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I'm at work at the moment, but I can pull one apart and overnight it if you need it. I have a spare rear rim in the garage, and not the storage unit. Send a pm if you need it.
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Ray Matteis
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Thanks Ray but Russ is overnighting one to us from KC. I just brought him one when we saw him and Harry at Ivans place where Bob and I met Tod. It's already out and ready to ship.Originally posted by DiverRay View Post
We'll be on the road to Utah by noon.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.
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GREAT! a trip isn't the same without something going wrong!
Ray Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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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.Comment
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Yeppers, knew the exact wide- spot location when they called and gave me their mile-marker location. Least they were off the top of the hill anyways!. Alot of you who have rode that rode: it was just below the big horseshoe curve coming off top of Red Mountain Pass headed south towards Silverton before the series of S-curve sweepers.......Brrrrrrrr.......they ened up rope-towing it the 4miles to Silverton after dealing with AAA's BS and waiting some 2 1/2 hours along the road!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.Comment
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Well, Russ has overnighted me the part from Kansas City. $75 to have it here by noon. $100 to have it here by 10am. I chose 10am so we can get cleaned back up before heading out. Hotel is kicking us out at noon-thirty. BUT.. $100 means it'll probably be here at noon. lol.
Anyway, parts on the way.Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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Rope-towing should not be left to the amateurs (me, lol). I had my little brother rope-tow me about five years ago. Not sure why I did not just load it into my truck. Anywho, came around a corner too quick after stopping at a stop sign, and he pulled me while sliding for a good 100 feet. Only thing damaged was a blinker lens, And the master cylinder cup popped-off. Just after I painted the bike. Not a scratch!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.Comment
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That's what you guys get for riding those old damned bikes...."Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."Comment
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yeah damn POS it only took 33 years to break...it might have lasted forever if it wasnt Tod's bike...Originally posted by LoHo View Post
1980 XS650G Special-Two
1993 Honda ST1100Comment
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You guys are riding Colorado's high country in about the s*ittiest May weather we have had in decades, if not longer.
Safe riding guys!Howard
ZRX1200
BTW, ZRX carbs have the same spacing as the XS11... http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35462Comment
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Meh... Safe-ish.
Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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And my dadgum cigar lighter would not light when I tried to light the stove to make coffee on the side of the road. Bought a Bic in Silverton for the next time this happens I will be prepared! 😅
JohnJohn is in an anonymous city with an Alamo (N29.519227,W-98.678980)
Go ahead, click on the bikes - you know you want to...the electrons are ready.
'81 XS1100H - "Enterprise"
Bob Jones Custom Navy bike: Tkat brace, EBC floating rotors & SS lines, ROX pivot risers, Geezer rectifier, new 3H3 engine
"Not all treasure is silver and gold"Comment
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Motorman called me to see if I had parts, but the only thing I have is a 750 final and driveshaft, not going to do any good this time around.
For those of you not familiar with Red Mountain Pass, it is on a 2-lane, twisty road (US 550) that runs between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado. Also knows as the "Million Dollar Highway" it gets up to a max elevation of 11,018 feet. Once you get to Silverton you still have Coal Bank Pass to get over to get to Durango.
Great ride when the weather is good, not so great when the weather is bad. here is a Youtube video (8:58) taken form a BMW1200 going north from Silverton to Ouray in 2007:
https://youtu.be/K3D6wIkLfBw0
I have more photos on my Galleries page; look at the Red Mountain Pass in the General area and Colorado '11 in the Rallies group.Jerry Fields
'82 XJ 'Sojourn'
'06 Concours
My Galleries Page.
My Blog Page.
"... life is just a honky-tonk show." Cherry Poppin' Daddy StrutComment
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For the love of it all! What a bummer. Couldn't even have a cigar then either! Double bummer.
Where are you heading next?Howard
ZRX1200
BTW, ZRX carbs have the same spacing as the XS11... http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35462Comment
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Heading to the parking lot to fix the bike.. lol.
9:00 am.. still down in the lobby waiting on the part.
The plan is to head to Springdale, Utah, just outside Zion National Park. 379 miles and a late start... so who knows.
Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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