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Took it out today for a spin. Beautiful day in San Jose, beautiful ride on this little classic.
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2006 Yamaha Morphous "The Space Ship"
2004 Honda Aero VT750 "Black Beauty"
2003 Yamaha VStar 650 Classic "primero"
2000 BMW K1200LT Like new as of 5/10/16
1999 BMW K1200LT "The Silver Bullet"
1996 Kawasaki KZ1000P "the 5-0"
1989 BMW K100RS "White Ghost"
1986 Honda Goldwing Espencade 1200 (work in progress)
1982 Honda Goldwing Interstate 1100 (same)
1980 Yamaha XS1100 fast
1979 Yamaha XS1100 just as fast
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You've got an SF, a 79 Special, there. Looks like someone swapped out the special tank for an 81 H Venture tank. A standard model with a larger capacity tank.
Standard handle bars, seat and tail piece, and Harley mufflers too.
Looks pretty clean. How does it run?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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Hey there Eddie,
Glad you had a good ride and made it back. If you haven't seen my post/reply to your previous thread, I would suggest you read it. Marty posted the link to the story of the guy on the FJR list that did the work on your bike, and I have deduced that he used the inferior MikesXS black hi output coils on it. They WILL die on you. Most folks had them last about 1 season, or 10-12k miles. I only put 2-3k on mine every year, so it took 4 years, but they died on me also. See the NEGATIVE MikesXS black coils product report as well as the tech tip.
Greg, take a look at that link. He built a custom seat from an 80 seatpan, added the cowl, had to repair/reweld the rear upper frame struts due to stress fractures from the luggage rack, did the dremel fix, carbs, brakes, mufflers, suspension mods and such.
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!Comment
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Ok.
That bike looks pretty good but I'm old school, I like the special tank and the buckhorns.
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.
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