Southern Cal XS1100 Riders

[gene]

Any XS1100 riders here in Southern California?

[soccer4m]

there is a few

Howdy,,,there is a few of us,,,,Me and Eagletom in San Marcos, Roo in SantaBarbaRA,,,,3PHASE in Ventura,,,and a few others scattered around...
plus a bunch up towards Santa Cruz. If you feel the need to ride, let us know,,,
we have had rallies up around Santa Cruz and a few of us head out to Sturgis and xs1100 rallies in Colorado. Just had a rally there this last july,,,check out the rallies section of the forum. What kind of xs you have??? Experience with it?? Keep in touch, the guys here are super knowledgeable about these great bikes,,,Soccer4m also known as Mike,,, in San Marcos

[gene]

Cool

I have a 1980 XS1100 Special that was a project for about 6 yrs. It's finally on the road. I need to put some miles on the bike. I travel for work and it sits too much. I will keep an eye out on the next rally. I relocated from Florida to Rancho Cucamonga.

[3Phase]

I have a 1980 XS1100 Special that was a project for about 6 yrs. It's finally on the road. I need to put some miles on the bike. I travel for work and it sits too much. I will keep an eye out on the next rally. I relocated from Florida to Rancho Cucamonga.

Cucamonga! I used to live in Ontario, haven't been there in years but that's a heck of a trip from Florida! Welcome to the Left Coast.

[gene]

LOL, Thanks Scott! I'll have to remember the "Left Coast".

I Love it out here, but the taxes are crazy.

[gene]

Took a little ride tonight and the tail light burnt out. I swapped out a my 1157 old school light bulb with the 1157 LED. Looks like a great option at this point. Looks a lot brighter.

[motoman]

Took a little ride tonight and the tail light burnt out. I swapped out a my 1157 old school light bulb with the 1157 LED. Looks like a great option at this point. Looks a lot brighter.

Doesn't surprise me at all........the original lenses are designed on the inside of them to refract incondecant light like the original filament. LED bulbs of new are matched up with a bit different back-side design of the lenses.
One more thing, the 1157 automotive type bulbs have not as heavy duty filament as do that style of motorcycle bulb, so consequently, filament life is shorter. Most all the bike shops carry the motorcycle type 1157 bulbs.

[gene]

Doesn't surprise me at all........the original lenses are designed on the inside of them to refract incondecant light like the original filament. LED bulbs of new are matched up with a bit different back-side design of the lenses.
One more thing, the 1157 automotive type bulbs have not as heavy duty filament as do that style of motorcycle bulb, so consequently, filament life is shorter. Most all the bike shops carry the motorcycle type 1157 bulbs.

Thanks for the info motorman. I changed the headlight to the Halogen Silverstar Sylvania 9003 H4. Wow! What a difference. It was only $18 at Walmart.

Funny thing is the original bulb I had was burnt on one of the filaments. No wonder I had a hell of a time seeing last night. lol