Cycle World - December 1979 - XS11 Special TEST

[kboehringer]

XS11 Friends,
As a birthday present, my wife Nancy has been scouring evil-bay for magazines related to my collection of bikes. I purchased a similar one for my FJ1200 and Nancy has found pretty much all the rest (XS11, SECA, FZR, Etc.).

Thought ya'll might enjoy reading this..... Seems they were impressed and unimpressed with the '80 special. Also seemed to like it more than the Standard.

[kboehringer]

Cycle World - December 1979 - XS11 Special TEST (2)

Missed the last and possibly most important page

[MarkD]

It's always fun to read what the reviewers thought of our bikes back in the day. Too bad they sorta choked down the performance, same with the Corvettes back in '80. But, these bikes are still the kings of the road.

[SteveO]

Thanks for sharing. Its fun to read what they ahd to say and for me to compare my 79' with an 80'.

[dbbrian]

I like the old reviews on bikes too.

Thanks for sharing.

Brian