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  • My Vanity . . .

    He he he he . . . . (did it post right?)




    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B20l...U5ZdTFjUQ/edit
    Mike Farrington
    Suwanee, GA USA

    Current: '80 XS11SG, '97 Vulcan 1500, '73 CB750
    Previous: '79 XS11SF, '80 XS11G, '81 XS650

  • #2
    It's making me sign in to google (I don't have an account) and I don't see your picture.
    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)

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    • #3
      I DO have an account, but says I don't have access to that item. Upload the picture to Photobucket and IMG link to it.
      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.
      -H. Ford

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      • #4
        Yeah,
        and the link wants me to sign up on Google Docs. So no, mfarrington, unless you are soliciting business for Google Doc, it didn't.
        Fred Hill, S'toon
        XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
        "The Flying Pumpkin"

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        • #5
          Round 2

          [IMG][/IMG]
          Mike Farrington
          Suwanee, GA USA

          Current: '80 XS11SG, '97 Vulcan 1500, '73 CB750
          Previous: '79 XS11SF, '80 XS11G, '81 XS650

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          • #6
            That looks just PEACHY. Are the fasteners under the red reflectors?
            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
              Actually, the reflectors are the heads of the fasteners.
              Mike Farrington
              Suwanee, GA USA

              Current: '80 XS11SG, '97 Vulcan 1500, '73 CB750
              Previous: '79 XS11SF, '80 XS11G, '81 XS650

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              • #8
                Ain't we Special?

                Congratulations Mikey!
                We are both members of one of the most exclusive motorcycle owners' groups in the USA & Canada.
                No more than 62 of us can wear the XS vanity plate.
                Fred Hill, S'toon
                XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                • #9
                  Hmmm...10 provinces plus three territories, 50 states plus DC...where'd the 62 come from?
                  "Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."

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                  • #10
                    64 eh?

                    Originally posted by LoHo View Post
                    Hmmm...10 provinces plus three territories, 50 states plus DC...where'd the 62 come from?
                    Hi LoHo,
                    it came from me forgetting that one of the Canadian territories had recently split and from being unaware that DC issued it's own plates.
                    But you too could start your own exclusive group.
                    How about NTPKR?
                    Fred Hill, S'toon
                    XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                    "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by fredintoon View Post
                      Hi LoHo,
                      it came from me forgetting that one of the Canadian territories had recently split and from being unaware that DC issued it's own plates.
                      But you too could start your own exclusive group.
                      How about NTPKR?
                      And don't forget Puerto Rico, Guam and the other U.S. territories as well, all of which issue their own plates, including vanity plates.
                      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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                      • #12
                        Fred, Nunavut split off in 1999, but I know what you mean. I talk to my students about things I remember well, and it was a decade before they were born. Mount St. Helen, breakup of the Soviet Union, Desert Storm...soon, I'll have to explain 9/11, as these kids were toddlers in 2001.
                        "Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."

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                        • #13
                          Not as exclusive as I'd thought.

                          Originally posted by cywelchjr View Post
                          And don't forget Puerto Rico, Guam and the other U.S. territories as well, all of which issue their own plates, including vanity plates.
                          Hi Cy,
                          OK then, let's spread the concept. How many XS vanity plates could there be? How many plate issuing jurisdictions are there, world wide?
                          We will be limited to the jurisdictions that allow vanity plates, allow two letter registrations and use the Roman alphabet.
                          Then there's the prospects, guys too late to get XS who are willing to settle for XS-11 etc.
                          Fred Hill, S'toon
                          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                          • #14
                            You guys make me feel SO much better about my level of anal retentiveness, I practically feel like a free spirit some days.
                            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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                            • #15
                              Not to mention other variations one can come up with.
                              Like
                              XS1100
                              XS11SG XS11SF ... etc
                              80XS11 79XS ....etc
                              XSELVN ... and any variation
                              Some can even get 7 letters instead of just 6.

                              I'd love to get 'antique' plates for mine, but then I can't use them for daily drivers.
                              Hi, my name is George & I'm a twisty addict!

                              80G (Green paint(PO idea))
                              The Green Monster
                              K&N A/F, TC's fuse block, '81 oil cooler, TC's homemade 4-2 w/Mac Mufflers, Raptor 660 ACCT
                              Got him in '04.
                              bald tire & borrowing parts

                              80SG (Black w/red emblems & calipers)
                              Scarlet
                              K&N A/F, TC's fuse block, WJ5, Shoei bags, Raptor 660 ACCT.
                              Got her in '11
                              Ready for the twisties!

                              81H (previously CPMaynard's)
                              Hugo
                              Full Venturer, Indigo Blue with B/W painted tank.
                              Cold weather ride

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