I'm new!!

[ZombieRob]

hang 2 is what the sticker underneath says

[Ken Talbot]

kind of pic heavy

Yeah, but that's what we like - photos.

BTW - you win some sort of prize for having the greatest number of extra img tags in one post. Took a few minutes of editing to drop the extras and reformat the rest to get a better display for you.

[ZombieRob]

i'm not sure if that's the kind of prize i want but i guess i still have the excuse that i'm new to this stuff. thanks for the reformatting. i'll try to keep it a little cleaner next time.

[Fix]

Thanks for the info on the seat, seems to be an out of business company. The hunt continues!

[dbeardslee]

idles a little high, was twenty five hundred and i got her down to fifteen but won't go below without stalling out. any tips would be appreciated

Rob - Nice looking ride. Have you adjusted the mixtures and synched the carbs? Two tools I find indispensible when working on mine - a colortune plug and a good set of synch gauges.

[DiverRay]

idles a little high, was twenty five hundred and i got her down to fifteen but won't go below without stalling out. any tips would be appreciated.

My first guess is the Hardly Ableson emblems on the end of the grips!
My REAL guess is carb sync, or a vacuum leak. BUY a set of gauges, and sync the carbs yourself. It will cost less than $100 for a GOOD set, with about a two hour learning curve.(DO NOT forget the fan too keep the engine cool while running!!) Most dealers want about $100 to $150 to sync the carbs, and a LOT of the "mechanics" are younger than the bike, and do NOT know "carbs" as all they have seen is FI bikes!

[latexeses]

Welcome,
Best advice I ever recieved on riding a bike........"Ride like you are invisible".
Welcome aboard.

Rodger

[ZombieRob]

i will definitely ride like i'm invisible. and i am unfortunately on a very limited budget, if you know anyone in the chicago area who might have a synching guage and knows how to use it i would be willing to go out to them and learn how to use one along with maybe a small fee.

[ZombieRob]

BTW anyone know where i can find a fairly still together tool kit for my 79? at least the kick start and any other special tools that came with it?

[Thee_oddball]

welcome, nice bike

[slow mo]

welcome!!!

your bike looks great,, RIDE SAFE,, give yourself lots of room to move on the roadway,, take good care if you need advice this is the place to be. i know i count on it ,,,slow mo!!

[XJOK2PLAY]

Hey ZR...

One of our members here, Acof911 (Andy) has a kick starter listed in his parts list of things he's selling on ebay. (Had it as of Fri) He might know about a tool kit. He has it listed here under XS1100XJ1100 parts for sale, last page. Another member to try would be Andreasweisse. One more might be Cobia. If they're dry, try ebay. Hope it helps ya.
Bob

[ZombieRob]

Thanks bob i'll hit them up