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  • 500 posts

    500 posts. Ain't I suppose to get a medal or sumptin?
    My 1978 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/mstic2000/xs.jpg

  • #2
    Well if we do I am still waiting for mine....
    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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    • #3
      500 post milestone

      Congratulations!
      You went from being "XStremely XSive" to "XSive Maximus".

      ( I just noticed that by writing this... I hit post 4,000.)
      "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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      • #4
        Originally posted by prometheus578 View Post
        Congratulations!
        You went from being "XStremely XSive" to "XSive Maximus".

        ( I just noticed that by writing this... I hit post 4,000.)
        Hey! That'll work! But ain't that like going from an XS to a Maxim?
        My 1978 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/mstic2000/xs.jpg

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        • #5
          Originally posted by mstic2000 View Post
          Hey! That'll work! But ain't that like going from an XS to a Maxim?
          I think the next one after that is "guru" status. And then at something like 3 or 4k posts it's like "super guru" or something like that.

          I remember when a certain area of the system was removed, some got rather upset because they lost their "guru" status because of the removed posts. Seems like one isn't really qualified if all their posts were in an area not even remotely bike related (although we all sometimes fluff our posts when getting close, unless we don't even notice till after the fact).
          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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          • #6
            Reality is that number of post do not an expert make. While I will say I have learned ALOT about these machines and their idiosynchrosies over the couple years I have been here. I have alot to learn from the ones with fewer post that have taught it to me.

            If my name were George Bush, I still would not be an oil tycoon or retired president of the USA. So being a Super Guru or whatever does not mean I know more than the Xsive who joined yesterday, or less than someone with 10k post.

            My high number of post just seems to indicate I need to get life.
            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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            • #7
              I agree with DGXSER, about the life, I mean!! Actually, if you own and ride the XS or XJ you Have a life!
              Ole Jack
              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.

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              • #8
                The more I learn, the less I know. (Socrates) When I was young, I knew everything. Now that I'm old, I know... I know nothing.
                My 1978 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/mstic2000/xs.jpg

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                • #9
                  The more I learn, the less I know. (Socrates)
                  One of my favorite quotes.
                  Sadly, few people understand what it means.
                  "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                  • #10
                    Prom,

                    That reminds me of a quote form a fire chief I worked with once...." People don't know, what they don't know." Similar concept, and yet equally misunderstood it seems.
                    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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