer, looking sad. The dealer was asking $1000. I told him it was not worth any more than $500. After he made several attempts to get more out of me, as I was walking for the door, he gave in.

[Ridinhi]

I also got mine for $500. A guy my dad works with gave up on the bike 4 years ago when the front caliper locked up. It was actually the master cylinder rubber boot allowing water to enter the system. I have already rebuilt the brakes.

I had the plug wire on the #2 snap. The interior insulation seemed to break but nothing is exposed. I do not think it is an issue right now.

The next thing is getting new rubber put on. Anyone know the torque value of the clutch bolts in the rear tire? I am speaking of the bolts that go into the rubber bushings.

Also would like to know what a replacment part number would be to maybe a replacement aftermarket coil/plug wire set.

[Dennyz]

Here is the best deal I have seen for coils. And you can use any wires.

http://www.mikesxs.com/parts/img250/17-6803.jpg

(www.mikesxs.com)

The XS1100 uses two of the samething the later XS650s used.