Re-birth of MadMax.. ---- 79 Yamaha XS1100

[t71ford]

actually I purchase from a seller, and not the original builder. I wish I know more about it, so I could have some more history on this bike. But that's so cool that you remember it! I wonder if there's a thread about it on XS11? and yes, the old rear fender is all made out of fiber glass. Hopefully the new seat and rear fender will fit perfect, or I have to go with the old one for a while before it's completely done.

Nice to see some aesthetics going into this build! Before was functional, but kinda homely. I did some digging at XS11, and found some threads about the bike and its evolution. Interesting stuff, anyway.


pics of the bike
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16407

the chain drive story
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12859&highlight=chain+drive+fat+tire

Keep it up, brother!

 

[madmax79]

Nice to see some aesthetics going into this build! Before was functional, but kinda homely. I did some digging at XS11, and found some threads about the bike and its evolution. Interesting stuff, anyway.


pics of the bike
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16407

the chain drive story
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12859&highlight=chain+drive+fat+tire

Keep it up, brother!

OH WOW!! I feel like just went thru the whole birth history of Madmax!! ha ha.. Thank you for finding that for me, it help me a lot to understand the bike even more.
I better check the weight capability on the Hypermotard shocks. Just realized he was using the old R1 shocks.
Now I understand why another member previously mention that I bought the bike from XSCHOP! ha haa.. I thought he meant the bike is a chop up bike!! LOL.
I guess there are a few out there with the chain drive setup, but I hope I'll be the only one with the Single swing arm set up. ;D

 

[madmax79]

ps XSCHOP was right about how well it handle, the only thing sucks, the bike is still heavy and the stop power are not as quick as some of the lighter bike. ..

 

[t71ford]

The ol' 11 is a pretty heavy bike, and its mostly in the engine! I have always thought your bike in particular was a pretty fascinating build, though! I like that your work is a little cleaner than teh builders was, though. He had a great eye, but tended to not really see beyond performance and flat black.

 

[madmax79]

The ol' 11 is a pretty heavy bike, and its mostly in the engine! I have always thought your bike in particular was a pretty fascinating build, though! I like that your work is a little cleaner than teh builders was, though. He had a great eye, but tended to not really see beyond performance and flat black.

yea I pick up another motor from the junkyard to look for gears, and it's a heavy sucker! at the shop, they keep telling me to put a Hayabusa motor in it ha haa.. yea I really appreciate his eye and the build on the bike, but he's a bit old school. I just seem it the bike more of stream line and can still retain the classic look to it and still perform as well. now I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with the rear seat? I've got someone building it for me, but he's taking forever like always and not sure if I can wait?? I might call up this guy in Cali to see if they can build one? and I will mock up the looks of it.

 

[MotorbikeBruno]

Stoked to have found this build! Great so far!

 

[Sideswipe]

nice build mate, love the single swing arm.. Wish I could find one that easily fit on a Volusia!

 

[madmax79]

Got most of the gears fixed, and engine slowly back together as one. will have to wait for the rear seat to finalize all the electrical wiring as well. Hate waiting!!!
The alarm arrive yesterday as well. will update more next week..

 

[madmax79]

Finally!! the motor is back on the frame!!! and hopefully in a few days, it will be ready for test fire up!! and the seats are coming along!! got 2 seats coming, gonna see which one has better fitment.

 

[madmax79]

the bike is not complete yet, the motor is back in and all the wiring are about 75%, the hard part is to get all the wiring fire up correctly. After that, it will be piece of cake to put everything back on. I was kind of sad that I didn't make it to the rocker vs mods, but looks like I will see about going to the Houston one in Nov for sure.
can't wait until the new seat arrive this week. Gonna go with a dark coffee pleather for the seat.
*** just put the prototype tank and seat on to see how it looks ***

 

[deepwaterimports]

bike is awesome following this one for sure

 

[madmax79]

bike is awesome following this one for sure

thanks man!
here's another view from the front too..

 

[fuggers]

Wow this is fantastic, are you gonna leave the tank/cowl polished? That turned out really nice

 

[madmax79]

Wow this is fantastic, are you gonna leave the tank/cowl polished? That turned out really nice

Thank you. At first I was gonna paint it all black again, but the more I see how it turns out, the more I'm leaning toward leaving it polish. And the most I might do is brush it, but still not sure. I have a feeling I will leave it completely polish.

 

[fuggers]

Gonna blind the cagers!

 

[madmax79]

Gonna blind the cagers!

ha haa LOL.. it's only 35w, so it shouldn't be that bad!! but it should light up pretty nice with the 6000k!!

 

[fuggers]

I was referring to the polished tank and cowl

 

[madmax79]

I was referring to the polished tank and cowl

haha LOL.. yea, before I was like a knight rider stealth mode with all black, now they should see me more visible than before. which is a good things, considering most of the Cagers don't notice us that much.. one time I had some crackhead made a left turn in front of me, and that's after staring at him waiting at the light for good 2 mins!! and he supposed to yield! and when he was turning, I could see in his eyes that he just realized that I was there in slow mode!! stupid people..

 

[fuggers]

haha LOL.. yea, before I was like a knight rider stealth mode with all black, now they should see me more visible than before. which is a good things, considering most of the Cagers don't notice us that much.. one time I had some crackhead made a left turn in front of me, and that's after staring at him waiting at the light for good 2 mins!! and he supposed to yield! and when he was turning, I could see in his eyes that he just realized that I was there in slow mode!! stupid people..

I thought Meth was supposed to increase your reaction time. Glad you're ok

 

[madmax79]

Got the new seat from Ian at houseonfireindustries.com or twinlinemotorcycles.com. The craftsmanship are just amazing!! It look so clean, and I was shock that it fit perfectly like a glove!!! and usually it's really hard to get the fitment exactly on the dot!! even the underpan are just dead on. Can't wait to get this upholster and get it all finish! and once I get the new final Tank in, it's gonna look sweet!!!
The under pan is gonna go under that key hole, once the mount point gets rebuild.