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  • LoftCol
    XSive
    • Jul 2025
    • 66
    • UK

    #16
    Not been to Highway 1 in California, looking at the pictures online, the A1101 does not resemble it at all. If you have been to Mildenhall or Lakenheath, the roads are similar to Jon's road, and very similar to many of the roads in the UK full of potholes unfortunately.

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    • LenB
      Truly XSive
      • Nov 2020
      • 160
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

      #17
      Been down Cali #1 - love the sign posted at Leggett that warns anybody driving anything over 25' long to not use the highway due to the super-tight hairpins. Only road where I've worn tires evenly and not just a middle strip. A1101 appears to be on land re-claimed from the sea - mostly straight and flat with some interesting tight corners that can fool you. Here's a short ride....



      1980 XS1100G (one owner-me)
      1983 Kawasaki GPZ750 (Frankenbike)
      1984 Honda VF750S V45
      Owned - 1976 XS750D
      Owned - 1972 Honda CB750
      Owned - (unknown year) XS650
      (+ too many Yammies/Hondas to mention)

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      • Jon Smit
        XSive
        • Jul 2026
        • 10
        • Cambridge

        #18
        I built the motor from empty cases.It has new main bearings new big end bearings a new OEM primary chain.The cylinder studs are from APE and are much stronger than stock.The barrels and head needed skimming as these warp like nothing else!! There's a set of weisco pistons taking it out to 1198cc.The crank was spun up to 10000 rpm to check for balance errors and the rods were weight matched.The head is from a 5K7 and has bigger stainless steel valves new phosphor bronze valve guides and a custom set of cams.It used to destroy 2nd gear so I made a different gear selector drum and deleted 2nd gear totally.The ignition is a Dyna 2000 with a shift light.It pulls top gear from 10mph.I have run a 11.1 sec 1/4 at 125 mph at a non prepped concrete runway.The carbs are 38mm mikunis and the exhaust is a stainless mega with not a lot of baffling 🤣.The motor was from a 2H9 and was sand blasted and coated in a Teflon coating the same as frying pans have.
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        • Jon Smit
          XSive
          • Jul 2026
          • 10
          • Cambridge

          #19
          Owned since 1988 by me
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