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  • gerkenbruce
    XStremely XSive
    • Jul 2002
    • 392
    • Upstate NY
    #1

    "The Black"

    Hey Fellow XSives,
    For those of you who've seen what "The Black" used to look like, here's what she looks like now !

    http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2125004871


    "The Black" is back !!!!

    I found an '80 Standard with only 14,000 miles on it. The motor in "The Black" had 166,000 miles on it. Remember the cloud of black smoke ??? LOL
    65 hours wet sanding the motor, new 4 into 2 exhaust system from Mac, sent to Precision Powder Coating, where it was black ceramic coated (it's supposed to be good to 2000 degrees), major rebuild on the carbs, new jets in the carbs are .041 mm on the pilots, and the mains are now 138.5, Yes, I made my own jets !
    I'm very pleased with the way it runs, she's just smooth!!

    XSively,
    Bruce
    Bruce Gerken
    '79 XS1100SF
    "The Black"
    '2009 BMW k1300GT'
    The Red Sled.
    St.Augustine (354-430 AD) wrote,"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page . Well motorcycles turn the book of the world into a page turner. That is often impossible to put down.
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    • don07tncav
      XStremely XSive
      • Oct 2004
      • 358
      • West Tennessee
      #2
      WOW! Didn't join to see the rest of the photos that that one was of a super looking machine!
      Don
      99 Valkyrie Interstate named Drakker

      81 XS1100 H Peppylebleu sold and gone to a good home

      81 XS1100 Midnight Special Peppyledeux sold and gone to another great home

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        • TopCatGr58
          Administrator
          • Jul 2002
          • 12650
          • Portsmouth, Va.
          #3
          Hey Bruce,

          You really should join and setup a PHOTODUMP account, Imagestation doesn't allow direct linking of photos, and people have to be registered to ImageStation to see your album!!
          SO...I grabbed the photos, cropped them, resized them to 640pixels wide to prevent side scrolling, and loaded them to my Photodump account! Here they are! Yes, your machine looks awesome, and I'll be grateful not to have to eat your smoke while riding behind you anymore!!




          T. C. Gresham
          81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
          79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
          History shows again and again,
          How nature points out the folly of men!

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            • John
              XS-XJ Super Guru
              • Oct 2003
              • 5117
              #4
              Wow!

              Beautiful. Nice work!

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                • GNEPIG
                  XS-XJ Guru
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 1647
                  • fl
                  #5
                  .. NOW THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

                  this is a real mans machine, too much chrome is for sissys and single guys

                  nice bike bruce

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                    • prometheus578
                      XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 4012
                      • Olympia , Wa.
                      #6
                      Man, that's sharp!
                      "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                        • gerkenbruce
                          XStremely XSive
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 392
                          • Upstate NY
                          #7
                          THANK YOU

                          HEY TC Thank,s

                          Yes it is realy nice she dose not smoke. but wait untill you here her run.

                          XSsivily
                          Bruce
                          Bruce Gerken
                          '79 XS1100SF
                          "The Black"
                          '2009 BMW k1300GT'
                          The Red Sled.
                          St.Augustine (354-430 AD) wrote,"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page . Well motorcycles turn the book of the world into a page turner. That is often impossible to put down.

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                            • wpc57
                              Truly XSive
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 112
                              • Benton, IL. (Southern IL. 300 miles south of the windy city, and Aprox. 100miles east of the Gateway to the West.)
                              #8
                              Somebody PINCH ME ........ I must be dreaming....
                              wpc57

                              '81LH Midnight Special "Margret"

                              I ain't as good as I once was..but I am as good once as I ever was.... (Toby Keith)

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                                • Dragonrider
                                  XS-XJ Guru
                                  • Jul 2002
                                  • 1219
                                  • Garland, Texas
                                  #9
                                  Sweet machine! Nicely done!
                                  CUAgain,
                                  Daniel Meyer
                                  Author. Adventurer. Electrician.
                                  Find out why...It's About the Ride.

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