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  • #1

    finally found it

    i have been a member of this forum for a number of years (long enough to not be sure how long) and i finally found an xs11 and brought her home with me. it was a happy day saturday.

    '79 with 18000 miles on her, needs some brake work, probably new plugs/wires/boots, and the carb boots need replaced, along with other regular maintenance but she looks very nice.

    gonna take her back to the stock look with the handlebars, and seat, nothing to exciting for a lot of you it should be a fun bike to run around on.

    (on that note, looking for a rear grab bar, seat, handlebars and kick start for a 79 special, in good cosmetic condition. let me know if you have any of those parts)

    heres a pic, looking forward to the first ride
    http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...cture-2.jpgbut
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    Very nice looking bike! You may find the kicker is still tucked underneath around the bottom of the air box or so. Never owned one with it, so not certain where it is.
    Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

    When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

    81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
    80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


    Previously owned
    93 GSX600F
    80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
    81 XS1100 Special
    81 CB750 C
    80 CB750 C
    78 XS750

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    • #3
      nah, you can see where it attaches, roughly the same place as my 81 850. i think your xs750 would have one there too. looks like the po took some parts off to save on weight i would assume.

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      • #4
        Link isn't working?

        Glad you found one!
        Nathan
        KD9ARL

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        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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        • #5
          Originally posted by crazedfooter View Post
          nah, you can see where it attaches, roughly the same place as my 81 850. i think your xs750 would have one there too. looks like the po took some parts off to save on weight i would assume.
          Hi Nick,
          Nah, the all the XS models except the 1100 have a folding kicker that's permanently bolted to the splineshaft that sticks out of the transmission.
          The XS11 (up to 1979 models) have a plastic sleeve over the splines that gets pulled off to allow the emergency kicker that lives behind one of the side panels to be put on there for use.
          Daft, right?
          1980 & newer XS11s have writing around a plastic plug in the hole where the spline used to be that says "kickstarter" but it's a lie.
          Fred Hill, S'toon
          XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
          "The Flying Pumpkin"

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          • #6
            It's bolted to the frame by a wing nut right below the right side cover at the.back corner of the engine. I didn't think I had one right away either.
            Nathan
            KD9ARL

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            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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            • #7
              huh, learn something new every day, ill have to look when i get home, guess i just assumed po took it off. good info, thanks.

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