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Hello everyone! My names Justin Portrey and I purchased a 1980 XS1100 last fall(not sure of what color code it is). I purchased it in hopes it would be a nice cheap first bike as I only payed 650 for it and the current owner drove it to work frequently. Just to have a little background on me. I work as a Machinist in Shawnee, OK. Although I am young at the age of 19, I have accomplished much and love to work on all of my vehicles. Although this is the first bike I have touched.
Seeing as I bought the bike at the end of the season last year I went ahead and pulled it in the front room of my apartment for the winter in hopes to restore it a little as it had been neglected. Here is a picture of what it looked like when I bought it.
It needed new tires, the back brake caliper was not hooked up and it just really needed some tlc. It ran wonderful even with having 19k miles on it. After taking it in the house I just ignored it for a while to save up some money to work on it. I took off the seat and gas tank thinking I was going to get the carbs reworked
But since have decided to wait on the carbs since it's so expensive to have it done. I purchased clutch cable, throttle cable, oil filters, front and rear wheel bearings, spark plugs, exhaust seals, brake caliper rebuild kit for the rear seeing as I have to purchase a new one, and brake pads for the back from newmotorcycleparts.com. All while looking online for replacement brakes and whatever else I needed. Just kinda keeping my eyes open for things I find I need. In the last couple days I have purchased the special needle bearings for the rear and a new fuse block to replace the old. I went ahead and took the tires off so I could get a new set put on as they were completely bald.
I am sure there are things I forgot that I have purchased/done to it since obtaining it, but any advice to a new bike owner and anything I should do to keep it in good working order would be very appreciative! I am a little intimidated by the thin, but excited to get things done before it gets warm outside!
Seeing as I bought the bike at the end of the season last year I went ahead and pulled it in the front room of my apartment for the winter in hopes to restore it a little as it had been neglected. Here is a picture of what it looked like when I bought it.
It needed new tires, the back brake caliper was not hooked up and it just really needed some tlc. It ran wonderful even with having 19k miles on it. After taking it in the house I just ignored it for a while to save up some money to work on it. I took off the seat and gas tank thinking I was going to get the carbs reworked
But since have decided to wait on the carbs since it's so expensive to have it done. I purchased clutch cable, throttle cable, oil filters, front and rear wheel bearings, spark plugs, exhaust seals, brake caliper rebuild kit for the rear seeing as I have to purchase a new one, and brake pads for the back from newmotorcycleparts.com. All while looking online for replacement brakes and whatever else I needed. Just kinda keeping my eyes open for things I find I need. In the last couple days I have purchased the special needle bearings for the rear and a new fuse block to replace the old. I went ahead and took the tires off so I could get a new set put on as they were completely bald.
I am sure there are things I forgot that I have purchased/done to it since obtaining it, but any advice to a new bike owner and anything I should do to keep it in good working order would be very appreciative! I am a little intimidated by the thin, but excited to get things done before it gets warm outside!
Something that nice for that price so close to me.....
Actually there are a lot of things I don't know but I do know where to find the answers. 
Especially since you can't keep the bike on the road.
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