eBay - what gives?

[don07tncav]

Originally posted by GNEPIG
.. about 3 years ago i tried one of the auction snipers for a set of jardine spaghetti exhaust, and nothing happened!. man i was pissed. ever since i sit here with a stop watch and place a bid within the last 10 seconds, most times i get what i want. i didnt put in a high enough proxy for the last set of spaghetti's that i bid on but thats ok, Don07tncav is now proudly sporting that set around on one of his bikes, im glad somone here got them
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cycle...QQcmdZViewItem

And a fine set of pipes it is!! Still going strong too!!

[xswilly]

sorry ken
but that mag would be a great addition to my collection

[Ken Talbot]

Here I was thinking it might be a nice addition to my collection too. Have you got one of these on your wall?

[mixelpix]

yep

it ain't framed yet 'cause I love the Playboy cartoon on the reverse side of the ad...

heh...

[xswilly]

nice very nice

[Ken Talbot]

Originally posted by xswilly
sorry ken
but that mag would be a great addition to my collection

Nice addition allright, and I see you had to work for it right close to the end of the auction!

[xswilly]

yes i did
i was at work, and i'm not supposed to do that knid of thing on company time
but i had too

I prob paid too much for it

hope there is no hard feelings
it will have a nice home with a caring XSer

[GNEPIG]

.. way-to-go Willy!, i'm glad someone here ended up with it.
now, you know that mag only cost about a buck and a half back then dont you?

[xswilly]

i'm kinda curious to see the price on the front cover
back in 78 I purchased that magizane.
at the time i was doing research on the xs-11
no internet back then
i was looking for a 4 cylinder shaft drive
my first road bike
I was partial to yamaha's, thats what i had for a dirt bike
when the 11 came out, that was all i was looking for


of course not relizing what the xs-11 would become
i cut the article out of the mag and threw the rest away
i still have the article,
and i still have the bike i bought back in 78

[randy]

xswilly,

Price was 75 cents!

I have that mag, and if anyone's interested I have the road test article on CD in h-res pdf's. IIRC, it's 11 pages. BTW, they list the displacement at 1102cc's/

Pm me if you want it. Maybe i could e-mail it.

[randy]

Hold that thought. The file is 9Mb!

[GNEPIG]

.. hey Randy, i'll buy one

[randy]

No, Gene, i'm not selling it, (although i did sell some on ebay) i'm going to offer it here for everyone. As soon as I can find a way to post it. It's a big file.

Try this:

Cycle Jan 78 XS11 Road Test

You'll need Adobe Acrobat to read it. If you have trouble opening it, right click on it and save it to your hard drive, then open it.

[GNEPIG]

.. thanx Randy, the artical is better than i thought it would be, i should have bid on the mag
..i wander if Robert Aehle still lives in Albany Ga. (i wander how you pronounce Aehle)