Time to Modify Just a Bit More.......

[AussiXS11G]

The next big thing for Lucrezia - lighter wheels .... 
less unsprung weight - the front will just go straight into the R6 forks while the rear is a little more involved requiring a different brake rotor, caliper and bracket, spacers, and sleeve on the axle.
I have the caliper, and material for the sleeve - I believe the torque rod will be able to be re-used. I will need to refit the sender (magnet) for my digital speedo to the new rear brake rotor.

The "R6" style wheel into the TRX 850 swingarm is a regular mod for the TRX crew - Dave Kellett at Springwood has the patterns for all these things.

[Plod]

http://xs1100.com.au/forum/index.php?topic=3121.msg23494#new - it's on two wheels still - but there's less attached to it each time I go in the garage 

[XSIIE]

Does this mean it is no longer in one piece and getting “work” done

[Plod]

Here is the last decent picture of my XS in one piece (Oct 2018) - regards Kev

[Plod]

My - that does look nice - Kev  (couldn't find an emoj that portrays dribbling over your bike pics) 

[AussiXS11G]

Gratitous Lucrezia pic - sorry

[pgnz]

by far the the best mod is good carbureturs,( eg 36mm zrx1200 keihins) the xs's stock carbs are coarse inefficient junk,  you can add noticeable kick-in-the-arse horses and torque with wiseco 1196cc for sure, there's xtra compression there too (and heat - no such thing as something for nothing)

 talking xtra 20 deg C cruising at 100kph, (temp gauge jammed between the back fins) but she's all searing redline heat above that in old air-cooled bitches anyway baby, so don't matter..

 the wiseco 1196 compression you'll feel it on the kickstart lever ( easy to mod on a permanent fold-up xs850 lever btw),  but again with stock carbs you're missing all the shitloads of improvement with it,  stock 80' cams & the 80' 1mm? fatter in/ex valve combo  (can't remember) head are waay better than the peaky lacking grunt till 3 grand 78 carbs and valves,

and yep all the diamond sparkplugs gold-plated tps and fancy silver-lined ignition and stuff are trivial things and just projects and aren't even noticeable back in reality...  of course you can go high lift cams race stuff blah blah but thats not helping anything for real deal street/road running sorry...

 also 14x38 sprockets and chain'll liven it all up on top sweeties, ( can make your own chain-drive unit from stock parts for around $100 without too much drama btw.. )
 

[BrettS]

Yes I hear ya, my heart skips a beat when exiting a roundabout that I’m going straight through and realise the left hand indicator is already on 

[AussiXS11G]

Bretto..... I would invite you to think about that the next time you glance down and realise you've been blinking for the last 10km
 

[BrettS]

You’ll need that as your getting on a bit and the memory will start to fade.

[Christian Raith]

That power to weight ratio is taking a hiding 

[AussiXS11G]

Just when I thought I had finished - something new comes my way - keen to see what my mates have to say about this, if I can get in front of them 



I mounted the module next to the indicator module on the bracket that formerly held the cut out switch - logo down for flashing brake light -

[AussiXS11G]

good idea George
I'll be having a ride with Hen in the next few weeks - I'll see what can be done
 

[SCARFEY]

Hey Bryan. How a bout a write up on the difference between a standard and your bike. (you may have to lower your standards and ride a stock bike to refresh your memory) Handling, performance etc

[beemeerr11]

Absolutely Gorgeous, Full Stop  oh one of them .