A little progress on the XJ....

New handlebars installed...check
New (lower) headlight mount installed...check
New triple trees installed...check
Headwork completed...check
new 15 3/4" shocks ordered...check
79 xs1100g standard tank ordered...check
Topend gasket kit ordered...check

Need to fabricate new sub frame, get new mirrors, get new front m/c and perch, fab new inst. cluster mount, fab new seats, fab header collector, fab tank mount, re-install head and valvetrain, and then bodywork and paint.

This is the most recent pictures of the bike as it sits. Need to do some final positioning of the tail section which will be slightly further forward than in the picture, but it is shown at the approximate ride height with the new shocks.

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Suicide Wheels: New Feature

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Thanks for the right up Juan!

This one is for sale, too!!!!!

Saw this when I picked up the head for the Yamaha from the Jaco Machine shop

and Dave's EDM in Dayton.

It's for sale, too! $17,000



Yamaha update...

Moving along on the Yamaha. Waiting for the triple trees to show up so I can get the front end squared away (should be today!), still looking for an xs1100g tank (cafe style) but you can see wear I'm heading with the ol' girl:

Things that make you go, hmmmm.

Found this while wandering the interwebs and thought it was very interesting.

So...you think you can wrench?

R4YL....if I have to explain it, you wouldn't understand.

Who's gonna help a brother out??

okay, so I was swapping out the old intake boots on the XJ11 and low and behold in Yamaha's infinite wisdom they thought it would be a fantastic idea to use stainless hardware in an aluminum head with no thread treatment! So, as you can imagine, after 20 years of riding like that, 2 of the intake boot mounting bolts snapped. Started getting them out by drilling them out and snapped drill bits in both of them.

So, now before I do anymore damage, I'm looking for a machine shop in the Dayton area that can not only get them out for me (which shouldn't be an issue) but can do it at a really nice "You're a great dude" price!

If you know a shop, give me a shout!

Working on the XJ1100j

Finally getting her torn down. Making it into a retro-streetfighter!

New R1 tail section, xs1100g tank, 4 into 1 header, new shocks.



Atheists.....ain't got no songs!

Now, even the Japanese are laughing at our airport security issues!!!

And now a bike for Justin!!!

This one is just for you, buddy!



Pan sweetness

Some day, I will have a pan. And when I do...I want it to grow up and look just like this one!