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Upon getting back from lunch, I followed the brother of the CEO of the company I work for into the parking lot. He was driving his newly acquired 08 Austin Martin. It’s silver in color and a very nice looking car. I pull in to a stall next to an R6 (only 3 of us in the company ride bikes on a regular basis and all ride Yamahas). I shut the bike down and dismount to head into the building. The owner comes up to me pretty excitedly and says “That’s an XS1100!!?” as if in disbelief that any exist anymore not to mention on the road. I was surprised that he recognized the bike, I was on my son’s bike which has no badges on it to tell the uneducated person what it is (A po had taken all the badges off to do a custom paint job). He started reminiscing about working in a Yamaha dealership as a teenager when the first XS1100 came out. He would be the one to pull them out of the crate and get them ready for the show room. He never bought one but said that he wished he had.
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Ty
78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now) -
Tell him you will trade for the Austin Martin. Especially if its a Vanquish.
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 -
I don't think he was THAT excited about the bike. But I did think about it.
(Do ya think my son would have missed his bike?)
Ty
78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)Comment
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Not for long!!
RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs
"It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"
Everything on hold...Comment
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Ummmm.... Shouldnt that be an Aston Martin ??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.Comment
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Maybe it's an Austin American?RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs
"It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"
Everything on hold...Comment
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Austin Powers perhaps....??
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.Comment
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Austin, Aston It only makes a difference if you get to drive one...which sadly I don't get to do. (Spell check does not catch the use of wrong words)
Ty
78 XS1100E - Now in Minnesota
80 XS1100LG - The Punisher
82 XJ1100 - Current project - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Wife's Bike - The Twins
82 XJ1100 - Daughter's Bike
72 Suzuki TS125 - Daughter's Bike
72 Yamaha Mini JT2 - Youngest Daughter's bike (She wants a bigger one now)Comment
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One means you are cramped and going slow and the other doesn't.
RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs
"It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"
Everything on hold...Comment
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