Brand New only 2 miles!

[DEEBS11]

https://www.mecum.com/lots/1129726/1...aa_id=640224-0

[LAB3]

Anyone want to take a shot at a price estimate on this? For whatever reason the XS's don't seem to fetch the same money as other liter bikes from that era.

[Radioguylogs]

I guess $17k.

[aquamantx]

well she wouldn't kill me if i bd 7k

[LAB3]

I guess $17k.

That would be nice since your bike would then go for about $16,500 since it's actually been ridden!

[JonnyO]

So it's SAT for 40+ years. It's my recollection fellas made warnings about seals and gaskets from drying out from lack of operating machine.
What says the XS tribe?
To me, this would be a Holy Grail.

[LAB3]

So it's SAT for 40+ years. It's my recollection fellas made warnings about seals and gaskets from drying out from lack of operating machine.
What says the XS tribe?
To me, this would be a Holy Grail.

In my experience it takes far more money and work to make a bike look perfect than it does to make it run perfect, my bike is a great example of this! If you want a perfectly restored and running bike the one up for auction will only need a few hundred dollars more and a relatively minimal amount of work to get there.

[cajun31]

Just to register to bid is anywhere from 100 to 400 dollars. A collector will buy this bike. Just recently one sold for 15000 plus on bring a trailer. It was not in anywhere near the condition of this one. Just going through the pictures of this brings back fond memories of when I was a young pup when I bought mine. Those mag mopus tires were actually good tires. The spitfires now no longer available were basically the same tire with the same ratings. The current bridgestone offerings of the BattlAX BT46 tires again are basically the same tire with the same ratings. The only drawback being there not available with Raised White Lettering. I refreshed all of mine last fall and had to paint all of them with a white paint pen to match the same effect as original. I know I have a problem and the purist in me makes me do those things.

[aquamantx]

been trying to find the mag mopus or something with the same tread style. Nothing seems to match the 16 rear in the vintage.

[cajun31]

been trying to find the mag mopus or something with the same tread style. Nothing seems to match the 16 rear in the vintage.

Search Results | ChapMoto.com All you need are the H rated tires for our bikes. The V rated are for higher speeds. 130/90-16 for the rear and 100/90-19 for the front. Then buy these 6PC White Paint Pen Marker Waterproof Permanent Car Tire Lettering Rubber Letter | eBay and get to painting. They turned out good for me on all 3 of mine. These tires are actually better then the originals.

[XSSIVEUS]

$30K + fees + shipping

[XSSIVEUS]

I know Bob in passing. Recently he sold a 1980 XS850 MS and the hammer dropped at $30,000 + $3,000 fees. And that had ~3500 miles. This will be the same and Cajun31 is right, only a collector will buy it and no one will ride it. I suspect this one would need lots of rubber replacement if you wanted to ride it. Bob has a huge collection (hundreds of pristine bikes) and has been selling it off since at least 2020 for some amazing $$$. He is a very nice guy.

[LAB3]

been trying to find the mag mopus or something with the same tread style. Nothing seems to match the 16 rear in the vintage.

If it's the style of the tread pattern that matters you might want to take a look at the IRC GS11 tires.

[Radioguylogs]

That would be nice since your bike would then go for about $16,500 since it's actually been ridden!

Too kind !