I've woken up the sleeping giant.

[conyo]

I wrote on these forums awhile back looking for some advice on what was wrong with XS-1100 that I inherited. The bike was an attempted restoration that was never completed. The bike was almost completely disassembled. After finding this site and posting a few times, I was pointed to the right direction. (Thanks TopCat.) Turns out the bike had a bad TCI box, which I bought from cokeman (thank you too.) Apart from the TCI being bad, the carbs really needed to be disassembled and thoroughly cleaned. Put a new battery, added oil and the bike started right up. Sounds like a sewing machine.

A couple of questions:

1 - The brakes were modified so the hand brake only operates the front brake and the the foot brake operates the rear. Should I leave it as is?

2 - I buy my car tires online, is there a comparable site to get them online? What type of tires do you folks put on your XS's?

Thanks again.

Alex

[bikerphil]

The 81 Midnite Specials had linked brake systems from the factory, IIRC. It's fine to leave them unlinked. There are tons of sites to buy tires from; I use Bridgestone Spitfire S'11's and get them from ChaparralMotorsports.com