Off-Site Tech Tips

When you can't find it here

There are a number of excellent tech tips on sites other than XS11.COM. If you can't find the tech tip you're looking for here, check out the following links. For additions or corrections to these pages, send the URL and information to Bill@XS11.COM.

Jean Aker

• Mostly Motorcycles - An excellent resource for hard-to-find XS/XJ1100 data.

• Mikuni CV Carb Diagram showing the various fuel circuits; how and when they work. A "must view" carb diagram!

• XS1100 Standard - Tech drawings and diagrams
  Click "Technical" on the left bar menu

• A Backrest for the XJ - By Gary Berg
• Home Made YICS Carb Tool 82 XJ - By Norm Kokes

• CV Carb Tuning - Probably the best online reference for jetting XS/XJ1100-type CV carbs. A must read article!

• Do-It-Yourself Shop Air Compressor
• Yamaha XJ Battery Sensor Eliminator
• Home built motorcycle trailer
• Sorting Out the XS-XJ Suspension

• Reconditioning the gas tank
• Schematic of carburator
• Using a new voltage regulator from an '83 Audi 4000

• Bypass your Reserve Lighting Unit
• Turn Signals: how to fix Yamaha's auto cancelling turn signals
• How to use Kreem
• How to remove Kreem
• Exhaust Physics
• Head Porting
• XS11 Carb FAQ
• XS11 float level adjustment
• Carb Sync for CV Carbs

• Reading Spark Plugs
• Introduction to the Mikuni RS Series Carburetors
• Spark Plug Cross Reference for Yamaha XS1100 Plugs
• Universal Motorcycle Cruise Control (Dave Sproul)
• Synchronizing Multiple Carbs
• Setting float height on Mikuni Carburetors
• Using the Color Tune
• Carb Rebuild - Mikuni MS Series
• Petcock Rebuild
• Petcock Mod to Eliminate Engine Vacuum Control & Leaky Petcocks!
• Engine Removal Procedure for XS1100

• Online Microfiche for 1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special

• '78' XS1100 E parts microfiche
• XS1100 Standard coloring drawing
• XS1100 Specifications Page
• Carb specs
• Lube chart

• Universal Motorcycle Cruise Control

• Refinishing tank emblems
• online '81 H microfiche
• Second Gear
• Removal Procedure
• Important Addendum by Ken Kalafus
• Interesting Variation by Denny Zander
• Observations and Experiences by Chris Rawson and Nick
• Second Gear Repair - the Black and Decker Fix
• Valve adjustment Shim Thickness Tables
• Michael Tops' Braking System Modification
• Tim Trottman's Carb Diaphragm Repair
• Wiring diagram for XS1100E

• XS1100 Second Gear problem
• Alternative XS Eleven Fuse Block
• Sigma-Sport BC800 Bicycle Computer on an XS1100F
• Jardine's Black 4 into 1 Header and Muffler(Canister) Review
• Powder Coating XS Parts
• Vyger, the "Midnight Standard"

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