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  • #1

    Rookie mistakes

    I've made two in the last week. First was buying and installing wrong filters and I didn't check them before and put them in vertically. Anoyance for sure. The second one could have been deadly. About 8 miles from home on a county road I came to the insection with the main highway. Was turning right so I looked left and saw a line of traffic coming but lead vehicle had his right signal on so I pulled out. Looked left again and he wasn't turning( just driving around with his signal on) but I was already committed in the lane. I hit it hard and was a little sloppy on the clutch going into second and the front popped up about 6 inches but he was pulling hard and going straight . I was trying to make some separation so I didn't let up.Tire was back on the ground and I hit third & fourth clean before I looked in my mirror. I'd got away with it. My Tach isn't working so I don't know if I red lined or not but thats the story on why I was doing 120. Stupid , stupid mistake that could have been deadly.
    mack
    79 XS 1100 SF Special
    HERMES
    original owner
    http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6932d5df.jpg

    81 XS 1100 LH MNS
    SPICA
    http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad305/mack-055/2.jpg

    78 XS 11E
    IOTA
    https://youtu.be/wB5Jfbp6SUc
    https://youtu.be/RaI3WYHSuWA



    Have recovery trailer and shop if you breakdown in my area.
    Frankford, Ont, Canada
    613-398-6186
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  • #2
    Glad you are still here. Take her easy and always assume everyone is intentionally trying to run you down.
    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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    • #3
      Now you can answer the "have you brought the front end up" poll. And you did it the way most of us did it, without mean to. So now you know how easy it is to bring that front wheel off the ground with these beasts. There is a LOT of power and torque in there, and it comes on strong and FAST!
      Cy

      1980 XS1100G (Brutus) w/81H Engine
      Duplicolor Mirage Paint Job (Purple/Green)
      Vetter Windjammer IV
      Vetter hard bags & Trunk
      OEM Luggage Rack
      Jardine Spaghetti 4-2 exhaust system
      Spade Fuse Box
      Turn Signal Auto Cancel Mod
      750 FD Mod
      TC Spin on Oil Filter Adapter (temp removed)
      XJ1100 Front Footpegs
      XJ1100 Shocks

      I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.

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      • #4
        own advice

        Ya, you know I always tell everyone to be careful, and don't assume anything. Just went brain dead for a second. I hate these Dunlops so bad that I've started to run on them down a pound or two. If I'd had a lesser bike or the rear tire had spun. Well, I'd be hood ornament and this time it would have been my fault.
        mack
        79 XS 1100 SF Special
        HERMES
        original owner
        http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps6932d5df.jpg

        81 XS 1100 LH MNS
        SPICA
        http://i946.photobucket.com/albums/ad305/mack-055/2.jpg

        78 XS 11E
        IOTA
        https://youtu.be/wB5Jfbp6SUc
        https://youtu.be/RaI3WYHSuWA



        Have recovery trailer and shop if you breakdown in my area.
        Frankford, Ont, Canada
        613-398-6186

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        • #5
          N one could ever say they never made that mistake in a cage or on a bike (at least one of the two anyway.) Fortunately enough, it was only a mentally aducational experience for you, and not a physically educational one (ok, with the exception of neecing to shake the loose weight out your pant legs when you stopped!!)
          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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          • #6
            Hi Mack,
            Glad to hear you survived the close encounter.
            Phil
            1981 XS1100 H Venturer ( Addie)
            1983 XJ 650 Maxim
            2004 Kawasaki Concours. ( Black Bear)

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            • #7
              Yep, you lucked-out. Learn from it!!!
              Skids (Sid Hansen)

              Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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              • #8
                Nice save, Mack!
                -- Scott
                _____
                ♬
                2004 ST1300A: No name... yet
                1982 XJ1100J: "Baby" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                1980 XS1100G: "Columbo" SS Brakes, '850 FD, ACCT
                1979 XS1100SF: "Bush" W.I.P.
                1979 XS1100F: parts
                2018 Heritage Softail Classic 117 FLHCS SE: "Nanuk" It's DEAD, it's not just resting. It is an EX cycle.
                ♬

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                • #9
                  A good hair dryer or a heat gun will help in getting the pucker mark off the bike seat.

                  +1 nice save.
                  RIP Whiskers (Shop Boss) 25+yrs

                  "It doesn't hurt until you find out no one is looking"

                  Everything on hold...

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