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that is all. i thought maybe some of you that are either too stupid or too smart to ride in the cold and snow would commiserate with me. Mostly just wanted to b****, the damn thing is just sitting in the garage, EVERY DAY waiting for me to ride. this sucks.
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Last edited by 81xsproject; 01-14-2010, 08:27 PM.1980 XS 1100 Special (working to be my daily ride) -
It's gonna be in the 50s and 60s the end of the week here. heh hehOriginally posted by 1st bike View Post
I'M GOIN'
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Yeah, it was raining today, so the bike was parked! I hope to ride Thursday, IF I don't spend ALL MY TIME doing work for other people!Ray Matteis
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XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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Yep, us CA riders had to park-em today. Don't think it's going to be cleared up tomorrow either. Maybe (I hope) by thursday.Cy
1980 XS1100G (Brutus) w/81H Engine
Duplicolor Mirage Paint Job (Purple/Green)
Vetter Windjammer IV
Vetter hard bags & Trunk
OEM Luggage Rack
Jardine Spaghetti 4-2 exhaust system
Spade Fuse Box
Turn Signal Auto Cancel Mod
750 FD Mod
TC Spin on Oil Filter Adapter (temp removed)
XJ1100 Front Footpegs
XJ1100 Shocks
I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.Comment
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ITs supposed to get up to 40 tomorrow, I am going!! (a short ride anyway)Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection
Previously owned
93 GSX600F
80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
81 XS1100 Special
81 CB750 C
80 CB750 C
78 XS750Comment
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Dont be a wuss! I dont care how cold it is, just go around the block. Thats just enough tame the demon! Who cares about snow.... just do a wheelie thru it and you will be fine
Austin Ingalls
MIDNIGHT FURY
1979 XS1100 Special [Full Restore Project]
XJ maxim rear air shocks
KERKER 4-into-1 exhaust
Pod Filters
Money pit.......
BLACKED OUTComment
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maybe in Sacramento u parked them...
But in San Diego it was nice riding weather this week, always enjoy coming to SD and glad I am keeping Rising Sun here - though I suffered the shame of having to double back the other day to pick up a right side cover in the middle of the road that popped off at 55mph - squeezed the legs in too tight I guess - lucky nobody ran over it!Originally posted by cywelchjr View Post
John in San Antonio/San DiegoJohn is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)
Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
'81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine
"Not all treasure is silver and gold"Comment
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"Dont be a wuss! I dont care how cold it is, just go around the block. Thats just enough tame the demon! Who cares about snow.... just do a wheelie thru it and you will be fine "
That's from a guy in Texas...........
I'll be out in our warm spell, in the next few days it will be 40!79 XS11 Special (Lazarus)
80 XS850 Special (Old Faithful)
80 XS11 Standard sorta stock (Beatrice)
79 DT 100Comment
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Wow! You DID get lucky on that one! I lost my Left side cover the same way, but didn't even know it came off till I got to my destination.Originally posted by jwhughes3 View Post
After 2 weeks of snow and ice, the temps got over freezing yesterday, enough to melt the ice on the roads, and dry them out a bit. It was still 20º this morning, but it's gonna get into the 40's today. I just couldn't leave the bike at home! It sure felt good to ride again!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!).
Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
-H. FordComment
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Its been in the 40s and 50s here for the last several days. I had to give it a good 2 days to melt the ice and snow out of the alley so I could get my bike out, and even now, some side roads are impassable. My XS11 is still in pieces, but Ive been riding my FZR around quite a bit. Its LOVING this cooler weather. It should reach almost 60 today. Im waiting for a few hours for it to warm up, then Im headed out for a ride around town. We are expecting snow tomorrow, but back into the high 50s for the weekend! We got lucky, all that arctic weather that has been sitting on the east for almost a week just skirted by Denver, and then some warm air from the west snuck in behind all that cold air
1981 XS11SH Custom Project - Juggernaut
1990 FZR600 Hybrid Streetfighter - Lilith
1996 FZR600 Custom Project
1994 FZR600Comment
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Hi 1st,Originally posted by 1st bike View Post
That don't suck.
If the weather is warm and dry, you have time off work, no other commitments, a pocket full of cash and can't go riding because the bike don't run, THAT sucks.
And if it don't run because you had those cold winter days to fix it but didn't; that REALLY sucks.Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"Comment
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78 XS1100E Standard
Coca Cola Red
Hooker Headers
http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...m/DSC00580.jpg
1979 XS1100 Special
http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...m/DSC00612.jpg
1980 XS Standard
http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...m/DSC01137.jpg
2006 Roadstar Warrior
http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...um/warrior.jpgComment
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Good point Fred!
For Pete's sake.. don't encourage him!
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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you're right a bike in pieces sucks!!! and thankfully i haven't torn it apart yet, i have been waiting since the 1st of the year (my goal was to ride new years day...too damn cold) and i hope the weather holds over the weekend. if it is just in the 40's i am good. fingers crossed!!!
and you can come visit and wheelie through the snow if you want. i will watch and laugh....and then help you fix it!1980 XS 1100 Special (working to be my daily ride)Comment
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If one of your XSes has a Vetter with an uncut windshield ... rain ain't a problemYep, us CA riders had to park-em today.
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