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Hey all, I'm Rod and and new to the XS11 forums. I recently was looking for a old bike, a beater to chop up and make into a little bobber type ride. In my search I came across a 1981 Yamaha XS1100 Midnight Special. According to the ad it sat for 20 years in the garage without being touched. The gentleman that owned it said it had been properly prepared for storage and explained all that had been done. When I went to look at it the battery was dead and he wouldn't allow me to put fuel in the tanks to see if we could fire it up. He was worried the 30ish year old and brittle fuel lines would start leaking and soon turn into a big mess he wasn't prepared or wanting to deal with. The bike looked almost mint though. Soo on a bit of a risk I shook hands with the fella and greased his palm with my hard earned cash. A few days later I replaced the brittle fuel lines, fixed the leaking petcocks and it fired up and idled like a fine tuned machine should. Well almost..... it was a little rough and needs some tuning done which I'm starting to get ready for. If I can get my ass off the seat and hand off the throttle long enough to get anything done. I would love to show some pictures on here but not still figuring out how. I'm no computer whizz that's for sure.
Any info or tips regarding this gem of a bike would be greatly appreciated. I recently found a set of used Mac4-1 with taper cut cans on Craigslist that I am going to replace the stock pipes with. The stock headers are that black chrome and in nearly new condition so I want to preserve them. The mufflers unfortunately are not in the greatest condition. Although the bad parts are hidden on the back side and mostly not visible. Even the tires are like brand new despite being at least 20 years old. They still had the little nubs all over when I bought it. They haven't even lost a lb of air in the few months I've owned it.
Any way I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can about this old ride and NO I won't be chopping it up and turning into a bobber. If I could figure out how to post pics you'd see why.
Talk to ya all later
Rod
Any info or tips regarding this gem of a bike would be greatly appreciated. I recently found a set of used Mac4-1 with taper cut cans on Craigslist that I am going to replace the stock pipes with. The stock headers are that black chrome and in nearly new condition so I want to preserve them. The mufflers unfortunately are not in the greatest condition. Although the bad parts are hidden on the back side and mostly not visible. Even the tires are like brand new despite being at least 20 years old. They still had the little nubs all over when I bought it. They haven't even lost a lb of air in the few months I've owned it.
Any way I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can about this old ride and NO I won't be chopping it up and turning into a bobber. If I could figure out how to post pics you'd see why.
Talk to ya all later
Rod
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