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  • #1

    Where does your XS hail from?

    Those of you original owners know where your XS/XJ(s) came from,
    but I was looking over my project SG yesterday and noticed a faded sticker on top of the tail light.
    It said Stone Mountain Yamaha.
    So my SG hails from GA.
    I bought it from the PO in Petersburg, VA.
    Then again, it could have been sold as 'used' from there, so that might not be its original home.

    I think my G came from SW Fla. At least that's where my (ex)father-in-law got it about a decade ago.

    Too bad there wasn't a way we could hack into yamaha's old database of shipping info to see where the serial numbers(VINs) got shipped to.
    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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  • #2
    I don't know where my SG came from, but I went to Wahoo, Nebraska to get it.
    Marty (in Mississippi)
    XS1100SG
    XS650SK
    XS650SH
    XS650G
    XS6502F
    XS650E

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    • #3
      Don't know for sure but as I traced back 6 or 7 owners to the last guy that actually had it actually titled the bike they were all around the Minneapolis MN area and that went back about 15ish years.
      Nathan
      KD9ARL

      μολὼν λαβέ

      1978 XS1100E
      K&N Filter
      #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
      OEM Exhaust
      ATK Fork Brace
      LED Dash lights
      Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
      Green Monster Coils
      SS Brake Lines
      Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

      In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

      Theodore Roosevelt

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      • #4
        This is interesting . . .

        There's a sticker on my SG indicating that it was bought new at a place called Alpin Haus in Amsterdam, NY. So I googled that place just now, and it appears to be an outdoor/skiing retailer, but they sell RV's, too.

        Maybe they sold bikes back in the day. Yamaha made snowmobiles, so maybe they tried some cross-seasonal cross-selling.

        The interesting thing is that members Cuda and Marshy live in that area. Maybe they have a clue.

        It might be fun to ride up there (4-5 hours from me), and show them what they (may have) used to sell.

        I think I'm the third owner but technically only the second. The guy I bought it from bought it from the original owner and fixed it up to sell. But he never titled it. So the records at the DMV indicate that I bought it from the guy who bought it new at Alpin Haus.
        Hill? What hill? I didn't see any hill! Why wasn't there a sign? And where are my keys?

        80sg
        mods to come

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        • #5
          Mine says 'Japan'
          My 1978 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/mstic2000/xs.jpg

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          • #6
            My title shows first year of registration as 1980, as has the correct plates for that year (Ca changed plate color very shortly after that), as was apparently never out of the computer and has spent it's life as a Ca bike. Don't know what part of Ca, but given the lack of rust, it appears to have stayed away from the snow belt and from the coastline.
            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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            • #7
              Originally posted by mstic2000 View Post
              Mine says 'Japan'
              LOL........Mine too
              Greg

              Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

              ― Albert Einstein

              80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

              The list changes.

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              • #8
                Across the street

                My xs850 was sold by Country Cycle Shop. It was across the street from my house that I grew up in and ended up buying.It may have been one that I sat on and dreamed when I was small. Funny thing they are an outdoor and ski shop now too. They went belly up just like Bob Jones' shop when the US government saved Harley by putting big taxes on Jap bikes over 750ccs. Funny thing they didn't care about us or the countless american shop owners.
                My xs11 came from a field in Lancaster.
                79 XS11 Special (Lazarus)
                80 XS850 Special (Old Faithful)
                80 XS11 Standard sorta stock (Beatrice)
                79 DT 100

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                • #9
                  I got mine at Cycle Craft Yamaha in Tacoma Washington (back in the day when the dealers only sold one line..); in fact, it's 'birthday' is coming up on the 26th this month... 34 years old!

                  Long since out of business, but don't blame Harley; seems the owner was putting the sales tax money up his nose instead of sending it to the state...
                  Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

                  '78E original owner - resto project
                  '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
                  '82 XJ rebuild project
                  '80SG restified, red SOLD
                  '79F parts...
                  '81H more parts...

                  Other current bikes:
                  '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
                  '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
                  '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
                  Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
                  Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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                  • #10
                    Interesting..........most of what I see didn't wander too far from where they originally came from....
                    81H Venturer1100 "The Bentley" (on steroids) 97 Yamaha YZ250(age reducer) 92 Honda ST1100 "Twisty"(touring rocket) Age is relative to the number of seconds counted 'airing' out an 85ft. table-top.

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                    • #11
                      My 79F is from SW Connecticut and I bought my 79SF in Gulfport, FL but it's originally from upstate New York.
                      2H7 (79) owned since '89
                      3H3 owned since '06

                      "If it ain't broke, modify it"

                      ☮

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                        LOL........Mine too
                        Originally posted by mstic2000 View Post
                        Mine says 'Japan'
                        Hey Mstic and Greg,

                        The parts may have been made in Japan, but they were actually assembled either in the USA or country/territory near the USA. Back in the day they didn't make bikes larger than 500cc's in Japan. Mine came from the Navy Exchange in JAPAN, but it was actually shipped from the USA TO Japan for the NEX, and then was shipped back to the States in my household goods allowance as an E-5.

                        T.C.
                        T. C. Gresham
                        81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                        79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                        History shows again and again,
                        How nature points out the folly of men!

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                        • #13
                          Still says "Japan". Is that a town in southern California?
                          Greg

                          Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                          ― Albert Einstein

                          80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                          The list changes.

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                          • #14
                            Only identifying mark on mine was a 1980 Oklahoma registration sticker of some kind on the frame. Still wonder how it got to Michigan.
                            Mike C
                            Lake Orion, Michigan
                            '78 XS1100E

                            Here I am! Where are you?

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                            • #15
                              That's probably a safety inspection sticker.
                              Greg

                              Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                              ― Albert Einstein

                              80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                              The list changes.

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