$7500 xs11??

[Robsweetland]

Beautiful!

[madmax-im]

Of all the XS lineage...to me the XJ1100 maxim is the most beautiful...the lines ..well. I was struck by it the first time I saw one in the dealer's showroom way back in '83 and it still holds true today...i wonder if 30 yrs of owning my Maxim has anything to do with that bias....nah...

[Prisoner6]

Gorgeous!! Love the understated color ...

Thanks for the pics, Ben!

BTW, those panniers look suspiciously like they were lifted from a V-4 Venture ...

[Prisoner6]

Of all the XS lineage...to me the XJ1100 maxim is the most beautiful...the lines ..well. I was struck by it the first time I saw one in the dealer's showroom way back in '83 and it still holds true today...I wonder if 30 yrs of owning my Maxim has anything to do with that bias....nah...

No way ... sounds like a totally objective opinion, uncolored by any bias.

Ahem ...

[tomcos67]

Your Rides

This is why I have my 11 in as close to factory condition as is possible along with a few other old pristine condition bikes in my garage.
Rob

Take me back.!To a younger me...I'll take the Honda .Thank You!!! lucky you...ride safe....

[Rasputin]

I know of one former member who managed $8300 for his '82 XJ1100J Maxim on Ebay a while back.......

(and it was worth every penny, too!)

But would he have sold it for that amount had he known the bids would go that High??????

[XJOK2PLAY]

But would he have sold it for that amount had he known the bids would go that High??????

Well, first of all... he wouldn't have purposely sold it, period.They loved that bike.
But, once the auction was over, and his bluff was called, he had no choice.

If he HAD ever decided to sell, never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined it would have brought that much... He figured $3500 TOPS, which is a pretty good price for a nice Maxim.

Bohn was saying he thought it would bring $4000 or more... hence the dare.

Funny thing was, there wasn't one bid placed until the last 60 seconds of the auction. He thought it was going to turn out like he figured... no one would bid, and no one would come close to meeting his $5000 set price...

He figured wrong, though. Those two rich, foreign guys that got into a bidding war at the bell showed him what he knew! Lol

[madmax-im]

Gorgeous!! Love the understated color ...

Thanks for the pics, Ben!

BTW, those panniers look suspiciously like they were lifted from a V-4 Venture ...

And those mirrors too...

[madmax-im]

Well, first of all... he wouldn't have purposely sold it, period.They loved that bike.
But, once the auction was over, and his bluff was called, he had no choice.

If he HAD ever decided to sell, never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined it would have brought that much... He figured $3500 TOPS, which is a pretty good price for a nice Maxim.

Bohn was saying he thought it would bring $4000 or more... hence the dare.

Funny thing was, there wasn't one bid placed until the last 60 seconds of the auction. He thought it was going to turn out like he figured... no one would bid, and no one would come close to meeting his $5000 set price...

He figured wrong, though. Those two rich, foreign guys that got into a bidding war at the bell showed him what he knew! Lol

my feeling is that if he really wanted to...he could have backed out of the sale...I know I would have...
Talk about hindsight...If he had known the bike would languish in a museum never to be ridden regularly again...I think he would not have sold it.....