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  • wlsmoku
    XSive
    • Aug 2009
    • 24

    #46
    thanks Scott! I put about 100 miles on it today (super nice weather here in KC, MO), and really leaned on it a few times....it suprised me how much power it really had (pegged the 80mph speedo in a hurry)! I rode mostly crotch rockets previously (ducati 996 previously) and I was not even a LITTLE bit disappounted with this bikes power! brakes could use some work, but I am going to change the fluid and see if that helps....if not, new pads, and SS lines are getting ordered asap!


    super happy owner though.....still got a perma grin

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    • CatatonicBug
      Master of XSology
      • Oct 2008
      • 6117
      • Clinton, UT

      #47
      Originally posted by wlsmoku
      brakes could use some work, but I am going to change the fluid and see if that helps....if not, new pads, and SS lines are getting ordered asap!
      Changing the fluid should be an annual thing anyway. I would suggest doing that ASAP. SS lines will definitely help too. Some have said that it takes some getting-used-to when switching to SS lines, as it really increases the response on the brakes.
      1980 XS850SG - Sold
      1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
      Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
      Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

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