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Salutations, my brothers and sisters of XS.
I miss you all, and it is totally my fault, since it is very easy to visit here. I have been going through some rough times for the last 3 years. My bike, “The Phoenix” arisen from the ashes, has sat collecting dust for almost a year. I fractured my left wrist, and while the fracture has healed, it has exasperated my nascent arthritis that has become bad enough that I can hardly squeeze the clutch lever, and the bike itself is too big for me to handle. LoHo said that he has a XJ 750 that he said felt too small for him that he was willing to trade. I was stoked about the possibility, partly because I can't think of anyone other than LoHo or DiverRay that I had rather see the bike go to: but apparently LoHo has personal issues with which he is dealing, and communicating has been very difficult. I have often joked that when I got to old and frail to hold the bike up that I would put a sidecar on it: I've checked into it, and sidecars aren't cheap; a fixer-uper runs almost $1000.
I want to sell her for $500 plus $185 back registration. She (excuse me ladies, but you should be honard being compared to an XS11!) will need a complete servicing; all fluids replaced, brake lines drained and refreshed, etc. The upside is that there are barely 20,000 miles on an engine completely rebuilt by one of the foremost XS11 wrenches on the west coast, if not the whole freaking U.S., namely our one and only DiverRay. Ray said he would help me fix the bike up to sell, but he also has a life, and as big hearted as he is I hate to ask him to take a weekend off to help me. If he did the price would jump up to at least $1000. Features include a top end from a wrecked victim of a drunken game of chicken which both sides lost! Ray can fill in the details, but I know it is an overbore kit with high compression pistons and ported heads. It is so freaking hot the starter will barely turn it over. It is so freaking hot, that when it “comes on the cam” at 4500 RPM the standard clutch plates slip! I do have heavy duty racing clutch springs as well as a pickup bed of spare parts salvaged from “Sparky” when she was salvaged.
This bike will make a red hot bobber or street fighter, but make no mistake; restoring to “Bristol Fashion” will take a lot of work.
I'm actually very interested in building folding electric bike, but thats for another post.
I miss you all, and it is totally my fault, since it is very easy to visit here. I have been going through some rough times for the last 3 years. My bike, “The Phoenix” arisen from the ashes, has sat collecting dust for almost a year. I fractured my left wrist, and while the fracture has healed, it has exasperated my nascent arthritis that has become bad enough that I can hardly squeeze the clutch lever, and the bike itself is too big for me to handle. LoHo said that he has a XJ 750 that he said felt too small for him that he was willing to trade. I was stoked about the possibility, partly because I can't think of anyone other than LoHo or DiverRay that I had rather see the bike go to: but apparently LoHo has personal issues with which he is dealing, and communicating has been very difficult. I have often joked that when I got to old and frail to hold the bike up that I would put a sidecar on it: I've checked into it, and sidecars aren't cheap; a fixer-uper runs almost $1000.
I want to sell her for $500 plus $185 back registration. She (excuse me ladies, but you should be honard being compared to an XS11!) will need a complete servicing; all fluids replaced, brake lines drained and refreshed, etc. The upside is that there are barely 20,000 miles on an engine completely rebuilt by one of the foremost XS11 wrenches on the west coast, if not the whole freaking U.S., namely our one and only DiverRay. Ray said he would help me fix the bike up to sell, but he also has a life, and as big hearted as he is I hate to ask him to take a weekend off to help me. If he did the price would jump up to at least $1000. Features include a top end from a wrecked victim of a drunken game of chicken which both sides lost! Ray can fill in the details, but I know it is an overbore kit with high compression pistons and ported heads. It is so freaking hot the starter will barely turn it over. It is so freaking hot, that when it “comes on the cam” at 4500 RPM the standard clutch plates slip! I do have heavy duty racing clutch springs as well as a pickup bed of spare parts salvaged from “Sparky” when she was salvaged.
This bike will make a red hot bobber or street fighter, but make no mistake; restoring to “Bristol Fashion” will take a lot of work.
I'm actually very interested in building folding electric bike, but thats for another post.
Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
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I may have sold the bike to a fellow grounded biker, but I'll believe it when the deal is done. I wish I could find some pics of it, but I'm afraid that in the process of moving my residence and upgrading my computer I may have lost many photo files.
I'll keep y'all posted.
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