German exhaust system

[James England]

That's a very nice looking set of pipes. The rest of the bike is none too shabby either!!

Thank you, kind sir. Weather is fine here, so I'll be out on it!

[WMarshy]

I have to say, that's one fine looking XS!!! LOVE the exhaust you have, it looks so nice all clean and non cluttered. IMO I would ship putting the shields on it... I like the color scheme with the engine, I think in the future I'm going to try to and make mine like that. I just love the dark blue bike with a black engine. Thanks for sharing!

[foreda]

Pipes

Great looking pipe.. I agree with Steve in that the only difference I see is these are more angled than the originals. I also like the tires!! May I ask where you purchased these?

[xsroadrunner]

Stunning Bike..I'm sick with envy.

[James England]

Great looking pipe.. I agree with Steve in that the only difference I see is these are more angled than the originals. I also like the tires!! May I ask where you purchased these?

Yes, I found out the origin of the upward angle..... there's a slight bend up on the section of pipe just before the silencer cone begins. It's the same on both sides. I suppose I could remove the system and get the pipe straightened out at that point but, even loving authenticity as I do, I think it would be a bit pointless. And, like I mentioned in response, I was lying flat on the ground on my stomach to take the photo, so this accentuates it somewhat.

The tyres are Avon Roadrider AM26. They're readily available here in the UK and don't actually cost a lot. They're reasonably hard wearing but still feel secure when riding in the wet. They don't come with the gold paint on the letters though! I just ran a paintbrush with metallic gold paint on it across the letters......

[James England]

Stunning Bike..I'm sick with envy.

Thanks for the compliment. I really wouldn't want to inspire envy though.... it's nice if people like it as much as I do and admire the lovely job that Yamaha did in creating something like this. I just sit and look at the bike and think how clever they were to have come up with something like this as far back as 1977 when British bikes were leaking oil and falling apart all over the place. I had two Triumph Bonnevilles, a Norton Commando, Triumph Tiger Cub etc and all of them leaked oil and literally shook themselves apart on a regular basis. The Meriden factory in the UK was still producing the Bonneville when Yamaha came up with the XS1100 and they were just completely and utterly in different universes.

A local British bike spares place told me to "get that Jap crap off my forecourt" when I stopped to buy some spares for someone. Incredible that someone could say that when faced with a feat of engineering like the XS1100!

[xsroadrunner]

Envy as is Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Theres nothing more beautiful in my mind's eye than to see an XS/XJ1100 restored to its originality. And yours is right at the top!
As for the bloke at the spares shop,he's the one full of crap. I wouldnt take my busuness there or anyone elses either.