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This is the first MNS "Café Racer" that I have seen. Only $4,750.
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1981 XS1100H Venturer
K&N Air Filter
ACCT
Custom Paint by Deitz
Geezer Rectifier/Regulator
Chacal Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
Chrome Front Rotor & Caliper Covers
Stebel Nautilus Horn
EBC Front Rotors
Limie Accent Moves On In 2015
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some people need their a$$es beat
"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
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personally I dont like it...but they did capture the cafe' look well...it doesnt look like anything was chopped handlebars and seat/rear cowl and side covers are the most obvious changes...they could be reversed...not beyond resurrection...Now the asking price is a wad of carp...
1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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I dislike it when someone puts a crap seat and clubman bars on a bike, and all of a sudden it's a cafe. Poor example in my eye.1979 XS1100F
2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.Comment
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Couldn't agree more. I've seen some bad "cafe racers" but this one takes the cake for "tried hard and then failed". No side covers, didn't even move the electronics, should have swapped out the front end/triple trees instead (or at least just made it have a higher stance), why is that seat a mile long?, I could go on forever.
This is what happens when you think you know what you're doing and build beyond your means. There's a way to do a cafe racer and there's a way not to. What a waste of a good bike and a ton of money. Bleh.78 E - 2to1 exhaust, dynatek coils, special headlight [SOLD!]
79 F - gas tank refurb, headgasket change, straight pipes, late model carbs, virago lowering shocks, special headlight and gauges, TC fuse block, GSXR-1100 carbs (WIP)
"May my tires not fail me, nor my engine grow cold"Comment
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Don't get me wrong. I'm definitely not in the "don't touch it, Yamaha got it right the first time" camp. I appreciate and love the look of these stock bikes but not all can be restored. There's good ways to do this:
78 E - 2to1 exhaust, dynatek coils, special headlight [SOLD!]
79 F - gas tank refurb, headgasket change, straight pipes, late model carbs, virago lowering shocks, special headlight and gauges, TC fuse block, GSXR-1100 carbs (WIP)
"May my tires not fail me, nor my engine grow cold"Comment
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I love the treatment Garagamus did on his XS. Good taste and a classy job for sure. I will put the link here, I am learning how to copy pics.
79 F
Previously owned: (among others)
1969 Harley- Davidson Rapido 125 (Aermacchi)
1967 Suzuki X6 Hustler
1973 Suzuki TM 125
1979 XS1100 F
2005 Kaw. Vulcan VN800
1991 BMW K75Comment
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What a fickle bunch we can be.
At e=least he kept the mods to easily reversible items. Did he or did he not make it better, well, that is strictly a matter of opinion. And the only opinion that really matters is that of whoever decides to buy it.
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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There are a couple of bolt-on cafe seat options for a Special.
motorcycleseatsdirect.com (for feedback history, search hondaclassics31)Marty (in Mississippi)
XS1100SG
XS650SK
XS650SH
XS650G
XS6502F
XS650EComment
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either of those would have been a better choice than whats on this bike now...but like i said and Don re-iterated ... all these mods to the bike are reversable...wether or not he still has the original parts...well....1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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Looks to me like he cut the frame rails.Nathan
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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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niceSteven
1981 XS 1100 LH
1979 XS 1100 SFComment
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It would be awesome to somehow get a bigger front sprocket on there. Closeup...
2H7 (79) owned since '89
3H3 owned since '06
"If it ain't broke, modify it"
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Nate I think you are right on the frame rails being cut. If that is the case it would make it a bit harder to restore even if he kept all the parts. I can't figure out where he added value to the bike, if it was a stock MNS with the low miles then maybe he might find a buyer at the asking price but as it is now it may limit the market.Comment
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I like cafe racers. I like them much better if you do one from a Sportster.
A few people can pull it off with the XS1100, but too often it's a failure. This is my biased opinion, and mine alone.
These side covers are the bomb!Marty (in Mississippi)
XS1100SG
XS650SK
XS650SH
XS650G
XS6502F
XS650EComment
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