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  • SeattleChuck
    XSive
    • Jun 2008
    • 18
    • Seattle

    #1

    Nice 1981 Seattle Craigs list find

    No Matter Where you go, There you are.

    Seattle Chuck
  • crazy steve
    XS-XJ Guru MODERATOR
    • Jan 2009
    • 7932
    • Beautiful outer Yelm, WA

    #2
    The guy has been trying to sell that bike for about a year....

    The price keeps getting lower too, but not low enough....
    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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    • SeattleChuck
      XSive
      • Jun 2008
      • 18
      • Seattle

      #3
      I was thinking $2400.00 tops
      No Matter Where you go, There you are.

      Seattle Chuck

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      • MPittma100
        XS-XJ Guru
        • Aug 2011
        • 2359
        • Atlanta, GA.

        #4
        Mns

        +1 here. $3800 might work 10 years from now - maybe.
        1981 XS1100H Venturer
        K&N Air Filter
        ACCT
        Custom Paint by Deitz
        Geezer Rectifier/Regulator
        Chacal Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
        Chrome Front Rotor & Caliper Covers
        Stebel Nautilus Horn
        EBC Front Rotors
        Limie Accent Moves On In 2015

        Mike

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        • DiverRay
          Moderator
          • Nov 2004
          • 7605
          • Star, IDAHO

          #5
          And for that money, it's not even stock! He's posted about a "german ignition", and the buckhorn bars are NOT on the two last pics. I think with the spares, $2400 would be about right. But, if he can find that ONE person, he's good...
          Ray Matteis
          KE6NHG
          XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
          XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!

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          • dpotter58
            XS-XJ Guru
            • Aug 2004
            • 1833
            • Southern Maryland

            #6
            Anyone else see that 78 that sold for $7,700 on fleay bay this weekend?
            "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

            "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



            1980 LG
            1981 LH

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            • MPittma100
              XS-XJ Guru
              • Aug 2011
              • 2359
              • Atlanta, GA.

              #7
              $7,700?

              Originally posted by dpotter58
              Anyone else see that 78 that sold for $7,700 on fleay bay this weekend?
              I missed that one. How in the world is any XS1100 worth that amount?

              MP
              1981 XS1100H Venturer
              K&N Air Filter
              ACCT
              Custom Paint by Deitz
              Geezer Rectifier/Regulator
              Chacal Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
              Chrome Front Rotor & Caliper Covers
              Stebel Nautilus Horn
              EBC Front Rotors
              Limie Accent Moves On In 2015

              Mike

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              • crazy steve
                XS-XJ Guru MODERATOR
                • Jan 2009
                • 7932
                • Beautiful outer Yelm, WA

                #8
                Originally posted by MPittma100
                I missed that one. How in the world is any XS1100 worth that amount?
                Remember that the '78 was the world's first 11-second-in-the-quarter production bike, so it is a milestone bike....

                That it got overshadowed by the CBX and GS1000 later can't take away from that, and it is arguably a better overall bike than either. Yamaha squandering it's legacy by detuning the later models didn't help either...
                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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