thinking of buying eleven special

[jbailey3@charte]

Can you guys help me?

Guy down the street has a XJ eleven special. 52000 miles wants 1000 for it.

Is there any common problems i should be looking for?

He says its all working.

Thanks Fellas

[mro]

Take a look here
http://www.xs11.com/tips/misc/misc2.shtml

I've several XSes.
Have never bought one that was running tho.
If uncertain what your looking at, would ask someone who does that you trust to check it out.


mro

[Hobbit]

Check it out

If we knew where your located there might be an xssive that would be willing to look.

[xs11nutohio]

buying an 1100

Take a spin and if it runs without missing, backfiring or excessive vibration, it should be OK. Depends how much you want to pay for it. I would not pay more than 800 bucks for what you describe. I would take it to a motorcycle mechanic at a Yamaha dealer and have him/her look it over for safety reasons 1st.

I have a 1980 XS 1100 that runs like new, had 18,000 on it when I bought it for $1,000.

[Pain]

I spend 1000 for my special on 02 with 25k on it, now it has 73k on it, and I don't regret it at all.

If you like the bike, it runs well and feel the price it right, then get it. If you wait for the perfect deal, you might never get one at all.

[trbig]

I agree with Pain. People get better deals on these bikes, but they aren't on every corner. This time of year, just about ANY running bike will bring that.. but with this one.. you get a family too!

I paid 1,000 for mine and it was in pretty bad shape. I don't regret it at all.

Tod