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  • #16
    Originally posted by cywelchjr View Post
    Ok, I couldn't tell any difference on it from being an 80, how were you able to identify it as an 81 (not debating if your right, I'm sure you know, I am just curious for knowledges sake).
    My guess is the 4RO part number on the owners manual. I could be way off but thats my guess as to how he says it an 81.
    Nathan
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    K&N Filter
    #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
    OEM Exhaust
    ATK Fork Brace
    LED Dash lights
    Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
    Green Monster Coils
    SS Brake Lines
    Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

    In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

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    • #17
      Nate is correct...the 4RO is specific to the 81 special model, as is the H or SH as shown on the owners manual specific to the 81 model year. While only the 4RO VIN makes it officially an 81 model as everything else could be changed or bought and added to an 80 bike.

      Also, the side cover emblems are specific to the 81 Special with the "Nike Swish" and the cursive "Eleven Special" with no XS in it.

      Another tip off is that the engine timing cover and alternator covers have the black circle around them, this was an 81 model year item.
      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 XS750

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      • #18
        Originally posted by DGXSER View Post
        Nate is correct...the 4RO is specific to the 81 special model, as is the H or SH as shown on the owners manual specific to the 81 model year. While only the 4RO VIN makes it officially an 81 model as everything else could be changed or bought and added to an 80 bike.

        Also, the side cover emblems are specific to the 81 Special with the "Nike Swish" and the cursive "Eleven Special" with no XS in it.

        Another tip off is that the engine timing cover and alternator covers have the black circle around them, this was an 81 model year item.
        Note to self, "ok dummy, look at ALL the pictures first" actually the fact that it's an H/SH manual says it also, as that is an 81.
        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.

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        • #19
          So apparently I noticed the most unlikely thing....Not sure if I should feel smart or just dumb.....
          Nathan
          KD9ARL

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          1978 XS1100E
          K&N Filter
          #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
          OEM Exhaust
          ATK Fork Brace
          LED Dash lights
          Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
          Green Monster Coils
          SS Brake Lines
          Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

          In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

          Theodore Roosevelt

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          • #20
            Originally posted by malber View Post
            Also not bad:

            http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamah...Q5fmotorcycles

            In Jersey with low mileage (how does that happen with a 30 year old bike?). Starting at $800 but has a reserve.
            Ya my buddy's grandpa bout a section of farm land after the people who owned it died about 10 years ago, and got a '68 Chev short box with 85 miles on it in a barn under a canvas tarp... apparently the family's son bought it before going to war, and was killed.
            There are only two types of bikers...
            those that have layed it down, and
            those that have not layed it down...YET!

            1982 XJ1100J Maxim (F-Bomb)
            Not going to lie, Brand new at this... thanks for having a bit of patience with dumb questions

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            • #21
              There are only two types of bikers... those that have layed it down and those that have not layed it down...YET!
              Soooo... Kronk, with a tag line like that are you an Optimist or a Pessimist??
              1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
              2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

              Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

              "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by b.walker5 View Post
                Soooo... Kronk, with a tag line like that are you an Optimist or a Pessimist??
                Sounds like a realist
                1980 XS650G Special-Two
                1993 Honda ST1100

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by madmax-im View Post
                  Sounds like a realist
                  Agreed. I am one of those that has layed it down but am not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing?
                  Nathan
                  KD9ARL

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                  1978 XS1100E
                  K&N Filter
                  #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
                  OEM Exhaust
                  ATK Fork Brace
                  LED Dash lights
                  Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
                  Green Monster Coils
                  SS Brake Lines
                  Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

                  In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

                  Theodore Roosevelt

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