PROJECT 1100

The master of CBE.* I bow to your ingenuity.



*Crude But Effective.

 

Thank you, Fitz, I think, that pan will be good for another 30 years.

 

Motor ASB

 

Motor back in frame.

 

Valve cover baked to a turn.

 

"The myth buster" lol, please tell me that's new

 

What, the valve cover, Rudie ? that's 30 years old same as the rest of the bike.

 

Your sig. I've been following your project, and just noticed that in your signature.

 

gday wiz, i have to ask, what did you do to get the motor back to that, ? did you blast it with a soft medium? do tell, thanks

 

forgot to add, with my rd350 project,im at the stage to getting the cases all blasted etc and have been quoted 350 to do this by vapour blasting, but im painting it all again in black,it seems a waste to go to this expense just to repaint.

 

Yes Ken, if you look at the pics, it says BSB & ASB, before soda blast &..................

 

Yes Rudie, it was recently added, apparently that's what I do. lol.....

 

Ken I have paid from $40 to $180, like most things you get what you pay for, this one was a $180 job & worth every cent.

 

thanks wiz, as you can tell i know very little about this, can you do this with the moter intact,?

 

Yes, but you have to plug every hole, but if any of the medium gets into the bores it just dissipates when it gets hot, I stuff strips of oily rag in the ports. After the blasting just pressure wash the residue off.

 

thanks wiz, will look into it in brissy, my own build has hit a snag, we are selling our little house in the bush to use as a good deposit on a house in brisbane,so while we are in "save as money as we can mode" i dont think my wife would be thrilled to see me spending money on the bike till we are settled in, such is life,looking forward to watching you 1100 come back to life, good luck

 

More progress & new fuse box fitted.

 

It's a beautiful thing! Great work!
I really like the workbench... my knees and back hate me for working on mine.

 

cds did you miss the Bike Lift thread ?

 

Yes I did miss it!
Thanks for the link to it, very suave!

back to the XS1100... There's something about that engine which makes me want to touch it.

 

All as I can say is wow! Nice work.

 

there must be a reason you painted over that sticker on the frame tube

 

You know Polock, that"s the weirdest thing, I went back & looked at the frame again, after seeing that picture & there's nothing there, go figure, Perhaps I've got an x-ray camera. ;o)

If you shine a very bright light on it, you can read "CAUSEWAY YAMAHA"
& whatdayaknow, it's still in buisiness

 

What's the bike under cover in the background???

 

This one

 

Further progress, temporary shocks fitted.

 

Don't you just love the NON-swirly wheels? I've always been a big fan of Yamaha's straight-spoked mags, both of my SR500s had them and the 550 Secas have a variant as well.

Beautiful, meticulous work as usual, good sir.

You gonna maybe hang onto this one and ride it for a while, or is that what the 900 is for? You sold that XS, didn't you?

 

The XS650 made $6k so it had to go, I'm going to ride this one for a bit, then maybe choose between it & the 900 which one to move on.

 

Damn. Maybe we should do the "shipping container full of XS650s" thing after all.

You'll keep the 900, but enjoy this one too. Back in the day, I had the opportunity to get some saddle time on an "Excess Eleven." The ungawdly power is great; the ungainly weight not so much. But then again I'm the guy that whines about the shaft driven XJs all being unnecessarily overweight. Curbside, the XJ650R Seca weighs just about as much as the 2011 XJR1300. And you know how I feel about that CHAIN DRIVEN classic in its own time. (Rat b*st*rd Ozzies, anyway.)

You'll keep the 900. What you REALLY need is a Royal Blue 2005 XJR1300, with nice dual mufflers and a proper round headlight. Then you can let me ride it if I ever make it down there.

 

You been smoking that funny tobacco again ?

 

Naw, honestly I'm just jealous. Wish I had nothing to do all day except rebuild old bikes and try to keep from irritating the other half. While dwelling in paradise, weather-wise.

And to add insult to injury, you guys get the bikes we want.

 

Don't know how good it is here, Obama didn't stay long. lol.
Well long enough to piss off the chinks.....

 

you wouldnt stay long either if you had to kiss julia(our Prime minister) everytime you got within 6 feet of her

 

Further progress, we have brakes, mufflers-headers & a functioning electrical system.

 

Take a small, sharp flat file to the edges of the fins on the cylinders if you wanna make 'em really pop...

 

You mean on the black painted areas, Fitz ?

 

Yep. You've seen my bike so I won't post another pic unless you want. They really stand out and stay shiny for an amazingly long time. It's gotta be a sharp file (or fine wet sandpaper) so you don't "crumble" the paint at the edges but it really looks neat. I found that the file smooths out some of the roughness inherent in the casting and gives them a sharper look.

 

We3ll that worked out well, all chipped back, got to repaint the whole thang (

 

Send him an invoice! LOL

 

Love what you're doing Wiz! It's amazing to go back to page 1 and see the progress from that pile of bike spaghetti. Makes me wish I lived in Melbourne so I could come by and watch it all go down. Thanks for the pics and inspiration.

Really like those pipes too!

 

Drool ...

 

Tins in primer

 

i see you didn't paint your garage door this time, good job

 

Sump plug wasn't holding & it was already oversize.
Fix: tapped the sump for a 3/8" BSP tapered brass plug, drilled & tapped the plug for an 8mm piggy back bolt.
The brass plug gets loctited & the oil drained through the piggy. Fingers xed.

 

Awesome work as usual Wiz. Can I ask why you decided to reverse the shifter lever?

I've been contemplating an XS1100 Midnight by my place for $275 that's been sitting for 12 years and this thread makes me want it even more!

 

he's on the other side of the planet and things work different down there

 

The early ones had a direct shift, mind you, they had a kick start as well.

 

Was the chrome in that condition or do you have a secret?

 

I had the rear light carrier, grab rail, meter cases & shock springs re-chromed, the rest I have just polished.