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  • #1

    Never Seen XS New!

    Starting to feel like i may be one of the youngest members on this site. Got my bike off clist 2 years ago. It was a pile and the guy that shafted me knew it was. I was lucky to run across this site. After being on here ive started to realize that most of you have owned this bike since it was new. I was 21 when i got my first xsbike so I wasnt even born when this bike was new. I have only heard great things about it. I was able to see Bob Jones Bike shop behind his house and got a copy of XS11 Heaven when i picked up my second 2 parts bikes and a spare motor. And let me tell you that shop was very impressive. You could have eaten off the floor. That was probably when i fell in love with the bike. Never knew that there was that much of a following for this bike but i sure learned fast. lol I was just curious if there were that many members younger than me?
    80 XS1100G Black Betty (Daily Driver)
    79 XS1100SF (Buddys Project)
    82 XJ750 Maxim (Fathers Bike)
    81 CB750F SS (Buddys Project)
    06 GSX600F Sold! (Was Mine)
    81 XS1100 Failed Bobber Project (Mine)
    81 XS1100 Parts (Mine)

    Grip it, Rip it, and Stick it!!!
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  • #2
    Since I was around but not yet legal to drive in 78, I am guessing that rules me out.
    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
      You don't say how old you are to compare?
      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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      • #4
        Originally posted by GTXS1100 View Post
        Starting to feel like i may be one of the youngest members on this site. Got my bike off clist 2 years ago. It was a pile and the guy that shafted me knew it was. I was lucky to run across this site. After being on here ive started to realize that most of you have owned this bike since it was new. I was 21 when i got my first xsbike so I wasnt even born when this bike was new. I have only heard great things about it. I was able to see Bob Jones Bike shop behind his house and got a copy of XS11 Heaven when i picked up my second 2 parts bikes and a spare motor. And let me tell you that shop was very impressive. You could have eaten off the floor. That was probably when i fell in love with the bike. Never knew that there was that much of a following for this bike but i sure learned fast. lol I was just curious if there were that many members younger than me?
        Ok you found me...an original owner of my XJ but I think I'm actually in the minority here...I cant tell you how many times I've read how people here find these bikes for a song. While they got theirs cheap compared to me paying the full price of admission(brand new) they all without exception have to get theirs up to speed..so invariably it will cost them something more in time effort and money. Still it comes out to less than what I've paid iinto this bike over the 29 yrs (to this month) since I brought Max home...
        1980 XS650G Special-Two
        1993 Honda ST1100

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        • #5
          Sorry i just turned 24.
          80 XS1100G Black Betty (Daily Driver)
          79 XS1100SF (Buddys Project)
          82 XJ750 Maxim (Fathers Bike)
          81 CB750F SS (Buddys Project)
          06 GSX600F Sold! (Was Mine)
          81 XS1100 Failed Bobber Project (Mine)
          81 XS1100 Parts (Mine)

          Grip it, Rip it, and Stick it!!!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by GTXS1100 View Post
            Sorry i just turned 24.
            GEEZE!!!!! I can't even REMEMBER 24.

            I remember XSs. I had to be around 19 or 20 when they came out with the 1100. I always wanted a Special since the mid 70s. There were only 650s and 750s then but I wanted one.

            Didn't get one until I was 50 but I got me an 1100.
            Greg

            Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

            ― Albert Einstein

            80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

            The list changes.

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            • #7
              Well, you have me beat by 4. I am 28.
              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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              • #8
                Aww, your my new hero GTX! I thought I was the youngest in this crowd of wheezy old men at 30 years old! :P
                Joab

                "If nothing else, it will be interesting..."
                ______________________________________________
                1979 XS1100SF
                1972 XS2 650
                ______________________________________________
                Ozark, Alabama

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                • #9
                  ??? I've been accused at times by my wife of being 12 when I get around these bikes?
                  Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                  You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                  Current bikes:
                  '06 Suzuki DR650
                  *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                  '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                  '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                  '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                  '81 XS1100 Special
                  '81 YZ250
                  '80 XS850 Special
                  '80 XR100
                  *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                  • #10
                    OK, your going to have to explain that to me Tod. Your wife is 12 when you get around these bikes? Do they throw her back in time or what?
                    Greg

                    Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                    ― Albert Einstein

                    80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                    The list changes.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by GTXS1100 View Post
                      Sorry i just turned 24.
                      Holy Cow! I've had my XS400 that long! Haven't had my 1100 that long but I did see the ads for them back in the day, but didn't actually see any up close back then.
                      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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                      • #12
                        I bought my '78 new, and was closer to thirty than twenty then, so I guess that makes me one of the 'old guys'....
                        Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

                        '78E original owner - resto project
                        '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
                        '82 XJ rebuild project
                        '80SG restified, red SOLD
                        '79F parts...
                        '81H more parts...

                        Other current bikes:
                        '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
                        '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
                        '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
                        Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
                        Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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                        • #13
                          24??

                          My so ms an underwear are older than that!!
                          78 XS1100E Standard
                          Coca Cola Red
                          Hooker Headers

                          http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...m/DSC00580.jpg

                          1979 XS1100 Special
                          http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...m/DSC00612.jpg

                          1980 XS Standard
                          http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...m/DSC01137.jpg

                          2006 Roadstar Warrior
                          http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...um/warrior.jpg

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                          • #14
                            I bought mine new, an '81 in '83 with 17 miles on it from a fellow sailor in Japan, I was ~25 then, so yeah, I'm in the sorta older group...end of the baby boomer crowd so I'm told!

                            Like BNE/Madmaxim, I paid essentially full retail ~$3200 for it, rode it for 9 years, it died and sat for 10 years, then I rebuilt it putting another ~$2500 into it, have ridden it another 11 years and still going strong...the bike that is!

                            I had a '74 TX500B I got in '76 and rode it for 6 years, was busy with college and then military service and schools, so wasn't much aware of the XS11 when it came out in '78. I was in Japan with my 500, found a nice XS750 triple off base, rode it for 1.5 years in Japan, and then found the XS11 Special shortly before transferring back home. Had looked at a Harley FLXR or such....Sportster type, but the ~$8k sticker price was a bit beyond my budget, and I was familiar with the Yamaha brand and performance so I took a chance on the 11....had never had a test ride on it, but it was 350cc's bigger than the 750 I had been riding, and the 750 had a considerable amount of power/torque so I thought the 1100 would have a "little bit" more! I was right!!

                            T.C.
                            T. C. Gresham
                            81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                            79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                            History shows again and again,
                            How nature points out the folly of men!

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                            • #15
                              I was 24 when I got my first XS11 back in '89. Tore the whole motor apart that year to do the 2nd gear fix. Hell of an upgrade from a Suzy GS550.
                              2H7 (79) owned since '89
                              3H3 owned since '06

                              "If it ain't broke, modify it"

                              ☮

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