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Neat Article!Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die
Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson -
As an owner of the original 78E (ser. # 000254), I can attest 52 MPG while touring with HD and GoldWing bikes. I can also attest to 125 MPH cruise for 1.5 or 2 hours at a time!
The article tells the tale, but all the owners here REALLY tell the tale!Ray Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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Wow! That's a real keeper and so it's now in my xs1100 files.
Thanks!!
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It was neat to see the one on the 1981 venturer. I was trying to find a picture of one. pretty cool archive site.Current Rides: '82 XJ w/Jardine 4-1's, GIVI flyscreen, '97 Triumph Trophy 1200
Former Rides: '71 CB350, '78 400 Hawk, '75 CB550/4;
while in Japan: '86 KLR250, '86 VT250Z, '86 XL600R, '82 CB450(Hawk II), '96 750 Nighthawk, '96 BMW F650Comment
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52 MPG?? What was that; coming down off a mountain pass? The BEST I ever got with mine was 41, and I was usually mired in the mid-to-upper 30s. If I got 'enthusiastic', I could get it down into the very low 30s....
But who the hell ever bought one of these for their fuel economy??? LOL
High speed crusing? Noooo problemo...
'78E original ownerFast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two
'78E original owner - resto project
'78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
'82 XJ rebuild project
'80SG restified, red SOLD
'79F parts...
'81H more parts...
Other current bikes:
'93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
'86 XL883/1200 Chopper
'82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...Comment
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NO, as stated, I was "cruising" with the HD and Goldpig crowd. One Honda got 54, the next one was 52, and I got 53. The NEAT part was I kept it in 5th gear most of the way, and the other bikes needed to shift up and down the take the 25 MPG curves! My SHMBO at the time was almost 105, and I DID have our needs for the weekend with us!
( Gilroy to Pismo Beach via Highway 25 in CA).
Ray Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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Ray?? Your wife was almost 105?? You're a sick sick man. What were the needs for the weekend... oxygen and Depends?
TodTry 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 ownComment
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Tod, Remember I was a YOUNG man back then! And no, It was just my Girlfriend at the time, not a wife!Ray?? Your wife was almost 105?? You're a sick sick man. What were the needs for the weekend... oxygen and Depends?
Ray Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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Back up
I can back up the 50 + mpg claim! In 79' I bought a xs11 and in Dec. of that year my wife and I rode the bike with full fairing, trunk, and bags from LA to New Orleans, and back. At 70 mph, we consistently got 50 mpg. And that was with the bike loaded with clothes etc, for the trip.J.D."Jack" Smith
1980G&S "Halfbreed"
1978E straight job
"We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln
Life is like a coin, you can choose to spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once. Make your choices wisely.Comment
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That 50+ mpg figure was probably with no ethanol dilution and leaded gas as well?
Ich habe dich nicht gefragt.Comment
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