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TeamRiceRacing

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Join Date: Jul 2011

Posts: 31

Location: Waterloo, Iowa
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Newbie from Iowa

07-25-2011, 09:42 AM

Hey guys. Just wanted to introduce myself. name is Jim, work for a custom auto/marine shop in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Picked up a 1980 XS1100 for trade of compound bow I haven't used in years! LOL. It was missing the coils because he said they were bad. However I got it home and was disassembling it to blast the paint off and found 3 of the 4 petcock valve clogged with rust. So I cleaned up the tank, found some 79 coils on eBay for $30 and guess what....it runs!

Only issue I have now is the left side seems to consistently run fuel and won't shut off so it leaks down the bike. So probably need to rebuild the petcocks and clamp down some fuel lines and I should be set!

1980 XS1100
1980 GS550 "bobber" Project
1981 Honda CB900C Custom-working on restoring
1996 Kawasaki KLX650 Enduro (love this bike!)
2008 Yamaha TTR50 (used my boy as an excuse to buy this one. LOL)
www.cvsimotorsports.com One stop shop for all your automotive and marine needs!
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XSive Okie

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Posts: 281

Location: Enid, OK
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07-26-2011, 03:37 PM

Welcome to the forum and enjoy your "new" bike. They are a joy, a pain, and a passion all rolled up into one!

Richard
'79 XS1100SF "Phantom Stranger" full fairing w/radio and cd player, H-D Roadking trunk, everything else stock
'02 Honda VTX1800C
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foreda

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Join Date: Oct 2008

Posts: 949

Location: Southwest Louisiana
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07-26-2011, 04:24 PM

Leaking

Check and make sure the gas is not coming from the air box. You might have a leaking float valve in one of the carbs as well. Also, check you engine oil and make sure it is not contaminated.

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.jpg
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tom clisham

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Join Date: Sep 2010

Posts: 627

Location: Northern Illinois
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07-27-2011, 06:34 PM

Welcome!

You're sort of in my neighborhood. Straight across 151 & 20, 45 min east of Dubuque. Maybe we'll run into each other @ Savanna some time.

Tom Clisham

Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
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'78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN

'80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA

79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper

79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE
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lee_dutcher

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Join Date: Apr 2009

Posts: 822

Location: mason city iowa
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07-27-2011, 08:59 PM

im from mason city.... nice to see some more iowa ppl on here maybe a few more and we could have our own xs11 meet

_____________________________________________ 1979 XS 1100 Special "The judge" mods- K&N air pods, 4-1 mac, 147.5 pilots, 57.5 mains, LED turn signal, cafe bars, HEL translucent yellow stainless steel brake line, dyna coil (dc2-1), raptor 660 mc, r6 controls..(sold)

1982 gs1100e "all business" cafe project
1980 gs1000g "stock"
1982 honda express "stretched 10 inch(my daughters scooter)
2008 jmstar 150cc Chinese scooter ( wife's bike)
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