YOUR 78-79 XS1100s CONDITION

[horsedriver]

XS CONDITION

MY 78 HAS 11000 AND WAS SITTING OUTSIDE FOR A FEW YEARS ,BEFORE I SAVD HER WITH NEW PAINT ,ALTHOUGH NOT STOCK COLOR ,WHEN MY 79 FINALLY WORE OUT @137,000MI ,ACCORDING TO THE TITLE S ,78S CHROME HAS SOME RUST ON THE CHROME PIECES

[XSrunner]

as far as i am aware mine is a spec american import 39,000ml i'm the second owner the original owner now late seventies brought it with him from the states when he moved to australia in 1980 except for the 4into1 use it most days to ride to work. love it.

[horsedriver]

looks

that is one fine looking xs be sure to keep it that way

[Nulle]

I have two XS 1100 with 80.000 and the other with 9.000 miles
I have four XS 1100 Specials and they are each running about 25,000 miles. Three of them have the fairing with two Windjammer and one with the Yamaha.
John: Your bike is fantastic and now I need to save for some paint lol

[johnqpublic]

1979 XS1100 F Far from Mint



Looks Ratty and the seat is God Awful ugly but it's a major kick in the ass to ride. Need a few carb parts to get it running right and just scored a freerear tire to replace the scary smooth Dunlop it probably came with. New meat is a Pirelli 120 70 ZR17

[chrisso]

Hi guys,

What does "spec" mean?; Sorry, I am not local!

This is my most Stock XS: Ex-US SG!


I also have a Trike, one with a hardtailed stock frame, one in a "Eurocustom" swingarm frame;



And the remains of a ratty 1100 which has been broken up to fix-up the others.

AlanB

Nice orange bike! Tell me about the fairing, im after something like that for my 80 model..see pic. Its The ''Miss July 09 Bike hehe''

[warlock60]

Don't fix'it if it ain't broke!!

Not a spec bike and in less the very good condition, NOW!!

'79 XS1100 Special

Came back from Iraq, thought I'd take some corrosion off from the year and a half sitting under cover , and change the tires. The more I dig the more I find.
Tonight I ordered steering head bearings 'cause they too are corroded and ratcheting. Before I started it was running nice as it has for the past dozen years.

Next time instead of taking parts off to powder coat maybe just overspraying the rust would be easier!!!!

Should be up and running again soon though. Grrrrrr!!!!

[bikerphil]

Cool, glad you made it back ok. Post some pics if you can, I also have a '79 Special brought back to life.

[foreda]

Bike Condition

My 78 is completely original except for the ehaust. It only has 13,000 miles.

[planedick]

Ehaust

So why did you take of the original exhaust? Do you still have it?

[foreda]

Exhaust

So why did you take of the original exhaust? Do you still have it?

I wish I still had the original exhaust but unfortunately, they were shot. This bike spent many years under the carport which I think is probably worse than anything. I now keep it in a controlled enviroment.

[patonga]

Happy Christmas to me!

The condition is improving. Neatish paint now and I'll get some photos on on the Christmas Holidays

[bigray03]

Not quite Stock

BUT, Was pretty close and in fair stock condition before the chopping began.

[fvincent]

Bike Condition

My bike is in great shape. Not original paint, (flaming skull) new handlebars & risers & bags. Have won a couple of shows..... Heres a link to it...

http://photos.syracuse.com/yourphotos/2007/06/1980_yamaha_xs1100_from_scratc.html

http://blog.syracuse.com/photos/41e228310efd4fcae407a4fa42af5a0e.jpg

Floyd

[XS-IVE1100]

Both are in decent condition .....