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    '81 XS1100 SH

    Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

    Sep. 12th 2015

    RIP

  • #2
    Don't care for it myself but I'm sure someone will see it's hidden beauty.

    Definitely not a long distance tourer, at least not for this middle aged butt!
    Paul
    1983 XJ1100 Maxim
    1979 XS1100 Standard
    1980 XS1100 Special

    I'm not a motorcycle mechanic but I play one on the internet.

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    • #3
      Maybe just a tad imagination challenged?

      Other than the swing arm mod (and I'm not too sure about how safe that one is) DaBubba's blows it away....


      mro

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      • #4
        Saw it in January when it was first listed... thought it looked like a piece of sh#t then and, funny thing, still looks like a piece of sh#t now.

        What a waste of a good bike
        1980 XS11 LG (Diablo)
        1980 XS11 G (Bagger)
        1978 XS11 G (White Knight)
        1978 XS11 G (Skeleton)
        2016 SS (S.S. Flyer)

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        • #5
          MRO wrote...

          Other than the swing arm mod (and I'm not too sure about how safe that one is) DaBubba's blows it away....

          How can you compare the two... they're at complete opposite ends of the scale with, (in case anyone can't figure it out) DaBubba's at the high end.

          Rat Rod Bobber... -10; DaBubba's... +++10

          and, the winner is........


          (me... I got all the good parts in the junkyard first )
          Last edited by xsilerating; 02-16-2008, 11:49 AM.
          1980 XS11 LG (Diablo)
          1980 XS11 G (Bagger)
          1978 XS11 G (White Knight)
          1978 XS11 G (Skeleton)
          2016 SS (S.S. Flyer)

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          • #6
            It definately just looks like a beginners hack-job to me. Maybe it's the "Ugliest P.O.S. you have ever seen that looks weathered and neglected" theme he was going for?? Plus, with the cheap pod filters, it's not only going to LOOK like crap, it will run that way too above 5k RPM.

            But apparently somebody thinks it's cool. It has 4 bids so far. I'd give about $50 max on it just for what parts are left. With all the gauges and stuff gone, by the looks of the butcher job on the bike, what shape do you think the wiring will be in? Probably fancily twist-tied the wires and tried to tuck them somewhere where they won't ground out on the frame.


            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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            • #7
              I believe it's made to be part of the "Rat Rod" craze. It might get some looks at cruise night. I certainly wouldn't want to ride it, much less own it.
              Marty (in Mississippi)
              XS1100SG
              XS650SK
              XS650SH
              XS650G
              XS6502F
              XS650E

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              • #8
                YUK!

                'Nuff said.

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                • #9
                  I totally agree, John. The welds don't even look structurally safe.
                  '81 XS1100 SH

                  Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

                  Sep. 12th 2015

                  RIP

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                  • #10
                    I think someone watched to much TLC or Discovery channel.

                    One man junk is anothers treasure
                    1979 XS11SF (Shiny Red Sled)
                    1982 XJ11 (winter project- Black Beauty)
                    1992 XT225 (yard sale find)

                    Decide-Commit-Succeed

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                    • #11
                      Trbig is thinkin exactly what I'm thinkin, except he didn't mention the part about the zero back pressure exhaust. Loud and useless.

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                      • #12
                        Check out the bidders.....

                        ....they all seem to have a common theme going on with their names.

                        Hmmmm
                        Tom
                        1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
                        1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
                        1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
                        1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original

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                        • #13
                          looks uncomfortable.
                          http://www.henryism.com

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                          • #14
                            That has to be one of the ugliest bikes I have ever seen.
                            Harry

                            The voices in my head are giving me the silent treatment.

                            '79 Standard
                            '82 XJ1100
                            '84 FJ1100


                            Acta Non Verba

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                            • #15
                              whomever did this should be shot!

                              This was already posted here...and as f###ed up as it looks whtas evn more f###ed up is that its selling for $1425!What atotal waste.
                              1980 XS650G Special-Two
                              1993 Honda ST1100

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