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this is worth more with the sum of parts
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This is one of those that drives me nuts, make such a nice bike for someone, and yet it is doomed to be a parts bike because of the title problem.
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 -
way too nice to part. 450 for this bike plus a cheap frame with title and the problem is solved. If I were within a few hundred miles I'd be all over it"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
1980 LG
1981 LHComment
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heck, the luggage and fairings are worth that, I'd be doing a frame swap before parting that bike.81 XS1100HComment
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I'd keep the existing frame and do the legal work to get a title for it! All you'd need to do is have the local sheriff's office meet you there, and do a title check on it before purchase (or take it to them at the office). Make sure you have a statement from the seller about where it came from, and take it to court. More hassle than money, but definitely worth it for that one!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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Nathan
KD9ARL
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore RooseveltComment
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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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not all that hard in Ohio from people I've talked to....hint hint DGXSer...lol81 XS1100HComment
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oh gosh...thats way too nice to suffer such a fate...and with a factory tourpack no less..hmmm abt a days ride round trip...Thats Louisville Kentucky or Indiana?Last edited by madmax-im; 01-19-2012, 06:40 PM.1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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I would certainly relieve someone of the bags and trunk if someone bought it and didnt want them...Nathan
KD9ARL
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1978 XS1100E
K&N Filter
#45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
OEM Exhaust
ATK Fork Brace
LED Dash lights
Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
Green Monster Coils
SS Brake Lines
Vision 550 Auto Tensioner
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore RooseveltComment
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Ohhh....it has my interest believe me. I've been wanting a winter project, and kind of want a Standard for my next XS11. But, whoever you have been talking to I'd like to know what they know. So far, the Clerk of Courts has told me that it is about 99% impossible to get a title unless you get hold of the previous owner. Then, some dude says he can get a title for anything not stolen for $300. I ask how, he says acient chinese secret, no can tell, bad for business. My theory is, you get a scrap or salvage title, and he has a fake business front he uses to get it. So double my investment to get a title. From a business standpoint not a bad thing, but it eats my inerds on a personal level.
As to getting the Kentucky title, well, Kentucky is one of those "states" (Commonwealth really) where if you ain't from here...well...you AIN'T FROM HERE. Meaning, unless you got a Ky drivers lisence and address, your from another country to them. So getting the local AHJ to cooperate with a Northerner like me, well, that will take all the charisma and skills you got. Oh I know, every state is kind of like that, but Kentucky is serious about it. So, getting the title to that bike will be a looonnggg laborious and expensive process.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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Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
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Talk about aggravating I was just in Louisville this afternoon, I guess I should have planned my trip better and looked at Craig's List before leaving the office this morning.
Don, I will let you know if I come up with any ideas on how you can get a title. After all everyone needs a winter project, and it is less than a two hour drive.Comment
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If I was close enough and was finacially able that bike would be mine and I would worry about the dumb ass title later.
You can't lose on that deal.
Greg
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.
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