PROJECT 1100

Arrived in flat pack form.
First job sort out this spaghetti.

 

Can't wait to see how this one turns out. Looks to be the remains of a XS11 Standard. What are your plans? Stock or something else?

 

Pretty much stock, might play with the color scheme.

 

Any colour except bronze?

 

I love how the wiring harness includes the still-attached taillight and handlebar assemblies.

Look on the upside, Wiz: Saves you from taking it apart, you were gonna do that anyway. I hope there's a BIG BAG of hardware somewhere, with all those goofy shoulder bolts, spacers, and other odd Yamaha-specific fasteners.

 

Yeh, i pointed out to the PO that it was a bit unconventional, when i picked up the loom it was like lifting a root of potatoes.
What is even more unconventional is the fuse box, I just don't need a tail clearance indicator or a defogger.

 

gday wizard, looked at it myself a few times,hopfully the PO wasnt full of it and it works out well for you,im a member of the xs1100 site here in oz,there are some very dedicated members on it. im sure they would love to watch it be reborn ,see ya

 

Hi Ken, I have signed up to the xs1100 forum (screen name wizz), there are a lot of good points about this bike, how much a set of those 4 into 2 pipes & mufflers, in good condition ? tyres are good & recent, seat is good, front brakes have been done, that's covered the cost of the bike, + it's a low klms mill. I'm looking forward to the resto', might even sell the 900, I do have a good feeling about it. The vendor is as straight as............ Wiz.

 

Can't wait to see this one done. You always to awesome work Wiz!

 

Big dent in tank, this is how I pulled it out. Cut a piece of .6mm m/s & shape roughly to the contour of the dent, fix a c/s bolt in the middle, tin both pieces & solder in place, when cool lever out, sweat off the 'patch', it has left an easy to fill area & the tank hasn't been punctured.

 

Great job on the dent. My son-in-law hit his tank with his fist when the bike wouldn't start, guess I'll give your method a try. Don't think he will do that again but you never know.

 

Wiz... I got one of these in parts in my garage... Exhaust, tank and seat are toast... Have most of the rest of it though.

Need anything?

 

Hold the phone, bud...........

 

Wow that fuse box is giant! Wonder what happened to the windshield wiper? That could come in handy on your helmet visor. Nice work on the tank-I have a few small dents on mine, and a lateral dent (more like a crease) low on the right side. I didn't see it for the first week after getting the bike because it perfectly matches the original lines of the black tank and no rust or missing paint. You should do a write up about restoring your tank to original the right way. They cost way too much new.

 

Tank prepped, will set it aside now for future attention.

 

Did you mean copper ?

 

Compression readings before valves.
Dry. 1-128-2-122-3-123-4-132

Wet. 1-132-2-140-3-140-4-158

 

Nice project!

I'm slowly restoring an '81 XS-11 'Trans-Canada', which has the full touring fairing, bags and trunk, all in dire need of paint.

I may attach a sidecar, and will probably have to go with an aftermarket or custom exhaust, as the PO, aka 'ham-fisted monkey', hadn't any idea of how to properly store the thing, and the mufflers are pretty bad

At least the engine is in decent shape, mainly because these things are damn near bullet-proof!

 

Puts a whole new spin on the "some assembly required" phrase eh.

 

SHIM CHART

 

New work stand from a GTR 1000, all the brackets had been cut off, had to build all new.

 

Frame painted.

 

That's how my frame sits right now. I was wondering if I should remove the lower triple tree before painting. How did you go about getting the swingarm out?

 

Rudie; We covered swingarms already. The bigger (shaft-driven) bikes have real bearings and it just comes apart. Your 550 has nylon bushings and a spacer that you will likely destroy when removing them. Leave yours in, or be prepared to replace some parts.

 

Rudie, the steering head was removed & painted separately.

 

I am amazed at how fast your projects go Wiz. Just one question, do you have a day job or is restoring bikes your day job?

 

Bike restos' are just a hobby, my real job is trying to keep the wife happy....

 

Front wheel finished

 

Hi Wiz, frame came up a treat , what paint did you use on it ?

cheers, Murray

 

Hi Murray, I have taken to using ready mixed acrylic for basic colours, from the auto paint store, it has a good cover & a deep shine. I'm using VHT caliper paint on some parts, but I have to wait until the wife is out to bake them.

 

Brake parts past their best.

 

Brake parts painted & baked.

 

Swing arm & final drive complete.

 

you better be putting some chrome acorn nuts on that differential

 

Did you notice how bad the Wiz's hands were shaking in dread of the wife's sudden return when he photographed the freshly baked brake components?

 

You picked up on that Fitz, I baked them in the middle of the night & was dreading what sort of smell there would be...........

 

What, the 4 that hold the swing arm to the f/drive ?

 

Them's the ones.

Being forward-facing, using acorn nuts is a better idea anyway.

 

Good luck finding those acorn nuts, they are 10mm x 1.25 fine thread. It took me a year to find some in stainless, but I got them. I had to buy 100 of them and they were not cheap but they made the difference in looks.

 

So, have you got 96 for sale ?

 

Bought 4 of these you guys sure know how to spend my dough. (

 

i remember one of those light clusters you did looked beautiful, i expect this one to look the same

 

I was much younger then.

 

wasn't that long ago. take that one over and compare it to your 900

 

Not to many left. Having 4 bikes to dress up I have gone through over 50 of them. The XJ and XJ 11 have at least 20 of them each, rear drive, head, exhaust mounting, kick stand,shock mounts for starters. Then the Venture has some also. Iod have some left.

 

Hey Wiz, you can "re-print" the white lettering Polock's on about; not "re-paint" but "re-print."

I bought a cheapie rubber stamp set at the craft store, it was an all-caps alphabet set. I chopped up all the A's, H's T's etc., and got a bunch of little rectangular stamp pads. Painted them lightly with flat white auto touch up paint, and re-printed the lettering. The key is using little enough paint; better to build up three or four stampings ten minutes apart than get too much paint on and it runs down and fills in the letters.

You can make the raised white lettering look like new.

 

Meters & motor BSB.....

 

Seat pan has a bit of metal worm & the cover tabs were gone, so I drilled what solid metal was there & inserted some brass tacks, held them in place with masking tape, then used GRP tape & resin, on the inside.