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  • desert1
    XSive Maximus
    • Jul 2002
    • 750
    • Grand Desert, Nova Scotia, Can.

    #1

    found

    Year and a half ago I lost a saddle bag top........today a road crew was doing a cleanup on the section where I lost it......low and behold one of the boys found it and propped it up against a guard rail post! Had I not been driving by that particular spot at the right time it would have been tossed in the garbage truck along with tons of other litter! Whats the odds? Now I have a spare! And nope it aint for sale guys sorry.....
    Bruce Doucette
    Phone #1 902 827 3217
  • GNEPIG
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Apr 2005
    • 1647
    • fl

    #2
    .. the lucky lid.. i would hang it up on the wall for conversation

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    • prometheus578
      XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
      • Aug 2004
      • 4012
      • Olympia , Wa.

      #3
      "Lost and found"

      Great story, Bruce.
      A coupla years back, I was restoring an XS850 Special (making one, out of two)and trying to decide which dented tank to fix up. Later that week, I was walking the dogs about a block from home, and there, sitting in the gravel by the side of the road, was a perfectly sound 850 Special tank!. Ugly paint scheme, but undented... even had a yard sale sticker on it... said $10.
      Good fortune smiles on those who deserve it. Sometimes it screws up and even gives ME a break, too.
      "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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      • webbcraft2150
        XS-XJ Guru
        • Sep 2002
        • 1605
        • AUSTIN.TX

        #4
        Falls under "good karma"
        When a 10 isn't enough, get a 11. 80g Hardbagger

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        • Geezer
          XS-XJ Guru
          • May 2003
          • 2985
          • Willamina, Oregon 97229

          #5
          Hurry, go buy a lottery ticket. Luck like that doesn't come by very often... ;o)

          Geezer
          Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

          The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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          • knewsom
            XStremely XSive
            • Apr 2006
            • 378
            • San Diego, CA

            #6
            lucky guy.....

            If it DOES come up for sale.... the one-cheeked maroon baboon could really use one.
            Kristoffer
            "Take apart yer carbs!"
            1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
            1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.

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            • desert1
              XSive Maximus
              • Jul 2002
              • 750
              • Grand Desert, Nova Scotia, Can.

              #7
              Lotto ticket

              Yeah Geezer I did buy a lotto ticket that same day......Me and the girlfriend walked at least 10 miles back n forth up n down that stretch of hiway lookin for that darn lid and all we got was Xersize.......and then 2 weeks casting another fiberglass lid, molding filling, sanding and painting ...NEVER AGAIN... hinges is the way to go or at least a cable....nuff said on this thread....thanks for readin my rant Guys
              Bruce Doucette
              78XS1100 "Alpha"
              79XS1100 Special, awaiting resurection
              Bruce Doucette
              Phone #1 902 827 3217

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