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  • latexeses
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Jun 2008
    • 1491
    • California

    #421
    Yea, they do have friends. Might look like the guy on the park bench feeding pigeons.

    Great picture pardner'.
    RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs

    "It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"

    Everything on hold...

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    • STEPPENWOLF
      XS-XJ Super Guru
      • Jan 2007
      • 4188
      • CINCINNATI OH

      #422
      I wouldn't go that far but I do feed one of the feral cats..I think a dozen other people do cause he keeps getting fatter.
      '80 XS1100 SG
      Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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      • STEPPENWOLF
        XS-XJ Super Guru
        • Jan 2007
        • 4188
        • CINCINNATI OH

        #423
        On my bucket list.

        '80 XS1100 SG
        Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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        • STEPPENWOLF
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Jan 2007
          • 4188
          • CINCINNATI OH

          #424
          '80 XS1100 SG
          Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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          • 3Phase
            XS-XJ Super Guru
            • May 2008
            • 5529
            • Simi Valley, CA

            #425
            It's so nice of the highway department to put warning signs next to abandoned appliances; always thinking of the children.
            -- Scott
            _____
            ♬
            2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
            1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
            1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
            1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
            1979 XS1100F: parts
            2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
            ♬

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            • MaximPhil
              XS-XJ Super Guru
              • May 2004
              • 4119
              • Mississauga, ON CANADA

              #426
              Originally posted by STEPPENWOLF
              On my bucket list.

              Hi Bill,
              Lovely picture. I wonder how long it takes for another "range" to show up after the highway people "clean" (pick) that up
              So glad you are having so much fun just hanging out with the wildlife beside the tracks. Does not take much to keep you happy
              Phil
              1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
              1983 XJ 650 Maxim
              2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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              • STEPPENWOLF
                XS-XJ Super Guru
                • Jan 2007
                • 4188
                • CINCINNATI OH

                #427
                Phil....I admit I am easily amused at the simple things in life.I have spent time next to the tracks since about the 6th grade.It taught me patience,my love of the out of doors,hiking and walking,sitting around a campfire next to the tracks and sleeping on cardboard or dirt.I like wildlife and just watching them cope with man.

                I have learned to read stories about the areas I have traveled,the people,Simon Kenton etc. who knew that spirit to just be out of doors.Authors like Louis L'Amour who only wrote the good the side of our country with never using a word your 13 year old could not read.

                So yes..I like simple things.
                '80 XS1100 SG
                Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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                • MaximPhil
                  XS-XJ Super Guru
                  • May 2004
                  • 4119
                  • Mississauga, ON CANADA

                  #428
                  Originally posted by STEPPENWOLF
                  Phil....I admit I am easily amused at the simple things in life.I have spent time next to the tracks since about the 6th grade.It taught me patience,my love of the out of doors,hiking and walking,sitting around a campfire next to the tracks and sleeping on cardboard or dirt.I like wildlife and just watching them cope with man.

                  I have learned to read stories about the areas I have traveled,the people,Simon Kenton etc. who knew that spirit to just be out of doors.Authors like Louis L'Amour who only wrote the good the side of our country with never using a word your 13 year old could not read.

                  So yes..I like simple things.
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEVzQHqmttE
                  Hi Bill,
                  I'll have to come back to that link when I have 1 1/2 hours available for quiet contemplation.
                  Phil
                  1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
                  1983 XJ 650 Maxim
                  2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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                  • STEPPENWOLF
                    XS-XJ Super Guru
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 4188
                    • CINCINNATI OH

                    #429
                    Take your time,watch it for not,don't worry about it.I like Sidney and a lot of his movies.
                    '80 XS1100 SG
                    Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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                    • STEPPENWOLF
                      XS-XJ Super Guru
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 4188
                      • CINCINNATI OH

                      #430
                      Thank you all for reading my off the wall posts.I may never ride my 11 again.Those of you who know me ..know my 11 was my ride in the cold and rain and would ride it any where and with the grateful help of a couple other XS riders here in town it was kept on the road and ran very well.
                      Three out of four of my last rides I dropped itI am not going to get rid of MY BIKE but I might get myself a scooter of some kind.I have ridden a bike since dad taught me on a bicycle.I am dying here not riding something.

                      A Bergman 650 looks cool but too much I think,just something for sunday rides in the country like I used to do.Just some thoughts after seeing a ton of bikes out today
                      '80 XS1100 SG
                      Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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                      • dbeardslee
                        XS-XJ Super Guru
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 4385
                        • Maineville, OH

                        #431
                        When my dad retired he bought an Airstream and a Vespa. He used the scooter a lot, and it was fairly easy to take along with the trailer. Might make a nice accessory for your new RV.

                        What's the issue with the XS? Is it just too heavy with the new foot hardware? Maybe a lighter bike with a different seat height would work?
                        I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                        '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                        • jetmechmarty
                          Master of XSology
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 7765
                          • Coldwater, Mississippi

                          #432
                          My XS1100 has been parked for most of the last nine months. I've been riding either a Moto Guzzi or XS650. I got on the Eleven today. Compared to what I have been riding, it is a bit of a handful. It's heavy and carries the weight high. If you have a physical handicap, it is a poor choice. It's heavy to maneuver in the garage and on the street.

                          I'm not badmouthing the bike. I love it, but it is what it is.
                          Marty (in Mississippi)
                          XS1100SG
                          XS650SK
                          XS650SH
                          XS650G
                          XS6502F
                          XS650E

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                          • STEPPENWOLF
                            XS-XJ Super Guru
                            • Jan 2007
                            • 4188
                            • CINCINNATI OH

                            #433
                            Well Doug I won't say the medical reasons why.Yes it is heavy,I have no problems rolling down the highway,you like the way I take curves,shifting I do have to use my whole leg.

                            The bike has been very good to me and fulfilled every thing I expected of it.
                            I have been coast to coast,Beaver Island in Michigan to New Orleans,good bike well built.
                            Doug you made it better the last 10,000 miles.
                            It is set up just how I like it,bent handle bars and all from when a gang tried to steal it in Galesburg IL,my little security lock made them drop it and run
                            It is time to move on a little,I spend time at the tracks in KY,hard place to find couple nights a week..if I got a scooter and a trailer it would be hard to back up because I could not see it..I was never the best at trailers any way..that is why I liked tankers..get her close and the hose will do the rest:-)
                            '80 XS1100 SG
                            Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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                            • dbeardslee
                              XS-XJ Super Guru
                              • Nov 2007
                              • 4385
                              • Maineville, OH

                              #434
                              I've got the perfect idea for the XS. Since crooks have already attempted to steal her once, maybe you should re-purpose it as a bait bike... Stun Gun in Bike Seat Prank
                              I think I have a loose screw behind the handlebars.

                              '79 XS11 Standard, Jardine 4/1, Dyna DC1-1 Coils, 145 mains, 45 pilots, plastic floats - 25.7mm, XV920 fuel valves, inline fuel filters, speed bleeders, Mikes XS pods, spade-type fuse block, fork brace, progressive fork springs/shocks, manual petcocks, 750 FD, Venture cam chain tensioner, SS brake lines

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                              • STEPPENWOLF
                                XS-XJ Super Guru
                                • Jan 2007
                                • 4188
                                • CINCINNATI OH

                                #435
                                Just a simple pad lock thru the rear disc and roll around till ya can't see it..
                                get about a foot and ya drop it
                                '80 XS1100 SG
                                Don't let the good times pass you by..grab all you can
                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Z4cjUlIo4

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