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  • #1

    New Member, Chicago-area, 1980 xs11

    hello board

    27/m from addison, IL

    picking up a 1980 XS1100 eleven-special from my girlfriends uncle for 650 bucks

    i offered him 750, but he thought it was too much, so he lowered it 100! nice guy!

    it has 21,000 miles and has been garaged kept, newer brakes, newer tires

    issues:

    bad seal in right front fork

    leaky head gasket, again, front right side

    other then that, runs like a champ!

    these pics are from my phone, but ill post better ones when i get it and have my camera













    1980 XS1100SG - almost done
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  • #2
    Welcome! and wow!

    What a great find!
    Can never seem to find a deal like that around here... Then again... I don't have a girlfriend who has an uncle... for that matter... I don't have a girlfriend...
    ANYway...


    Welcome!
    81 SH Something Special
    81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels
    ☺

    79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
    81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
    80 LG Black Magic
    78 E Standard Practice


    James 3:17

    If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

    “Alis Volat Propriis”

    Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
    For those on FB

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    • #3
      Hi ambidextrous.
      very nice special...
      very good price too.

      Original seat cover looks good.
      My 80G cover finnally came apart and first attempt at making my own has gone south. Hopefully lessons learned will make second attempt useable...


      mro

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      • #4
        Welcome aboard. Just left your area ( Quad Cities ) last week end Maybe next time.
        S.R.Czekus

        1-Project SG (Ugly Rat Bike)(URB)
        1-big XS patch
        1-small XS/XJ patch
        1-XS/XJ owners pin.
        1-really cool XS/XJ owners sticker on my helmet.
        2-2005 XS rally T-shirts, (Bean Blossom, In)
        1-XVS1300C Yamaha Stryker Custom (Mosquito)
        1-VN900C Kawasaki Custom (Jelly Bean)

        Just do it !!!!!

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        • #5
          Great looking Special. Welcome aboard. Other than leak repair, all you need is some super-bike style handle bars (unless you like the old buckhorn bars )
          '81 XS1100 SH

          Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

          Sep. 12th 2015

          RIP

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          • #6
            strange you mention that

            i just posted a thread looking for new handlebars in the XS forum!

            brilliant minds think alike!
            1980 XS1100SG - almost done

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            • #7
              My Dad and I got our second to last bike just north of Chicago for $400. I wasn't in nearly that good shape though it was a full dresser. Congrats on being the new owner on a great looking XS.
              United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
              If I can do it at 18 yrs old, anyone can
              "You know something, You can't polish a turd"
              "What are you rebelling against", "Well, what do you got?"
              Acta Non Verba

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              • #8
                I was just looking at your "leaky head gasket"...and to me, it looks more like a leaky cam cover gasket (read: instead of 4-10 hours work, 20 minutes work to replace). I'd test compression on all 4 cylinders (with plugs out and throttle open) and post the results here. If compression is fine, that'd confirm my suspicion.
                1979 XS11F Standard - Maya - 1196cc (out of order)
                1978 XS11E Standard - Nina - 1101cc
                http://www.livejournal.com/~xs11

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                • #9
                  I concurr
                  United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY
                  If I can do it at 18 yrs old, anyone can
                  "You know something, You can't polish a turd"
                  "What are you rebelling against", "Well, what do you got?"
                  Acta Non Verba

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                  • #10
                    your right

                    it is the valve cover gasket

                    i said the wrong thing i my original post

                    i already found a head gasket on craigslist for a decent price
                    1980 XS1100SG - almost done

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                    • #11
                      Do yourself a favor, and buy a NEW gasket AND "half moon" seals. I would guess that the seals are the cause of the problem, as they leak as they get old and hard. If it is the gasket, you may be able to clean it up and use a little Yamabond #2 on it.
                      Ray Matteis
                      KE6NHG
                      XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
                      XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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                      • #12
                        Hey Amby,

                        You don't need a HEAD GASKET!!! Forget craigs list. GO to www.partsnmore.com and get the half moons, and the valve cover gasket, and some Yamabond, and perhaps a few other things to get your total over $35.00, free shipping!

                        Great Find, but still go to the Tech Tips Forums from the MAIN FORUM PAGE, not the links in the left yellow column, and READ, READ, READ! Things like cam chain tensioning require specific procedures and can lead to damage if done incorrectly!

                        There's a thread I think in the MISC forum about what to look for in a neglected XS11, although yours looks rather pristine, you'll still want to know what to check out and replace, like ALL of the oils, Engine, Middle and Final Drives, bleed brakes, etc.!!

                        T.C.
                        T. C. Gresham
                        81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                        79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                        History shows again and again,
                        How nature points out the folly of men!

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                        • #13
                          nice looking bike i am from central il around about forty miles south of peoria and i too got me bike for a steal at five hundred
                          1982 xj1100j

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                          • #14
                            Bushnell

                            Im from Bushnell, soon be gettin 1980 XS11 Special next week for $120.00
                            1978 1100E Standard
                            2 1985 700 Maxim's (black & red)
                            1986 600 Radian (basket case)
                            1979? GS1000 (no title)
                            1980 1100SG Special

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                            • #15
                              That is a nice bike, they never look like that when I find one.....

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