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**Wayne** · 12-04-2002, 08:21 AM

Welcome to the gang (officially) Dave.
Glad you decided to come out of the world of lurking and let us know your out there. Since you've been riding XS' awhile, I'm sure you will have allot of good info and ideas to add to our many rants and raves.

Ride safe.

**Dragonrider** · 12-04-2002, 10:31 AM

Welcome to the group.

Boating websites huh?

Seen this one: http://cuagain.manilasites.com ? (mine)

**uk1.1s** · 12-04-2002, 10:43 AM

Xsively dressed

Good - I'm not the only one with an XS T-shirt then. Bought mine at a bike rally here in the UK, just a drawing of the engine, but been worn and worn

Wonder why my wife thinks I'm sad

**sixtysix** · 12-05-2002, 01:41 AM

Welcome.I got lots of XS shirts, one from every rally! If you need more shirts just show up!

**uk1.1s** · 12-05-2002, 05:38 AM

Showing up

Hey Sixtysix - thanks for the invite to the next rally to help my poor T-shirt collection.

What angle ramp do you think I need from the south west corner of England to make it to the next one...

. Probably safer than Concorde - heard that another bit of rudder fell off last week (probably a cunning plan to make it lighter and faster).

Looks like the Dutch owners club are hosting a European one this year that I'll try to make it over to.

Things looking up in the UK too as Mike Farnsworth has started an XS11 club through the VJMC. If you haven't seen it yet, have a squint at his site, which is pretty new... but growing.

www.xs1100.co.uk

**sixtysix** · 12-05-2002, 12:48 PM

Just hop on a plane, I'll let you ride mine, when you get here

. Distance is no longer an excuse, how bad you wanna go?

**XSive Dave** · 12-06-2002, 12:20 AM

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

And Daniel, best of luck on your restoration project! I know how rewarding it is to bring something back with sweat, headscratching & $$... you'll love it! Great website too. Keep the pictures coming as you're working it into shape.

Dave

**uk1.1s** · 12-09-2002, 08:15 AM

Getting there

Hey Sixty-six,

Beware of Brit XS riders bearing big grins (and a spare helmet).

Plan until last Friday was to go on holiday in Europe this year - but have been toying with how badly to save and make it Canada / USA. As I was born a bit north of New Y state and lived in southern Ontario as a kid - there is a remote possibility that I'll be over there (somewhere) in September 2003.

As I say - at the moment it's a possibility not a booked up certainty, so are there any rallies around then???

**xssiveone** · 12-09-2002, 08:46 AM

Hey UK1.1s, where abouts in Southern Ontario did you live?

**uk1.1s** · 12-10-2002, 03:24 AM

The Ontario connection

xssiveone,

Lived in Smiths Falls - err Lanark County(?) - Brockville / Perth are other places I remember nearby. All Rideau canal and forests.

We were there for about five years after starting out in Montreal in '65.

My dad got transferred back to Montreal around June '73. Quebec had just gone v.v. French Canadian (viva la Quebec - and all that era) and the family were faced with the BIG decision (not having any French and with us kids) - which ended up with us coming home to the UK.

. So I still keep the dual nationality, although I got the Canadian passport first when I was old enough.

Haven't been back since - so if I can make this trip it will be quite a pilgrimage for me. I suppose I've been saying for years that I'd like to have a go at settling back in Canada - so a visit first is a good way of finding out how much I really want to and how possible it would be.

Save some maple syrup for me!

**xssiveone** · 12-10-2002, 09:07 AM

Ok, that's eastern Ontario... about 6-7 hours from me. I'm almost as far south in Ontario as one can get... here we even go NORTH to get to the US. Hope you can make it across the big pond and hope I can get to meet you when you do.

**uk1.1s** · 12-10-2002, 10:35 AM

Geography

Brian - ooops flunked the Canadian geography test then

Boy you are south - not quite BBQ weather still this time of year I bet - more skidoo and ice hockey weather

Be good to meet a few XS owners whilst I'm over - let you know nearer the time, but looking like an early September trip

Graham

**Jdwags** · 01-01-2003, 09:07 PM

Hi Dave,

I wanted to wave a bit north and welcome you on board. But being as i have been awol for the last 5 months,, well "hello" is probably the best i can do.

I'm in Bothell, and a couple of others are over in Lake Forest Park.

There are others around the Greater Puget Sound area too, as well as some wonderful hosts in Canada.

I got the opportunity to take a couple of days for the rally at Big Island Deuce on Vancover ISland BC, 700 miles in 2 days but well worth the trip! Hope BI 2003 will be as enjoyable.

Welcome!

**XSive Dave** · 01-02-2003, 12:12 AM

Thanks for the shout out from Bothell, Jeff.

When I got my SF I owned a house right in between Juanita & Bothell, working in Woodinville. You MAY have seen me riding back & forth to work or around that area if you were there between '89 & '94 'cause I rode more than I drove! My '79 XS1100SF is red with the factory sissy bar, king/queen seat (since replaced with a Travelcade seat...) and a Plexifairing.

I figured I'd run into some NW XSives sooner or later, we'll have to try to hook up this Spring/Summer.

Happy New Year everybody & keep the rubber side down!

Dave

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