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Hey, just got signed in. I recently bought a '79 XS 11, 12-27-10, off cl. I'm from Minnesota, so the bike market is usually full of desperate sellers looking to unload during the winter. After I got it home, I went online to find info and found this site. This is my 2nd street bike I've ever owned. In '84, I bought a '82 Yamaha 550 Maxim, had it until '93 when my first kid was born, then sold it. Now I look forward to putzin' with the '79. I'll probably have some rookie questions in the future, so bear with me. Thanks!!
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Hello and welcome, you will find lots of useful information on here how to get that bike running great and lots of tech tips as well. What model do you have an f or an sf?'79 XS11SF -
Welcome aboard!
Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here...
Search engine works pretty well and you'll find some helpful stuff in the tech tips also.
If you have any troubles navigating the site... we can help with that too.
(pics are ALWAYS welcome)81 SH Something Special
81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels
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If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.
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Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
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Welcome to the madness of XS11 ownership!!
It really is all the things you read it is on here, an amazingly durable and incredibly powerful machine. And it goes from the biggest PITA (ok...besides me) to your pride and joy in the single turn of a wrench! If it is the right wrench and turned just so.
They are fun to work on and rewarding when it fixes the issue, cause then you get the smile plastered across your face as you twist the grip and feel the beast try to pull out from under you!!Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
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80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection
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Welcome aboard! Since you had the 550, you may find several similarities to the XS. Get a manual (free download from the link in my signature) and read EVERYTHING you can find. Read the entire manual, and ALL the tech tips on this site (link at the top of this screen, under "XS11 INFO"). Anything you get stuck on, feel free to ask away. Oh, and we like pictures here!Originally posted by conor View Post
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.
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I rode a 550 maxim for years. Still have it, don't know why. The XS will make the 550 seem like a toy.79SF
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