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What say y'all? Aside from being a diamond in the rough...So are you seeing what I think I'm seeing???
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/1745198465.html
http://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/1745198465.html
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1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100 -
I Think I See....
An awful nice looking set of stock exhausts!1979XS1100SF
K&N's and drilled airbox
Jardine 4in1
Dunlop Elite 3's
JBM slide diaphragms
142.5 main jets
45 pilot jets
T.C.'s fusebox & SOFA
750/850 FD mod.
XV 920 Needle Mod.
Mike's XS plastic floats set at 26mm
Venture Cam Chain Tensioner -
Looks like a Venturer without all the luggage.1980 XS850SG - Sold
1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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Definitely looks more like a standard than a special, except the seat and the exhaust. The rear fender looks like a 79 so does the seat and trim /grab bar. The timing cover looks like an 81 though.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 XS750Comment
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Bingo...Give the man a Cee-Gar...It looks like an undressed Venturer....Give aways...That big tank...Oil cooler...That seat pattern...only came with the Venturer...its an '81 to boot...Originally posted by CatatonicBug View Post
1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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That it is Madmax!......Only thing being, that one never has been dressed!81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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Now why would that be? I've seen others undressed so what leads you to believe it was never dressed?...I can find another example of a venturer that I know was undressed...let me find the photo...Originally posted by motoman View Post1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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The Naked Truth
So Brant would you say this one was never dressed either? Well the person selling this last yr. had converted it over and had all the touring pcs in his garage.
Last edited by madmax-im; 05-18-2010, 01:12 PM.1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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It's at least been without the tour package for a l-o-n-g time, and likely among the missing who knows.81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.Comment
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I emailed the poor guy and told him about our secret site.Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
That is a thing of beauty!Originally posted by madmax-im View PostSo Brant would you say this one was never dressed either? Well the person selling this last yr. had converted it over and had all the touring pcs in his garage.
'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~Comment
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Yeah thats my point...It HAD to come with the whole tourng pkg...or it isnt a Venturer. I have seen several examples of undressed Venturers' forsale...but the one in the pic above is the best one I've ever seen.Originally posted by motoman View Post1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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Well I checked his ad and its gone...so Thanks for scaring him off...LOLOriginally posted by WMarshy View PostI emailed the poor guy and told him about our secret site.
That is a thing of beauty!
Yeah I was stunned to see this forsale last yr...just when I could not afford it...it sold for $1850...The owner was willing to reinstall all the Venturer pcs if the buyer wanted...
1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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I would have sold off a yougen to get that beauty!Originally posted by madmax-im View PostWell I checked his ad and its gone...so Thanks for scaring him off...LOL
Yeah I was stunned to see this forsale last yr...just when I could not afford it...it sold for $1850...The owner was willing to reinstall all the Venturer pcs if the buyer wanted...
Just kidding! But I would have mulled it over for a sec.1981 XS1100H
Quando omni flunkus moritati
When all else fails, play dead.Comment
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You can imagine my angst...the timing and lack of money...if I saw that one today I'd pick it right up...1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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Yep, he knows now! I expect him to be a new member any day now. He was excited to learn that his problem is common and would only take 4-6 hours of labor to fix. He wasnt happy selling the bike in the first place and was thinking about taking the ad down because he was taking a loss at that price. Too many morons trying to get the thing for free! Some how I feel like I saved one more XS in the world.Originally posted by madmax-im View PostWell I checked his ad and its gone...so Thanks for scaring him off...LOL
Yeah I was stunned to see this forsale last yr...just when I could not afford it...it sold for $1850...The owner was willing to reinstall all the Venturer pcs if the buyer wanted... 
'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~Comment
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