NEW midnight special owner

[dpotter58]

Years ago i had a 650 midnight special after too many speeding tickets I gave it to my cousin. A couple of weeks ago I was at his mom's and found it in the garage. I as going to re-po it. The gas tank was gone so while looking on e0bay for one, i found a 1980 1100 midnight special. I always wanted one so this weekend I drove to Youngstown and bought it. I am now the PROUD owner. I brought it home today and drove it around the area a a few laps. In the next couple of days I will get it inspected and tagged. I'm the guy with the big grin headed up the highway.

[ratbyk]

Midnight Special

Great find oh lucky one!
Rat

[pathfinder]

Great you'll love it and welcome to the best forum on the web for aging mechanical marvals. You think the tickets were bad on the 650 just wait. Maybe your a little older and wiser now, but if your like me, probably not. Good luck.

[dpotter58]

Got it inspected and tagged today. I managed to get a "quick" 40 miles on it this evening. I'm hoping to put a few more on in the morning. I live in MD. and were are looking at 2 to 6 inches of rain from Charlie showing up tomorrow night.
When I took it in for the inspection the mechanic said "wow, I haven't sen one of these here for years" Told me it looked good, well cared for and prononced me ready to ride. $155 latter for title and tags and i'm on the street.

[macnut xj]

My dream bike is a Midnight Maxim!
Probably never own one, but a guy can always hope!!!

[dpotter58]

1980 xs1100LG.jpg
I hope this link works. I got the bike inspected and tagged last week. The chrome bars by the back wheels are what the PO had the saddle bags attatched to.

[jetmechmarty]

If you are still interested in the 650 there is a very active group at http://www.micapeak.com. Tommy Pollard will have a tank for you at http://www.xs650parts.com

[dpotter58]

lets try this

[pathfinder]

Very Nice

Try reducing your picture size before posting so you don't have to scroll over to read the posts.

Wish it was mine.

[ratbyk]

Midnight Special

dpotter58, beautiful clean looking bike. Could you not have found a more complimentary back ground then the town's sewage system? Tee Hee
Ken/Sooke

[dpotter58]

1, how do i reduce it?
2, It's only picture I had today. I'll post another with a senic view later.

[ratbyk]

Picture Reduction

To reduce picture size run it through a photo program like paint shop pro or similar. If you do not have a photo program but have Windows XP E-mail the picture to yourself. XP will automatically down size it. Then capture the photo from the E-mail and submit.
Ken/Sooke

[deo]

Where in MD do you live. There are a few of us that live not too far from the beltway.

deo

[dpotter58]

Duhhhh don't know how i did not see this post before. Sorry. I live in Saint Mary's County.
Do you come down for the blessing of the bikes?

[pgg]

58, Download the free picture viewer Irfanview. Makes resizing pics easy.