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Bonus.....CL is where it's at......got this jacket my size. They were asking $85 i got it for $40!!! Kinda Loud But CHEAP and local and nice leather.

You ever get those pics posted. Would love to see.

I probably have a good 18 hours in the whole deal....Labor of love

Thanks

Bremen Here......just got the beast 1980 xs850 running

SO I went with drag bars that have a slight 2" pull back. couldn't quite bring myself to wreck my wrists on a broomstick....

This stuff was realy a pain in the ass but I really enjoyed the labor of love and brushing up on my upholstery.

Took the cut off pieces and filled the cafe hump then covered it with the firmest carpet padding I could get. It took quite a lot of finagling but it turned pretty sweet. Then came up with a design . Bought some vinyl and got to work.

Had to test the fit on the bracket and then cut a relief in the back of the pan to flatten the back. Kept the sides of the pan to follow the lines of the side covers.

Marked out how much I wanted off the sides of the stock seat pan, cut out a sliver and then cut the foam to match. Then worked on heigth of the foam and the curve up.

I needed a cheap way to transform my stock seat into a Cafe style seat so I came up with this.

Used my old sock xs850 seat and transformed it into my cafe racer seat. $37 in the marine vinyl....... Love how it turned out

Thats amazing man. Can you help a cleaning failure, to see the light? What sort of process do you go thru to get thta stuff to shine like that.....especially the fork lowers? any tips from a master would be appreciated...

I don't know how everyone gets multiple pics of thier build on but I'm getting very frustrated...... ??? I have euro bars in mind I really wanted to go with clubmans but it seems like I will be laying on this long ass tank? I don't know This is just the stock bars turned upside down...

SO its freezing......but I can't stay away...

AGAIN-----you guys are amazing thanks for the info........ I searched around and think my front tire is gonna be a 110/90 19 and m rear wil be a 120/90 17? I think that is correct I am really looking at the Battleax so thanks a lot for the input..... word up Ted

I totally agree!!! I was just saying I like those tires. I could never go fenderless. I do like the look but it's not very practical. Besides my 850 special has chrome fenders. Why would I get rid of those. Lol. I'm just trying to get a straight answer on what size tires I should get...

I am about to purchase some new rubber for my 1980 xs850. I was wondering what suggestions were out there on what brand/ size I should be looking at. I am 6'1" and 240 pounds. I have a slight cafe style build going and would love some input. Is it better to go to a dealer or the interweb? Should...

Thanks hoosier......I just live in Bremen. I'll try and stay in touch for rides and what-not when the season starts again.

So....I guess I'm not as clever as the rest but this is my first post to this thread and here goes..... so ready to get my powder coated front calipers back and get them together and on....... Hoping my winter xs850 special build goes as well as some of the ones I've seen here. Looking for a...