Hello, I am scoot, and I ride an XS11

[scoot]

Hello to you all, readers and writers alike. I found this site a couple years ago when I first brought home this bike. You folks have helped me through almost all of my bike work. Time and again I would tackle things beyond my comfort zone using this site as my guide. You always came through, the bike keeps running. I thank you all for that.
Be well.
Russ
San Diego

[latexeses]

This is the place to be if you own a XS1100.

Welcome to the forum.

Rodger

[bikerphil]

Welcome. I did the same thing, I was a lurker for a few years before I joined. Happy posting!

[Special Ed]

Well thanks Scoot! You happen to own the best all around freakin' motorcycle ever made. And I say that as a 40+ year rider of at least a dozen bikes since I was 14 years old. I am not a gearhead, I just love to ride, and I grant full allegiance and recognition to such technophiles, mechanics and gearheads as DiverRay (for instance) who help keep our bikes running! Ride on!
Special Ed

[scoot]

Thanks guys. I hope to get the hang of this posting. I think I'll figure it out pretty quick.

Got a little ride coming up next week heading over toward Death Valley. I tell myself it'll be warm there. Replaced the Vetter fairing last Spring with a smaller slipstreamer enterprise, it's a bit breezier but the bike handles the sweepers better. I just made up a lower windblock out of 1/4" plywood that clamps onto the crash bar- it does a nice job of keeping that windstream off my legs and boots. Road-tested to 65mph with no noticable handling effect. Of course I need to do further testing up to actual freeway speeds.

And yes, Special Ed, I feel humbled and grateful when I sneak into this world of tech-heads. I do not have the brain power or skills that members here share. I've got more of a mind like Cap'n Ron, if I'm lost I can pull in somewhere (here) and ask directions.

[prometheus578]

There are very few "tech-heads" here.

The majority of us just use common sense, common hand tools and have a common desire to do the job ourselves.

[boyat68]

I am just a common man myself. I have to take everything apart that I have ever owned and try and put it back together again. It is a common disease among common men. It is a desire to know how things work. Motorcycle work is much the same, once you know how it works, then it becomes easier to fix. With 30 year old bikes you are not going to find professionals that will attempt to trouble shoot a problem.