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  • #1

    sold everything xs

    i sold my bike yesterday and everything
    xs, after 7 years of blood sweat and tears i
    wanted to move on with a newer modern bike,
    ive learnt a great deal being on here and hope
    ive been able to help out others along the way,
    this is a great forum with a great bunch of blokes
    i put down a deposit on a 12/05 model busa
    heres a cpl of pics, should be picking her up in a week
    or two.



    pete


    new owner of
    08 gen2 hayabusa


    former owner
    1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
    zrx carbs
    18mm float height
    145 main jets
    38 pilots
    slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
    fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

    [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]
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  • #2
    Wicked bike, very nice!
    Jeff
    77 XS750 2D completely stock
    79 SF XS1100 "Picky" stock with harley mufflers

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    • #3
      Hey, just 'cuz you sold the XS does NOT give you the right to go away! You are always welcome here, and I'm sure the blokes in AU don't mind a "newer" bike around on the rides!
      Nice looking machine...
      Ray Matteis
      KE6NHG
      XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
      XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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      • #4
        +1. Don't go away. I haven't had an XS in over a year, and this place tolerates my two wheeled fantasies famously. A great bunch here. Can't wait to hear about the first ride reports on the 'Busa. For sure a step up in both the speed and handling departments!
        Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

        Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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        • #5
          thanks for you advice over the years and good luck with your new busa!! rided safe ,,slow mo!
          The Belfast Express {1980 xs11oo special/TC fuse box/mikes xs pods/bad boy horn!/mikes green coils/mac 4 into 2 exhaust/ standard bars/vetter fairing c/w ipod CD iphone am/fm radio/tkat fork brace ,,,tuned by tinman
          moemcnally@hotmail.com
          i AM THE KING OF NOTHING

          the people here are great , doesn't matter about the bike really/hamjam ////

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          • #6
            Originally posted by petejw View Post
            i sold my bike yesterday and everything
            xs, after 7 years of blood sweat and tears i
            wanted to move on with a newer modern bike, - - -
            Hi Pete,
            good on ya that you got a 'busa but the price of an XS11 wouldn't keep a real man in beer & birds for too long so why sell?
            What sorta wimp can get by with only one bike, eh?
            Fred Hill, S'toon
            XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
            "The Flying Pumpkin"

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            • #7
              thanx guys, id like to stick around, ive been coming
              here nearly every day for the past 7 years, id think
              id be lost without it.

              thanx ray, they're a good bunch of blokes on the aussie site as
              well, so ill be hanging around there too.

              fred, i can only love 1 thing at a time, :-)

              the bikes been fighting me for the past couple of years and
              was going to cost a small fortune to do what i wanted
              to do with it, (full engine rebuild, front suspension) not including
              what ive spent on it already.
              so figured i mite as well put that money towards a more modern sports bike.
              Last edited by petejw; 05-21-2012, 04:16 AM.
              pete


              new owner of
              08 gen2 hayabusa


              former owner
              1981 xs1100 RH (aus) (5N5)
              zrx carbs
              18mm float height
              145 main jets
              38 pilots
              slide needle shimmed .5mm washer
              fitted with v/stax and uni pod filters

              [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pA8dwxmAVA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/url]

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              • #8
                Sorry to lose you to the other side Pete.LOL That is a sweet and FAST new bike.I hope you will check in from time to time I really enjoy hearing from you guys down under. Gooday Terry
                1980 special (Phyllis)
                1196 10.5 to 1 kit,megacycle cams,shaved head,dynojet carb kit,ported intake and exhaust,mac 4 into 1 exhaust,drilled rotors,ss brake lines,pods,mikes xs green coils,iridium plugs,led lights,throttle lock,progressive shocks,oil cooler,ajustable cam gears,HD valve springs,Vmax tensioner mod

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                • #9
                  Bush

                  Be careful..Those things are crazy fast. It's not a XS and will put you on your arse in a flash. I can't imagine riding anything faster than my FZ1!
                  Good luck and be safe!
                  Dale
                  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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                  • #10
                    Sorry to here you're giving up on XS's Pete, I enjoyed the craic with you on UK XS forum. I am jealous though, I was drooling over a black Hayabusa in our work bike shed today, fantastic bit of kit. Take care on it.

                    Tom
                    Tom
                    1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
                    1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
                    1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
                    1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by TomB View Post
                      Sorry to here you're giving up on XS's Pete, I enjoyed the craic with you on UK XS forum. I am jealous though, I was drooling over a black Hayabusa in our work bike shed today, fantastic bit of kit. Take care on it.

                      Tom
                      Hear!!! Doh!!



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                      Tom
                      1982 5K7 Sport, restored to original from a wreck
                      1978 2H9 (E), my original XS11, mostly original
                      1980 2H9 monoshocked (avatar pic)http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...psf30aa1c8.jpg
                      1982 XJ1100, waiting resto to original

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