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  • Handicapped XS?

    Saw this local on CL... XS11? Maybe not.. Whatcha think?

    http://abilene.craigslist.org/mcy/3560281352.html
    When the horse is dead, dismount.

    Bagapotomus - '80G Attempted Rescue, '78 Engine, Vetter Bags and Trunk.

  • #2
    Wow! While I applaud the engineering idea, I can't help but cringe at the idea of operating a bike while sitting in a wheelchair! I'd love to walk around it and see how they made it happen though.
    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

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    • #3
      A company made them to order a while ago, I dunno if they still make them.

      Heres some more examples Click




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      Tom
      1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
      1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
      1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
      1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original

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      • #4
        I think I may have put a regular bucket seat in it. Neat but 2 thumbs down from me. If I were committed to a wheel chair, the last thing I would want is another wheelchair in my motorcycle.
        "The Hooligan" XJ1100, Virago Gauge Pods, Screaming Eagle Mufflers, K&N Filter, hand made rear fender, side covers, and solo seat, round bar conversion, small headlight, tail light, and cat eye turn signals, chip fuses, rewired the right way.

        Pics: http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/ya...?sort=6&page=1

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Yard Dogg View Post
          I think I may have put a regular bucket seat in it. Neat but 2 thumbs down from me. If I were committed to a wheel chair, the last thing I would want is another wheelchair in my motorcycle.
          You roll your wheelchair up into it. You don't get out of one wheelchair and into that one. You roll on, lock your chair in and go.
          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 Roosevelt

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Barnfresh View Post
            Saw this local on CL... XS11? Maybe not.. Whatcha think?

            http://abilene.craigslist.org/mcy/3560281352.html
            I saw that last night.

            I also didn't realize there was another xs11 guy so close to me.
            80 G

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Donlin View Post
              I saw that last night.

              I also didn't realize there was another xs11 guy so close to me.
              Hey Donlin! Just 90 miles away... There's a couple of us in A town... PM me and maybe we can meet up sometime...
              When the horse is dead, dismount.

              Bagapotomus - '80G Attempted Rescue, '78 Engine, Vetter Bags and Trunk.

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              • #8
                Having been confined to a wheelchair for about 8 weeks or so a few years ago, I can tell you, that would be AWESOME!!!

                When you are confined to one, the issue is not being in the chair, its the limitations it puts on where you can go and what you can do. Trust me when I tell you those wheel chair signs on restrooms are there to satisfy a code requirement, not to actual mean that a wheelchair can fit in the dang stall or the room half the time. Even a doctors office I went to had such a threshold on the wheel chair entrance door, I could not get the wheels over it.

                So, being able to roll into that sidecar and ride that setup would be an incredible experience. That is my opinion anyway.
                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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                • #9
                  [QUOTE=Barnfresh;399672]Saw this local on CL... XS11? Maybe not.. Whatcha think?

                  Hi Barnfresh,
                  nicely done, Standard tank + extra slab tank for extra range, too.
                  From what I can see, the remotes look to be done right.
                  The only nitpick I'd have is that the sidecar should be on the left side of the bike.
                  I can only assume the builder didn't want to scratch-build a frame or import one from the UK but bought one locally for convenience.
                  Fred Hill, S'toon
                  XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                  "The Flying Pumpkin"

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