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Any reason to upgrade from an 1100 to a 1200?
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<blockquote data-quote="Silverado6x6" data-source="post: 117419" data-attributes="member: 3021"><p>Thanks, still considering whether to keep bike as an1100 or transfer all body and gear to the 84 1200, yes I expect some side panels may not match up, but its going to be a custom build, I can make fiberglass or carbon fiber panels. So many choices, I have two bad 1100 engines in bikes and two running 1200 engines but they are an 84 and an 85, so motors are different, and the 85 is actually slated for a different project, I like the better tire sizes the 84 offers, its a bare frame bike nearly ready to be blasted and powdercoated. Better brakes, forks, wheels (no comstars) the 1200 engine with a better trans gear ratio. Seems like its better to dump the 1100 frame and just adapt the 84 1200. Purity is not relevant on this build, its probably going to get fully digital gauges, of which I have a full set of round ones left over from another project, or i may integrate something fully modern like a digital dash with animated analog gauges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silverado6x6, post: 117419, member: 3021"] Thanks, still considering whether to keep bike as an1100 or transfer all body and gear to the 84 1200, yes I expect some side panels may not match up, but its going to be a custom build, I can make fiberglass or carbon fiber panels. So many choices, I have two bad 1100 engines in bikes and two running 1200 engines but they are an 84 and an 85, so motors are different, and the 85 is actually slated for a different project, I like the better tire sizes the 84 offers, its a bare frame bike nearly ready to be blasted and powdercoated. Better brakes, forks, wheels (no comstars) the 1200 engine with a better trans gear ratio. Seems like its better to dump the 1100 frame and just adapt the 84 1200. Purity is not relevant on this build, its probably going to get fully digital gauges, of which I have a full set of round ones left over from another project, or i may integrate something fully modern like a digital dash with animated analog gauges. [/QUOTE]
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