Just bought XS11 22 years later

[79XS11F]

The seat cover that came on my bike was TOAST and I had to buy a complete seat on eBay to replace it but that seat included the read cowling which I also needed so the purchase didn't hurt too bad. The cover on that seat is in good shape but is not factory. I did however keep the bad cover too make a pattern from. Where I work we also do custom draperies and I will be looking into having a factory look alike made this winter. if the cost is reasonable I will post the info.
Rob

[Meatloaf]

And a year and a week after starting this thread, I finally got to drive my bike tonight. The dealer couldn't get it going, the vintage guy couldn't get it going and and they charged me $2300 between them, although I suspect the vintage guy would have gotten there eventually. I finally got pissed and did it myself with some help form some folks in here.

Coils, carbs, and wiring.

Even burnt my leg on the exhaust today

[TopCatGr58]

Congrats on a job well done, just sorry it cost you so much to find out!?

Okay, now where are the pictures??

Thanks for reusing the original thread!
T.C.

[gotaplay]

Good for you meatloaf ....
Oh and I haven't forgoten the fairing either ... still looking ..
and I figured out my front end bounce .. it was a bad rim .. replaced that and with a new tire and now the only thing that bounces is the speedo and the RPM's as I wind her out ....
I was considering selling it this summer but I just got my insurance renewal and it went down almost half ... hmmmm can't pass up a bagin like that now can I

[Meatloaf]

Have to be careful I don't misrepresent. For the $2300, I got a lot of work done to safety the bike including brake parts etc. But about $1500 of that was just labour run up monkeying with carbs and troubleshooting.

I'll put up put up pictures today.

[mro]

And a year and a week after high-jacking this thread

Guess it might be considered "bad form" to high jack your thread twice, but.....

Glad to here you finally got to ride
and second the thing about post a pic


mro

[Meatloaf]

Here's the pic. Rear springs are a mess but will replace them over the winter.