XS1100 Bob concept

[Swagger]

Yeah I'm afraid that while it'd hold up for a bit, you'd be fatiguing it like mad and one day you hit a good solid pump, sheer the mount off and get a shock in the butt......no fun.

If you DO drop the seat rails, like I said the best bet would be to relocate your upper mounts. However you could also use curved sear rails if you're thinking of building a new seat all together...

 

[Swapmeet Louie]

WITH GOOD welds and proper tubing (dom). It will be fine. As a matter of fact, put some thought into it and it'll be stronger. Now go and modify... haha

Seriously though, it'll be OK

 

[Fix]

Found a place through the XS11 boards for new tank badges. Seems yamaha no longer makes them for the bike...however, they DO make silver badges for Yamaha golf carts that are the same size and bolt pattern. Just gotta heat them and put a little bend in to help it conform to the shape of the tank. Best part? They're only $16 shipped for a pair.

If anyone else is looking for Yamaha bages the part number I used is JN6-F4161-01

 

[MarcW]

It's basically just konging the frame right? Works ok on 750's although they're a bit lighter!!

http://www.hondachopper.com/garage/konging/konging.html

 

[Swagger]

Here's pretty much what I was talking about, right here....one of our own:
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=14519.new;topicseen#new

 

[Fix]

Ahh, good lookin out, Swagger. That just might work. Gotta wait til I can dig my garage out to go eyeball the frame. I can't wait til it's at least warm enough to sit in my garage with a beer and stare at my bike.

 

[leedutcher]

did u guys get hit by the snow to.... here i iowa we got pummeled

 

[Fix]

Heya Lee, I didn't know you were over here. Yeah, SE Michigan got a decent little dump, but it's the wind piling it up that's making a mess for me.

 

[leedutcher]

Unfortunately in iowa anyway...lol. be better once it get warm around here. its hot and humid in the summer and bone chilling cold in the winter....never a happy medium in the midwest...lol...nice to see another xs1100 i know there isnt to many on DTT

 

[Fix]

So, does anyone have a pipe bender that can do this?





It's 25mm OD pipe, whole hoop is about 140mm long. 235mm wide. Here's some shots of what I'm doing.

The idea is to have a loop that follows the seat, over the fender.

 

[Fix]

Maybe this will help, it's a bit better drawing of the hoop. Obviously, it's not anywhere near scale.

 

[Swagger]

I love that stubby rear fender...

 

[HeadlessNorseman]

this was my xj650 half done. im not sure what "style" it was but i just stripped it down and added a few small things. it was quite comfortable and plenty powerful for crusin around. Thats an unknown suzuki tank and honda seat that i found for sale locally at the time. Didnt need much welding, i could have got away with none

 

[Fix]

Oh boy, somone talk me outta this. Ran into a guy on a Michigan bike board who does THIS

I freakin' love that. He says we could do the same on my bike. What I don't know yet is whether or not it'd be something I could afford.

 

[Fix]

Hmm, $200 if we don't rake the neck (which is fine, as I don't want to invest in a new front end) Dam, this is tough. It'd mean finding a new tank, and whatever cost that incurs. dammit.

 

[CresentSon]

Maybe this will help, it's a bit better drawing of the hoop. Obviously, it's not anywhere near scale.

That looks familiar. In high school they just used a banana and hand signals for this lesson, no need for fancy diagrams...

 

[Fix]

That looks familiar. In high school they just used a banana and hand signals for this lesson, no need for fancy diagrams...

Hah, a regular fuckin' comedian here.

 

[MotorbikeBruno]

I may be able to help you out with this....but my tubing bender does 1" OD and your OD is .98" Here's a picture of what I did with it. I wouldn't be able to bend that section up for you...but you could cut the tube to that angle and cut another (kind of like using a mitre saw I think) and get what you want.

 

[Fix]

I may be able to help you out with this....but my tubing bender does 1" OD and your OD is .98" Here's a picture of what I did with it. I wouldn't be able to bend that section up for you...but you could cut the tube to that angle and cut another (kind of like using a mitre saw I think) and get what you want.

I think I get what you're saying. You might be able to do the main bend, but the small bend at the ends would need to be cut at an angle and tacked onto a small piece of straight tube? If I'm picking up what you're putting down, would you mind either posting or PMing what something like that would cost me?

Thanks a ton!

 

[JRK5892]

man if that guy does that from michigan without a frame jig i would NEVER ride that bike... so dangerous to cut the down tubes without a jig... so so dangerous