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    http://thebikeshed.cc/2015/02/25/yam...port-heritage/
    1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
    2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

    Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

    "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

  • #2
    Yeah, those XJR's are nice! Damn Yamaha needs to get it together and send that bike over here! I'd sell a few things to purchase one! It's a modern XS1100!!!
    1979 XS1100F
    2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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    • #3
      Oh Brian

      That's just plain cruel.
      81 SH Something Special
      81 frame, 80 tank and side covers, 79 tail light and carbs, 78 engine, 750 final drive mod, Geezer rec/reg, 140 mains, LH wheels


      79 SF MEAUQABEAUXS
      81SH Nor'eas tah (Old Red)
      80 LG Black Magic
      78 E Standard Practice


      James 3:17

      If I can make at least one person smile, or pee their pants a little, or maybe spit out their drink; then my day is not wasted.

      “Alis Volat Propriis”

      Yamaha XS 1100 Classic
      For those on FB

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      • #4
        I love it......Honda is doing a CB retro and Kawa had the Zxr...and yes, I love all of em.....but I really love the Yamaha......its a disease.....
        Mark
        1980 xs1100g 3H5.......
        1992 Ducati 907ie
        2001 Moto Guzzi Jackal

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        • #5
          Well

          That just tears it, a really hot new Yamaha that's semi-retro and is reminiscent of the early XS.

          I might be tempted into buying new but where would the fun be in that?

          I mean, sitting in the shop rebuilding two machines with three more in the pipeline and promising myself that maybe next season I'll be done with both of the XS's so I can get some seat time or should I sell those time sinks off to buy a new rocketship that is way to much bike for my age and really isn't a cruiser with luggage space?

          I'll have to pass, as pretty a bike as it is I LIKE to tinker and my age is a factor. I just don't have the nerve to ride like I did when I was in my 20's, 30's and 40's nor do I have the strength and reflexes.

          "A man has got to know his limits." and I might be crazy but I'm not stupid.

          I'll just stick with my time machines and enjoy the simple pleasures of riding them when I'm done refurbishing both.
          79 SF & 80 LG MNS
          73 & 74 RD 350's
          73 Honda CL 450
          Graveyard - '81 XS850 Special

          All of my bikes are projects, maybe one day I'll have them running.

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          • #6
            parts

            They look quite similar don't they. I wonder if any of the OEM parts that we are fast running out of would be interchangeable?
            mack
            79 XS 1100 SF Special
            HERMES
            original owner
            http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6932d5df.jpg

            81 XS 1100 LH MNS
            SPICA
            http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad305/mack-055/2.jpg

            78 XS 11E
            IOTA
            https://youtu.be/wB5Jfbp6SUc
            https://youtu.be/RaI3WYHSuWA



            Have recovery trailer and shop if you breakdown in my area.
            Frankford, Ont, Canada
            613-398-6186

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            • #7
              I've been drooling over this bike for quite a few years...boggles my mind that yamaha has denied us of this fine machine...
              1980 XS650G Special-Two
              1993 Honda ST1100

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              • #8
                Yamaha XJR1300

                My favorite incarnation of the XJR is this one, circa 2009 ...



                Beautiful beast!
                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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