1979 xs11

[cbradford]

Hello to all,
I am new to this group and also a new owner of a 1979 XS11, I purchased it for 150.00 it has 42000 miles on it and in good condition the owner did not ride he bought it to help out a friend so it sat in a garage for the last 5 years. I will post some pics later.

[blue giant]

Cool!

Congrats and welcome to the site.

Is it a Special or a Standard?

[mro]

sat in a garage

Much better than sitting "out back" as a few have been stored.
I've got one 79 special going on 15,000, another with over 50,000.
Not sure how many on the 79 standard. (12,000 on the clock)Don't think odometer is original or it could be that it was one of the ones stored "out back"

Pics would be nice

welcome to XSland


mro

[trbig]

Welcome to the board and congratulations on the find... I'm envious! What part of Oklahoma are you in?

Tod

[cbradford]

Kingfisher

Standard

[blue giant]

Originally posted by cbradford


Standard

Sweet

[Yamdaha]

Re: sat in a garage

Originally posted by mro
Much better than sitting "out back" as a few have been stored.
...

mro

luckily, the 79f i just got was stored in the corner of they guys garage.

[Da-Bubble]

Hey Welcome!

We're aquiring quite a few members here in Oklahoma. Maybe we should get together sometime!


See ya,
Scott

[mrutah12]

Welcome

Hello bradford and welcome

you came to the right place there is a vast aray of xs knowledge here i have been here now for awhike and the people on this are very helpful and are willing to help including me to get your xs up and running in no time once again welcome

[Kickeroo]

piggybacking onto this thread)

I, also, just took ownership of a 79 XS1100 SF that has changed hands more than a few times over the years. I've laready figured out some of what I need to do (continue to eliminate the octopus or put it back in...) and a few other minor things. I'll probably ask for some addtional help as well....most of which is decipehering what things are what with the diagrams i can pull from partswarehouse.com

But, overall, my signature says it all.

[mro]

hi Kickeroo

Welcome to you...
Got any pics of your SF?
Pretty cool to see before and after shots.


mro

[Kickeroo]

Before, as in the ebay photos:






Note the XS1100 F seat on her, with no tail cover

[skids]

It would have to be in Oklahoma. You can't carry a mattress too far on a motorcycle. (sorry, I couldn't resist!)

Originally posted by Da-Bubble
We're aquiring quite a few members here in Oklahoma. Maybe we should get together sometime!

[b1rks]

Nice! Great deal to.

[stoked]

Re: 1979 xs11

Originally posted by cbradford
Hello to all,
I am new to this group and also a new owner of a 1979 XS11, I purchased it for 150.00 it has 42000 miles on it and in good condition the owner did not ride he bought it to help out a friend so it sat in a garage for the last 5 years. I will post some pics later.

Damn, I don't feel to bad. I only paid about 10 times as much for mine.