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  • WMarshy
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Apr 2009
    • 2402
    • Mexico NY

    #1

    Crazy guy?

    I found a '78 XS1 for sale and after reading the post I cant help but think this guy fell off his rocker! Three grand for that and a parts bike!? Just read and you shall see what Im talking about. HAHA enjoy.

    I like the blue color, he should'nt have gone so crazy with the white paint. IMO he should'a stopped at the white wheels, something about that blaze orange gasket maker screams redneck!

    Last edited by WMarshy; 08-11-2009, 01:26 PM.
    '79 XS11 F
    Stock except K&N

    '79 XS11 SF
    Stock, no title.

    '84 Chevy K-10 "Big Blue"
    GM 350, Muncie SM465, NP208, GM 10 Bolt with 3.42gears turnin 31x10.5 Baja Claws

    "What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~
  • Ivan
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jul 2008
    • 2524
    • Hutchinson KS

    #2
    He had a custom seat made for it ....... by JC Wihtney?
    Ich habe dich nicht gefragt.

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    • madmax-im
      Master of XSology
      • Sep 2007
      • 6751
      • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

      #3
      Originally posted by WMarshy
      I found a '78 XS1 for sale and after reading the post I cant help but think this guy fell off his rocker! Three grand for that and a parts bike!? Just read and you shall see what Im talking about. HAHA enjoy.

      I like the blue color, he should'nt have gone so crazy with the white paint. IMO he should'a stopped at the white wheels, something about that blaze orange gasket maker screams redneck!

      http://longisland.craigslist.org/mcy/1312001965.html
      I'm wondering if you're not the crazy one...where do you see any orange on this bike?...I'm not that color blind...he doesnt post aprice...did you talk to him?...blue does look good but I dont care for the white paint...If he is asking $3k then that is definitely too much...it would be worth more restored to original cond...
      1980 XS650G Special-Two
      1993 Honda ST1100

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      • trbig
        Simply used to just post A LOT!
        • Nov 2005
        • 7838
        • Ada, Oklahoma

        #4
        where do you see any orange on this bike?...I'm not that color blind...
        Look around the clutch cover ya blind azz..


        Tod
        Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

        You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

        Current bikes:
        '06 Suzuki DR650
        *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
        '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
        '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
        '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
        '81 XS1100 Special
        '81 YZ250
        '80 XS850 Special
        '80 XR100
        *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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        • madmax-im
          Master of XSology
          • Sep 2007
          • 6751
          • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

          #5
          Originally posted by trbig
          Look around the clutch cover ya blind azz..


          Tod
          Well I gezz i is a blind azz 'cuz with the poor resolution of those pics ...I aint seeing it...so sorry if i said you was crazy...doh! It does look like its a dirty brown though...BTW I am color blind But I dont see how the blaze orange gasket maker screams redneck ..the guy is from New Yawk for crisssakes
          Last edited by madmax-im; 08-11-2009, 08:21 PM.
          1980 XS650G Special-Two
          1993 Honda ST1100

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          • DGXSER
            Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
            • Nov 2008
            • 12001
            • Cincinnati, Ohio

            #6
            If you live in Manhattan and your outdoor furniture used to be your indoor furniture.....

            Did look orange to me. But I still did not see a price listed anywhere. That is certainly not the cherry ride it would need to be for someone to pay anything like that kind of money for it, even in New Yawk.
            Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

            When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

            81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
            80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


            Previously owned
            93 GSX600F
            80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
            81 XS1100 Special
            81 CB750 C
            80 CB750 C
            78 XS750

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            • WMarshy
              XS-XJ Guru
              • Apr 2009
              • 2402
              • Mexico NY

              #7
              Originally posted by trbig
              Look around the clutch cover ya blind azz..
              LMAO you guys are too much sometimes. He couldnt see through the blinding white on the rims!

              Originally posted by madmax-im
              … I dont see how the blaze orange gasket maker screams redneck ..the guy is from New Yawk for crisssakes
              Maybe Im the redneck and the gasket maker just brings back fond memories lol.

              Seems to me there are a lot of problems with the bike that could “EASILY BE RECTIFIED BY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEYRE DOING” LMAO

              Here is an earlier post with the $2900 price sticker!
              '79 XS11 F
              Stock except K&N

              '79 XS11 SF
              Stock, no title.

              '84 Chevy K-10 "Big Blue"
              GM 350, Muncie SM465, NP208, GM 10 Bolt with 3.42gears turnin 31x10.5 Baja Claws

              "What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~

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              • Wildkat
                XS Special Gurette
                • Apr 2004
                • 3416
                • Location, Location

                #8
                You aren't alone, Ben

                I didn't think it was very orange either... and I'm not color blind... but it sure doesn't look pretty, no matter what color it actually is...

                and $2900? ummmmmmm... yeah...

                81 SH Something Special
                81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels


                79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
                81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
                80 LG Black Magic
                78 E Standard Practice


                James 3:17

                If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

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                • devilschld
                  Truly XSive
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 174
                  • kansas

                  #9
                  ok someone call the wacky moblie for the guy.
                  1980 xs1100 sg.

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                  • latexeses
                    XS-XJ Guru
                    • Jun 2008
                    • 1491
                    • California

                    #10
                    When I first looked I thought it was bad rust!
                    RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs

                    "It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"

                    Everything on hold...

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                    • madmax-im
                      Master of XSology
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 6751
                      • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Wildkat
                      I didn't think it was very orange either... and I'm not color blind... but it sure doesn't look pretty, no matter what color it actually is...

                      and $2900? ummmmmmm... yeah...

                      Thanks Kat...
                      Phew That makes me less of a blind azz than i was thinkin'... I actually blew the pic up and asked my brother ..and he said he could see it. It definitely had me do a double take .......bottom line is that bike has too many issues to be selling for $2900.
                      1980 XS650G Special-Two
                      1993 Honda ST1100

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                      • WMarshy
                        XS-XJ Guru
                        • Apr 2009
                        • 2402
                        • Mexico NY

                        #12
                        I see its on Ebay now with a #2100 buy it now button...
                        '79 XS11 F
                        Stock except K&N

                        '79 XS11 SF
                        Stock, no title.

                        '84 Chevy K-10 "Big Blue"
                        GM 350, Muncie SM465, NP208, GM 10 Bolt with 3.42gears turnin 31x10.5 Baja Claws

                        "What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~

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                        • xs11lover
                          XS-XJ Guru
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 1433
                          • Montoursville Pa

                          #13
                          Yeh, I saw it listed about ten places on Craigslist, what a shame to mess up a good bike like that. I was just up there, too bad I missed it.
                          79 XS11 Special (Lazarus)
                          80 XS850 Special (Old Faithful)
                          80 XS11 Standard sorta stock (Beatrice)
                          79 DT 100

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                          • Trainzz
                            XStremely XSive
                            • Apr 2009
                            • 215
                            • KS

                            #14
                            Omg

                            Jesus, that bike is FUGLY!
                            Lee aka trainzz

                            I am my inner child!!

                            I have no idea how you managed to make that connection within your brain, but I applaud whatever cellular mutation just took place.

                            1980 XS11 Special-"Thunder Pig"
                            1980 XS11 Special-"Crazy Trainz" (project bike)
                            1979 Xs1100 Standard ( parts,parts,parts)

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