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  • Wildkat
    XS Special Gurette
    • Apr 2004
    • 3416
    • Location, Location

    #1

    The Bargain Basement Bag Lady

    2 recent attempts to acquire one more XS had gone... well... not as planned...
    Neither were worth the amounts being asked (which really wasn't much) and they would require extensive rehabilitation to make them road worthy...
    Today, we went and looked at an SG with 50,000 miles... a full dresser that is in pretty decent condition (broken windshield) with badges that are immaculate... Everything looks pretty good and the guy said he got the engine to turn over earlier in the week (there was no battery, so we didn't try it) So for $500, we are getting a bike that is twice what the other two were... for less money...
    The seller even threw in a birdcage for our starling.... and on top of everything... it was a beautiful day to ride out to see it!

    This also settles the debate John and I have had regarding Something Special... Something Special will be mine and the BBBL will be our second bike... There's even been talk about me maybe... possibly (probably not) selling the FJ to make room for the newest addition to the stable...
    This XSive thing... really is...
    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
  • oseaghdha
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Aug 2006
    • 1075
    • N43.02.5,W88.14.2

    #2
    You could sell me those spaghetti pipes

    To make room!
    XS1100SF
    XS1100F

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    • trukleon
      Truly XSive(Deceased)
      • Sep 2004
      • 187
      • Zap ,North Dakota

      #3
      congrats

      Congrats J&W,, but you should have checked mine out!! Nekid of course but the EXtra seat and backrest plus baby windshield (cafee sort not on ) Plus Mistress Red,, no need to say more.. Bidding on job in Nebraska , Blair but won't be able to make the run in Oct. but who knows later Happy trails

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      • bigjames79
        XSive
        • Aug 2007
        • 44
        • Dallas, Tx

        #4
        SWEET DEAL!!!

        im excited for you guys

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        • John
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Oct 2003
          • 5117

          #5
          Re: You could sell me those spaghetti pipes

          Originally posted by oseaghdha
          To make room!
          What?? Sell my'Sgetti' pipes. Preposterous!

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          • John
            XS-XJ Super Guru
            • Oct 2003
            • 5117

            #6
            Re: congrats

            Originally posted by trukleon
            Congrats J&W,, but you should have checked mine out!! Nekid of course but the EXtra seat and backrest plus baby windshield (cafee sort not on ) Plus Mistress Red,, no need to say more.. Bidding on job in Nebraska , Blair but won't be able to make the run in Oct. but who knows later Happy trails
            Well, truk...Frisco Tx is only 40 miles away, and you live way up there...

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            • trukleon
              Truly XSive(Deceased)
              • Sep 2004
              • 187
              • Zap ,North Dakota

              #7
              Distance

              Yup LLLLLLLLLLLonnnnnngggg Ways from Texas,, Air Force 75

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              • trukleon
                Truly XSive(Deceased)
                • Sep 2004
                • 187
                • Zap ,North Dakota

                #8
                Weather

                On a different note weather is it warm enough to ride somewhere around there in winter months??? Had my 8& 10 year old on christmas 20006 cold but we just went for a couple miles I had to button my coat 15 below ,,,,but xsive they loved it (so did I tires burn easy in cold)

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                • trbig
                  Simply used to just post A LOT!
                  • Nov 2005
                  • 7838
                  • Ada, Oklahoma

                  #9
                  John & Kat have looked at 3 in 2 weeks... I have seen NONE anywhere near here to look at. XSChop... you sellin anything yet??


                  Tod
                  Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                  You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                  Current bikes:
                  '06 Suzuki DR650
                  *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                  '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                  '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                  '81 XS1100 Special
                  '81 YZ250
                  '80 XS850 Special
                  '80 XR100
                  *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                  • John
                    XS-XJ Super Guru
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 5117

                    #10
                    Re: Weather

                    Originally posted by trukleon
                    On a different note weather is it warm enough to ride somewhere around there in winter months??? Had my 8& 10 year old on christmas 20006 cold but we just went for a couple miles I had to button my coat 15 below ,,,,but xsive they loved it (so did I tires burn easy in cold)
                    The usual winter temps are in 30-50's. I will go out in mid 40's, but nothing any colder. I have a whole herd's worth of leather garments to help stay warm.

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                    • trukleon
                      Truly XSive(Deceased)
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 187
                      • Zap ,North Dakota

                      #11
                      Temps

                      Might have to truck it down there sis's been after me to come down for last couple years,,,says the women are friendly (till they seee me lol)

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                      • John
                        XS-XJ Super Guru
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 5117

                        #12
                        Y'all come on down!

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                        • JWSanders
                          XSive Maximus
                          • May 2005
                          • 879
                          • White House, TN

                          #13
                          Congrats on the find! I never see any for sale around here. Never see any at all, in fact. Had to drive to Indiana just to get my 400!

                          Every now and then I'll see an older Honda CB or something, but rarely any older Yammys. Just crotch rockets and the myriad of Harleys and their clones...blah.
                          80 XS1100SG
                          81 XS400SH

                          Some men miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

                          A Few Animations I've Made

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                          • Ken Talbot
                            XS-XJ Super Guru
                            • Jun 2002
                            • 4251
                            • Revelstoke, BC

                            #14
                            So let me get this straight. You find a pretty decent buy on an XS, but it is the thrown-in birdcage that clinches the deal? That makes up somehow for the busted windshield? Sure sounds XSentric to me.

                            BTW - where's the pics?
                            Ken Talbot

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                            • Stralya
                              XSive Maximus
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 791
                              • 'Blotto Grotto' Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.

                              #15
                              You have a pet Starling?
                              We shoot 'em here...

                              Dan
                              Automotive Imbecile.
                              Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
                              '78E Full Vetter Dresser.
                              1196 Big Bore Kit.

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