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1979 XS1100F stock airbox, Mikes XS Honda 750 Bars,
68,000 miles and counting
New to me
1979 XS1100F, with Tour Package, work in progress.
80,000 miles and soon to be growing.
I've been looking for one of those for a while.
Wish I could find one closer, that one is almost 1,000 miles away.
Current Stable:
1978 XS1100E - Beauty - Vetter Full Dress
1979 XS1100F - The Beast - Winter Project to Factory Full Dress
1979 XS1100SF - Black Sunshine - The Lucky Find
1978 XS1100E - Little Orphan Annie - Sold to a friend, slowly becoming a 1196 monster.
WTB:
1981 XS1100H Venturer - Long distance cruiser.
1989 FJ1200 - For playing in the curves!
I've emailed him a second time now requesting more pics. If it seems worth the deal (cost of getting it home included) then I will be making a road trip to Maine.
Current Stable:
1978 XS1100E - Beauty - Vetter Full Dress
1979 XS1100F - The Beast - Winter Project to Factory Full Dress
1979 XS1100SF - Black Sunshine - The Lucky Find
1978 XS1100E - Little Orphan Annie - Sold to a friend, slowly becoming a 1196 monster.
WTB:
1981 XS1100H Venturer - Long distance cruiser.
1989 FJ1200 - For playing in the curves!
I've emailed him a second time now requesting more pics. If it seems worth the deal (cost of getting it home included) then I will be making a road trip to Maine.
You could just fly to Maine, and RIDE it home!
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. Ford
That has crossed my mind! But I have a bit of a phobia about jumping on a used bike I know nothing about and hoping it gets me home.
Current Stable:
1978 XS1100E - Beauty - Vetter Full Dress
1979 XS1100F - The Beast - Winter Project to Factory Full Dress
1979 XS1100SF - Black Sunshine - The Lucky Find
1978 XS1100E - Little Orphan Annie - Sold to a friend, slowly becoming a 1196 monster.
WTB:
1981 XS1100H Venturer - Long distance cruiser.
1989 FJ1200 - For playing in the curves!
That has crossed my mind! But I have a bit of a phobia about jumping on a used bike I know nothing about and hoping it gets me home.
I did it. Flew from Baltimore to St. louis and some puddle jumper out to Tennessee. Quite a rush riding along thinking wtf am I doing, I don't even know if this will make it home. 900 or so miles...
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein
"Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell
Current Stable:
1978 XS1100E - Beauty - Vetter Full Dress
1979 XS1100F - The Beast - Winter Project to Factory Full Dress
1979 XS1100SF - Black Sunshine - The Lucky Find
1978 XS1100E - Little Orphan Annie - Sold to a friend, slowly becoming a 1196 monster.
WTB:
1981 XS1100H Venturer - Long distance cruiser.
1989 FJ1200 - For playing in the curves!
That has crossed my mind! But I have a bit of a phobia about jumping on a used bike I know nothing about and hoping it gets me home.
Hi Frugal,
I am sure glad I took a trailer to get mine ( 400miles)
Take a buddy and you can ride some of the way home while he tries to keep up in th tank
Phil
1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
1983 XJ 650 Maxim
2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)
My tank is a 2000 E150 full size conversion van with the raised top. Great road for road trips but that 5.4 Triton motor loves the gas. Personalized tag reads "RD YACHT".
Pulled a 7x14 trailer last year with 3 bikes and had 7 passengers inside the van along with everything for a 3 day weekend. I'm sure we were 10K-12K lbs total. I got a whopping 8MPG that 700 mile trip.
But, if it is me and the wife, our 2 girls, and just one bike, I still get around 14MPG.
Our Malibu is getting a hitch soon. It should be able to handle an XS on a light weight trailer and still get 20MPG or better. It hits 36MPG+ on the highway with the 4 of us in it not towing.
Current Stable:
1978 XS1100E - Beauty - Vetter Full Dress
1979 XS1100F - The Beast - Winter Project to Factory Full Dress
1979 XS1100SF - Black Sunshine - The Lucky Find
1978 XS1100E - Little Orphan Annie - Sold to a friend, slowly becoming a 1196 monster.
WTB:
1981 XS1100H Venturer - Long distance cruiser.
1989 FJ1200 - For playing in the curves!
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