My Stretched XJ1100 Bobber

Howdy I've been working on this project for about 6 months wanted to get some feed back as I come to the end. here are a few photos.

 

that is INSANE, please, go into details on how you stretched the shaft... I'm sure you could do a write up, that you help out the site alot

 

I had a machinest friend cut the shaft then he turned the cut ends down to 1/2" - 1 inch long. We took a drive shaft from a honda civic and cut a 7 1/2" piece bored it 1/2" - 1" deep. We pressed it all together welded it then heat treated it to harden the shaft.
I built a jig to hold the swing arm prior to cutting it stretched it out 5 1/2" welded square tubing on the right side and a piece of heavy pipe on the shaft side.
5 1/2" gave me plenty of room to mount the battery under the seat I am not seating on top of the gas tank.

 

Unreal! Man that bike looks great... What are you doing with the motor?

Plan on dressing that at all?

Rob

 

That is a great mod.

 

I cleaned the motor up painted the cylinders black with high temp paint and polished the edges of the fins. the pipes were in poor shape so I sand blasted them and painted them flat black with high temp paint. Here are some photos I just installed the motor and it runs great.

 

looks good.

though I have a couple questions.

are you painting those carb hats brown? or is it a primer?

also, did you paint the tube that goes into the forks? wont that affect the seal and whatnot?

 

I rebuilt the carbs before I picked the color scheme so they are just primed right now. The forks had rust on them so I cleaned them and painted them to keep them from rusting anymore until I can decide what to do with them

 

Looks interesting. Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Any closer pics and details on your new side covers. those look killer. i have an 1100 with some side cover issues and would love to do something similar.

Gary

 

I cut the expanded metel to the shape of the opening then welded 1/2" flat stock to it to frame it. To attach it to the frame I drilled 3 shallow holes on the back side and welded a 5mm bolts in each hole, then I welded tabs onto the frame. the back plate is a sperate piece made of 22 gauge sheet metal cut to the shape and holes drilled to match the bolt pattern.

 

After seeing this, I definitely need a welder.

Nice job, congrats.

 

Very talented...Great job!

Rob

 

It's nice to see guy's taking a stab at shaft drive modification, seen it done once on a shadow from florida. Very well done, can't wait to see the finished piece. 8)

 

Just got it about 90% together ran out of money for now still need brake lines, brake pads, carb filters, front tire, and grips. But I cracked it up and drove it into the garage, one milestone.

 

Very nice!!!! Good work Pathebert I like it

Fab

 

I like it fo shizzle!

Rob

 

WOWZERS, I love it

 

I think you need to get rid of those cheesy looking stock handlebars and get a set of drag bars on some 4-6" risers. That would look much better as long as your putting that much time and effort into it. Looks great so far!
I like the stance and riding postion alot better than stock (anything's better than stock)
Let us know how you like the hard tail after a long ride.

 

I originally was going to put the drag bar set up on it but these really feel comfortable and the price was right. I my change them later but for now just want to get on the road.