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Hi all,
Through much effort by the Brass here (T.C.'s the Man - how appropriate!), I am finally able to log on and intorduce myself. my name is Warren & I live in Western Wisconsin. I have a 1978 XS11 that was my road race bike back in the 1980's. After grenading the motor (transmission actually) at Daytona International during the AMA 1984 Paul Revere 200, I transplanted a 1981 Midnight drivetrain into it, and fitted the beast with an ATP Turbo set-up. From then on, it was my street bike and Saturday Night At The Drags machine.
Regretably I sold the bike back in 1990 while living in Minnesota; actually I traded it for a 1972 Pontiac LeMans with a 500ci Caddy motor which I sold for more than I was asking for the Turbo. The funds helped me finish College, and after graduating I moved to Arizona for a job. Well, the job went away, and I moved back to the Midwest last year, here in Wisconsin.
While watching CraigsList just a few weeks ago (I always check the surrounding larger cities for cool stuff), there it was for sale, original as sold, 17 years later! it is now back in my garage, and ready for resurrection. My name was still on the title as previous owner! The gentleman who I traded it to was in his 60's when he got it (he drag raced it regularly while he was able to ride), and his son was now selling it due to health reasons; it has not been run since 2001.
It is frighteningly fast, and has lots of chassis mods too. The engine is definitely up to the demands of the ATP Turbo, and it has not been apart since I initially built it back in the early 1980's. I was working as a bike mechanic at a Yamaha dealer when racing and building it, and learned lots of tricks through experience and working on most all of the 11's that came through the shop at the time.
It was so exciting to get the beast back; I had always wished I had never sold it, and still can't believe I was able to return it to my stable. Over the years I have owned somewhere around 150 Yamaha's, but the 11TC has been my most memorable of them all. Thanks for such a great forum, and trust me that the next time the Turbo comes up for sale, it will be be at MY Estate auction!
Cheers,
The Yamanatic
Through much effort by the Brass here (T.C.'s the Man - how appropriate!), I am finally able to log on and intorduce myself. my name is Warren & I live in Western Wisconsin. I have a 1978 XS11 that was my road race bike back in the 1980's. After grenading the motor (transmission actually) at Daytona International during the AMA 1984 Paul Revere 200, I transplanted a 1981 Midnight drivetrain into it, and fitted the beast with an ATP Turbo set-up. From then on, it was my street bike and Saturday Night At The Drags machine.
Regretably I sold the bike back in 1990 while living in Minnesota; actually I traded it for a 1972 Pontiac LeMans with a 500ci Caddy motor which I sold for more than I was asking for the Turbo. The funds helped me finish College, and after graduating I moved to Arizona for a job. Well, the job went away, and I moved back to the Midwest last year, here in Wisconsin.
While watching CraigsList just a few weeks ago (I always check the surrounding larger cities for cool stuff), there it was for sale, original as sold, 17 years later! it is now back in my garage, and ready for resurrection. My name was still on the title as previous owner! The gentleman who I traded it to was in his 60's when he got it (he drag raced it regularly while he was able to ride), and his son was now selling it due to health reasons; it has not been run since 2001.
It is frighteningly fast, and has lots of chassis mods too. The engine is definitely up to the demands of the ATP Turbo, and it has not been apart since I initially built it back in the early 1980's. I was working as a bike mechanic at a Yamaha dealer when racing and building it, and learned lots of tricks through experience and working on most all of the 11's that came through the shop at the time.
It was so exciting to get the beast back; I had always wished I had never sold it, and still can't believe I was able to return it to my stable. Over the years I have owned somewhere around 150 Yamaha's, but the 11TC has been my most memorable of them all. Thanks for such a great forum, and trust me that the next time the Turbo comes up for sale, it will be be at MY Estate auction!
Cheers,
The Yamanatic
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