"New" Midnight Special

[dpotter58]

Man it's going to cost a boat load of cash to ship it to Norway. Since I'm such a good guy, how about I pay to ship it to my house and I send you videos of me riding it around???













No, I figured it was worth a try. That's a nice lookin Midnight. Way to go!

[TERJE ANDERSEN]

dpotter58.....yes maybe I`ll do that - much cheaper for me ! No,shipping to Norway is not that expensive : $650 from IOWA to OSLO. But first I will have it shipped from Arizona to Iowa...thats around $700
Thanks to you all for your friendly words , I am really looking foreward to get this beauty to Norway

[fredintoon]

Hi ! I "won" this bike on Ebay some hours ago and I think it looks really nice. However, there are a few things I noticed missing: the "gold" on the two front engine covers are missing,and the plastic plugs that usually are in the allen bolts which fasten the handlebars are missing, what is your opinion of this bike ? Have I paid too much, or is it a good price? Please forgive my bad english writing ! Look at the link :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SA:MOTORS:1123
Have a nice day,
TERJE

Hi Terje,
tell you a story about bike prices. Back in the 1960s I saw an Ariel Square Four in a bike shop priced at £250.
Visiting back home in the 1980s I saw what looked to be the identical bike priced at £2,500 and who knows what it'd sell for these days.
So don't sweat the price, that's a real nice bike and it's price will only increase with time.
MikesXS sells the plastic plugs for the 'bar bolts.
If you can't live with the ridiculous 85mph speedo, the innards of any Canadian or Euro metric XS series speedo will read to 220kph, fit right in the housing and be accurate.
The link to the missing decal shows an ugly yellow blob that looks like a paintball hit. Unless that's the back of it, I'd say, leave it off.

[scarecrow]

Actually, it goes on the RIGHT side, on the alternator cover. But, yeah, in the circle around the "Yamaha".

ON my MNS it is in both sides in the grove and painted, no decals.
I am the orginal owner with serial number 000351.
The Covers were orginally to come from the factory as Black chrome with gold insets. I didn't find out that the were not until I washed the bike for the first time. I and the salesman had a few words.

[CatatonicBug]

The link to the missing decal shows an ugly yellow blob that looks like a paintball hit. Unless that's the back of it, I'd say, leave it off.

Fred - That's just the backing. If you look closely, what it actually has on it is a shiny gold ring around the outer edge. The Gold peels off of the yellow backing and applies to the groove on the engine cover.

[lvrsnr]

don't forget the first 1980 models the side covers were not groved but had the sticker. 1981 models the covers were cast with a grove and given the same paint treatment as the "YAMAHA" on the same covers

[tcoop]

dpotter58.....yes maybe I`ll do that - much cheaper for me ! No,shipping to Norway is not that expensive : $650 from IOWA to OSLO. But first I will have it shipped from Arizona to Iowa...thats around $700
Thanks to you all for your friendly words , I am really looking foreward to get this beauty to Norway

If I had more vacation time I would volunteer to ride it from Arizona to Iowa for you . Nice find. I hope to get mine looking that good someday.

[TERJE ANDERSEN]

Picture

Here ia a picture

[foreda]

Nice find!

That's a great looking machine!! Don't matter what you paid for it.. Enjoy!!

[melbxs]

Pics of Norwegian wife please.

[jwhughes3]

melbxs is such an Aussie....

Asking for pics of the wife - what he should have POLITELY asked was for you to post pics of the wife WITH the bike - then it seems kinda legit eh?

Seriously you got a great deal on what I know will be a great bike for you - I don't care how much it was it will still be scads cheaper than a new Hardley or other new bike and for the price of shipping and tires will be practically new for you.

I am hoping to find one new like yours someday and be the lucky man.


John in San Antonio

[TERJE ANDERSEN]

the bike will not arrive here until september or october I guess...so pictures of wife and bike will have to wait

[xs11lover]

Nice, Terj.! I saw that one...glad to see you got it. I see you're still buying up all the good xs11 stuff.
We don't mind if the bike isn't in the pics with you wife.
79 was a good year for alot of things, but I guess you know that.
Good luck with you're collection.
Garrett

[TERJE ANDERSEN]

Got the bike!

I am a happy man...the container with my bike came to Norway some days ago. The bike was even nicer then pictures showed

[blkryno]

Great looking bike. In the grand scheme of things what you paid isn't bad, and I everytime you ride it, it will be worth it.

blkryno

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