Looking for some Suggestions of CHEAP mods... it has a 4 into one exhaust and i painted the bike including the engine. Flat Black and Hot Rod Red!!! It also has a few other stuff added to it.

[img]http://xjbikes.com/coppermine/displayimagepopup/pid=3767/fullsize=1.html[/img]

I plan on replacing the square light with a 7" round one and putting on a small sport fairing with a windshield.

[img]http://xjbikes.com/coppermine/displayimagepopup/pid=3769/fullsize=1.html[/img]

I also want to wrap the header with a natural or white wrap.

[img]http://xjbikes.com/coppermine/displayimagepopup/pid=3765/fullsize=1.html[/img]

I also recently painted the engine a semi-gloss black, it looks awesome to me...

All right What do you guys think, did i do any good. Any suggestions ( I got new mirrors but i don't really like them, i'm looking for something retro, anyone know of anything.)

OK, obviously I'm new to this... How come the images don't show up... What should i do instead?

Thanx Anthony14, i'm glad that you got those up. but how do you do it... is it the img button or something else?

Welcome!

Nice looking bike! Nice and clean! I would get ride of the headlight and gauges and replace them with something slightly smaller then a basketball lol.

PaintIt(Flat)Black wrote:

Thanx Anthony14, i'm glad that you got those up. but how do you do it... is it the img button or something else?

You had the pic locations wrong. I copied the links into my browser and then right clicked on the image and selected 'copy image location' then added the [IMG] and [/IMG] at the ends.

Sweet, ill try that out next time i post pics, i have the headlight, and the fairing is coming in in a week or so... it'll cover the gauges from the front somewhat.

The only reasons why i don't replace the gauges is 1)money 2) I'm from Massachusetts and changing stuff like that screws up everything when it comes to titles and registrations and stuff, stupid Massachusetts...

PaintIt(Flat)Black wrote:

Sweet, ill try that out next time i post pics, i have the headlight, and the fairing is coming in in a week or so... it'll cover the gauges from the front somewhat. The only reasons why i don't replace the gauges is 1)money 2) I'm from Massachusetts and changing stuff like that screws up everything when it comes to titles and registrations and stuff, stupid Massachusetts...

I hear ya with the cash

Really? We are allowed to do whatever we want as long as we keep the frame without changing the VIN #. Your suppose to report mods to insurance, but no one ever does.

Yeah, something about if there is a discrepancy in the odometer reading you need to get a salvage title or something else, i forget.


WAY TO GO CELTICS!!! 2008 NBA CHAMPIONS!!!

PaintIt(Flat)Black wrote:

Yeah, something about if there is a discrepancy in the odometer reading you need to get a salvage title or something else, i forget. WAY TO GO CELTICS!!! 2008 NBA CHAMPIONS!!!

HELL YEA!!!

Thought this would look cool and give an old school look to the bike.


look me up on flickr at flickr.com/photos/27746140@N07/

Keep the thread up to date.
I am interested as well, I need to get some motivation.

Oh and goodluck with the moving of the rats nest of wires in the headlight bucket.

yeah that scared me at first, hence why im waiting till after the inspection to change that... but i am an electrician and i think i can handle it.

So today after working 10 Hours I decided to work on the XJ and change out the stock headlight.



^So this is what the light looks like stock... Just in case you haven't seen one.



^Nice and round, Just how I want it.



^Couple of wires inside of those headlights, and not so much room in the new light.



^Luckily I kinda think i might know what I am doing and I got all the wires together and taped up real nice like.



^Wanted to get a horn hidden inside the light so i decided to Epoxy it in there... I had to hold it like this for 20 minutes.

However it was getting late and I need to Fab up some nicer looking brackets for the light so I headed inside. I should be able to finish it up tomorrow.