Saturday, December 20, 2008
Day 4 "Tear down party!" 20 Dec 2008
The Tear down has began! Lots has got to go, the square headlight, windshield, handlebars, mirrors, seat, signals, shocks, fenders, mufflers, just to name a few?
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The progression of my 79 Yamaha XS 1100 to a XS1100 Bobber! Click the links to see the posts!
- The Story of "Shops Chops"
- Day 1 "What a Project"
- Day 4 "Tear down party!"
- Day 6 "Easy outs work? (Front Brake Master Cylinder.)"
- Day 7 "Low Rider"
- Day 13 "Orange Fuel"
- Day 14 "Brakes and Paint (Rear Master Cylinder)"
- Day 15 "Paint, Paint and more Paint"
- Day 16 "tripple tree and forks"
- Day 17 "Must need more paint"
- Day 18 " I love watching paint dry"
- Day 20 "Handlebars"
- Day 21 "Forks"
- Day 23 "Gripes? Pipes?"
- Day 30 "Lights"
- Day 31 "Boredom is expensive?"
- Day 53 "Rear Wheel conversion 17'' to 16'', ready for white walls."
- Day 58 "Cracked Manifolds suck... air"
- Day 64 "Good manifolds don't suck!"
- Day 72 "Gas, Compression and Spark?"
- Day 73 "Liars sell'n Tires"
- Day 83 "Tackling the Stank Tank"
- Day 85 "Mondo Bondo Party"
- Day 89 "Tank Trim?"
- Day 90 "Rims, Tires, and Bearings make long days!"
- Day 94 "Sparkey Malarkey"
- Day 95 "Coils, and Ignition"
- Day 98 "Swing Arm Patch, One Step Forward, Three Steps back!"
- Day 103 "Swing Arm Patch Continued, Holy Swing Arm Batman"
- Day 108 "Setting up for the Hard Tail"
- Day 113 "Chopping the Chop!"
- Day 120"Hardtail Continued"
- Day 127 "Did I do anything?"
- Day 132 "Welding the Hard Tail is Finished!"
- Day 144 "Batteries, and Battery Boxes"
- Day 147 "Welding the Gas Tank and Battery Box mounts"
- Day 156 "The Seat, What a pain in the Butt!"
- Day 165 "Butt Pain, The Simple Remedy"
- Day 166 "The dummy oil tank"
- Day 167 "The Maiden Voyage"
- Day 168 "Dragging Brakes, Sinking Floats"
- Day 169 "Stay away from the Light!"
- Day 174 "Heat Wrap"
- Day 186 "Taillight and Brake Light, Finally!"
- Day 192 "Mirrors, Fears, and Reflections?"
- Day 200 "License Plate Mount, all for legallity?"
- Day 207 "Street Legal!"
- Day 214 "Carb Sync'ing and Floats Sinking #@!%!"
- Day 223 "Prepping the Hardtail for Paint"
- Day 224 "Painting the Hardtail"
- Day 225 "I'm About to Blow a Fuse!"
- Day 226 "It's Alive and on the Road Again!"
- Day 228 "The Disappearing Houdini Mirror"
- Day 240 "Just riding"
- I'm Back
- The New Speedometer is On, and Working!
- The Seat is Finished
I'm looking at doing the exact same build you have. . .thank you so much for documenting the process.
ReplyDeleteJason,
ReplyDeleteNo problem, believe me before I started I scanned the web hoping to find something, but not much was out there, that's what motivated me to start shopschops. I'm glad that you appreciate the effort at least you can take what I've done and maybe do a better job with less time wasted trying to find parts and ideas.
Thanks again.
"Shop"
Hey Shop, what did you do with the parts you removed for the Bobber project? ie...shocks, signals, mufflers, and windshield? Still have them? And if so, willing to part with them?
ReplyDeleteI have a 78 that needs some better (and better looking) parts.
SthrnSqrl on XS11.com
Hey Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI still have most of the parts I took off. I tried selling them on e-bay but no dice, some of them went though? I know that I actually lost money when I sold the seat, but I was just trying to get rid of a lot of it so let me know what you need and I'll be able to get back to you about it. The Shops Chops Contacter 9000 to the right of this is a real good way to contact me it goes straight to my personal email. I know that I still have the mufflers and some other stuff so first come first serve.
Shop
Hey Shops I have the same bike (except has different tank and ferring)How much would you charge to do the chop on my bike? I can handle the paint and powdercoat. I'll also provide the teardrop tank. (That all also depends where you are located, I'm in Lake Havasu Az)
ReplyDeletePablo,
ReplyDeleteI would love to chop your bike, but, I'm located in Florida and I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be very cost productive. It is a fairly easy procedure though the important part is that it's done right and safe. Good luck and I hope that it works out.
Shop