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    #16
    Originally posted by Baatfam View Post
    The battery just has no where to go on my 1100E.
    It could easily slip out. It's only protected by the air box, a frame sub member, the tank and the seat. And the battery box.
    1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

    2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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      #17
      Just checking back on the project.
      Excellent... we have a method.
      I'll set to work tomorrow.

      I see on mr grimly's you use the inner tube
      and cut so it's a full circle of rubber
      thus not needing a join.
      For some mad reason I didnt think of that....

      I'll make one as above tomorrow as I have the wire
      at hand.

      I can barely wait for the light of the morn
      to start ...
      will post result.
      UKJULES
      ---------------------------------
      Owner of following bikes:
      1980 Suzuki GS550ET
      1977 Yamaha RD 250D
      1982 Kawasaki GPZ 750 R1
      1980 Suzuki GSX 250E

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        #18
        +1 on the reply to Grimly! I hadn't thought about doing that either. I have a couple other bikes needing rubber strap retainers & will make them like you recommended.
        Jonesz

        1979 GS850 current project
        1978 GL1000-naked
        1983 GL1100-Aspencade stripped
        1999 Valkyrie Tourer-long ride bike

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          #19
          Just looking, as my "83" GS1100E has one to hold the tool kit, From Suzuki these straps are $4.xx. My Honda CB1100f has what looks like the same strap, also holds the tool kit, From Honda $15.xx....Rekon the Honda is $11.xx better quality?
          1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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            #20
            Originally posted by rphillips View Post
            Just looking, as my "83" GS1100E has one to hold the tool kit, From Suzuki these straps are $4.xx. My Honda CB1100f has what looks like the same strap, also holds the tool kit, From Honda $15.xx....Rekon the Honda is $11.xx better quality?
            The strap or the tools.................
            97 R1100R
            Previous
            80 GS850G, 79 Z400B, 85 R100RT, 80 Z650D, 76 CB200

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              #21
              Naw, neither of those tool kits are worth $15.00, barely worth $4.00. Well maybe if you're in a pinch.
              1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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                #22
                For an emergency, roadside repair, some string, twine, rope, wire will do.

                For something more permanent, use your rubber inner tube and put grommets in it -- or use you imagination. Necessity is the Mother of Invention.

                I've bought two over the years for just a couple of bucks on EBAY.
                sigpic
                '77 GS550B
                '78 GS550C

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                  #23
                  cowhitch.jpg

                  If you still have the original seamless metal rings ,use this hitch to attach the rubber loop.

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                    #24
                    Quickest and cheapest way I can think of is to use a small section of tube and a pair of fence staples. Just cut off the width of tube you want, keeping the tube portion intact, flatten the tube across the battery, slip a staple into each end and use it as a standard keeper.
                    Fence staples are strong and will not bend with the amount of force the rubber tube can exert.
                    They are long enough to do the job and of a diameter that will slip into the retaining grooves at each end of the battery box where they will be invisible once installed.


                    Edit:
                    You might want to dull the tips of the staples before use to avoid scratching fingers.
                    Last edited by argonsagas; 02-11-2021, 10:22 AM.
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