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  • T99Ford
    XSive Maximus
    • May 2008
    • 678
    • Bozeman,MT
    #1

    Some neat photos

    I was at an event downtown the other night (brother playing at a bar there). I found a "convenient" parking spot that actually ended up as a pretty cool photo backdrop. My cheapo camera (and amateur operating skills) did not do the best for photo quality, but they still came out kind of neat. Thought I would share...





    Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

    Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson
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    • Tony 79
      New
      • Sep 2010
      • 1
      #2
      That is a beautiful bike!!! I just picked up 2 bikes. 79 and 81 XS100's in rough condition. my plan is to make 1 Cafe racer. wish me luck...

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        • natemoen
          Master of XSology
          • May 2010
          • 8640
          • Fargo
          #3
          Send them to wildkat, maybe you can get them in the calendar
          Nathan
          KD9ARL

          μολὼν λαβέ

          1978 XS1100E
          K&N Filter
          #45 pilot Jet, #137.5 Main Jet
          OEM Exhaust
          ATK Fork Brace
          LED Dash lights
          Ammeter, Oil Pressure, Oil Temp, and Volt Meters
          Green Monster Coils
          SS Brake Lines
          Vision 550 Auto Tensioner

          In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

          Theodore Roosevelt

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            • nate
              Truly XSive
              • Sep 2006
              • 116
              • PA
              #4
              Nice shots

              Not trying to be a critic but one mistake can read the plates.
              1980 XS1100g

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                • tom clisham
                  XSive Maximus
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 627
                  • Northern Illinois
                  #5
                  very cool. Is that a Model A tail lite? Tom


                  78 SG great shape & runs great
                  80 Special project. Going to make a full dresser
                  Tom Clisham

                  Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
                  _____________________________________________

                  '78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN

                  '80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
                  stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA

                  79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper

                  79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE

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                    • CatatonicBug
                      Master of XSology
                      • Oct 2008
                      • 6117
                      • Clinton, UT
                      #6
                      Originally posted by nate
                      Not trying to be a critic but one mistake can read the plates.
                      So? Who cares? My plates are visible to the world to see on the back of my bike, everywhere I go...
                      1980 XS850SG - Sold
                      1981 XS1100LH Midnight Special (Sold) - purchased 9/29/08
                      Fully Vetterized and Dynojet Kit added, Heated Grips, Truck-Lite LED headlight, Accel Coils, Irridium plugs, TKAT Fork Brace, XS850LH Final Drive & Black SS Brake lines from Chacal.
                      Here's my web page devoted to my bike! XS/XJ User's Manuals there, and the XJ1100 Service Manual and both XS1100 Service manuals (free download!).

                      Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot - You're right.
                      -H. Ford

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                        • bikerphil
                          Master of XSology
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 8634
                          • South Flori-DUH
                          #7
                          Here we go, starting trouble again, bug. Start a poll.
                          2H7 (79) owned since '89
                          3H3 owned since '06

                          "If it ain't broke, modify it"

                          ☮

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                            • T99Ford
                              XSive Maximus
                              • May 2008
                              • 678
                              • Bozeman,MT
                              #8
                              Thanks for the props guys!
                              I thought about this for the calendar, but the photo picture quality is not the best for that. Might have to try a redo...
                              It is a Model A repro light. It is all LED, and works great. There are many different formats of this light available, pretty much one for every build.
                              I have tried to hide license plates before, but seem inevitablyto forget...oh well

                              Anyway, I just thought this was kind of cool as a "theme" photo--cafe, dark alley, and all.The ol' XS does make a pretty good cafe bike!
                              Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

                              Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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                                • prometheus578
                                  XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
                                  • Aug 2004
                                  • 4012
                                  • Olympia , Wa.
                                  #9
                                  The lighting and the effects of the shadows in the first pic are nice.

                                  The second pic I like better, due to it just having a four color scheme: dingy green, brick red, white/chrome and black. The drab, lifelessness of the background makes the eye focus on the contrasting image of the bike.
                                  "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                                    • T99Ford
                                      XSive Maximus
                                      • May 2008
                                      • 678
                                      • Bozeman,MT
                                      #10
                                      Now if they just weren't so grainy...
                                      Healthy is merely the slowest rate at which you can die

                                      Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this, in spite of the trouble it’s caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba….Hunter S. Thompson

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                                        • ManitoulinLad
                                          XStremely XSive
                                          • Jan 2009
                                          • 358
                                          • Manitoulin Island,Ont.,Canada this is in Lake Huron
                                          #11
                                          Cool Pic

                                          Looks like a professional magzine photo to me. Makes the bike look mean & right where it should be. Thx for sharing - Dan
                                          '81 XS1100 LH - Midnight Special - been lookin' a long time for this one.
                                          1179 big bore kit, 80SG motor
                                          Rebuilt head, valves
                                          TC Bros Forward Controls (Brass Pegs)
                                          Tkat Fork Brace
                                          T.C. Spade Fuse Box
                                          Dyna Coils & wires
                                          Mikesxs shocks,controls,& bars (special)
                                          ISO grips with stelleto ends
                                          4 into 1 black Bassani exhaust
                                          Bridgestone Spitfires
                                          Tuned by Tinman905
                                          & a will to keep it.

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