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

    #1

    Nice Article on the XS11

    Several pages of good reading on our 2 wheeled partners:

    Better late than never, Yamaha blew away the big bike competition with the fast and fabulous Yamaha XS1100.
    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
  • Prisoner6
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Aug 2013
    • 1184
    • Phoenix, AZ

    #2
    Good article - thanks for posting it!!
    Marco

    Current bikes:
    1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special (SF)
    1979 Honda CBX
    2002 Kawasaki ZRX1200R

    Rest in Peace, Don Glardon (DGXSER) 1966-2014
    WE MISS YOU, DON

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    • xs11jack
      HALF GURU
      • Nov 2002
      • 606
      • O'Fallon, Mo.

      #3
      Thanks, great article, factual and honest.
      Ole Jack
      J.D."Jack" Smith
      1980G&S "Halfbreed"
      1978E straight job
      "We the people are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the constitution." Abraham Lincoln

      Life is like a coin, you can choose to spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once. Make your choices wisely.

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      • madmax-im
        Master of XSology
        • Sep 2007
        • 6751
        • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

        #4
        Thanks Mike...great read... BTW I have that Cycle magazine 1978 writeup ..."Yamaha XS1100 Cruise Missle"
        Last edited by madmax-im; 12-08-2013, 06:27 AM.
        1980 XS650G Special-Two
        1993 Honda ST1100

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        • DGXSER
          Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
          • Nov 2008
          • 12001
          • Cincinnati, Ohio

          #5
          Good read, thanks Mike!
          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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          • MPittma100
            XS-XJ Guru
            • Aug 2011
            • 2359
            • Atlanta, GA.

            #6
            Cruise Missle

            Originally posted by madmax-im
            Thanks Mike...great read... BTW I have that Cycle magazine 1978 writeup ..."Yamaha XS1100 Cruise Missle"
            I would like to see that someday.

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

              #7
              Originally posted by MPittma100
              I would like to see that someday.

              Mike


              Marty (in Mississippi)
              XS1100SG
              XS650SK
              XS650SH
              XS650G
              XS6502F
              XS650E

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