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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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Sorry, being an old fart.
My recollection was, they were heavy, handled like a puppy on a string, slow compared to what was out there.
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But now in my 50s it looks the dogs.

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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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BIG BILL wrote:Sorry, being an old fart.
My recollection was, they were heavy, handled like a puppy on a string, slow compared to what was out there.

it looks the dogs.

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I always tried to make my previous XS11's handle well and brake well by putting on a FJ1200 set of forks with 4 pot brake calipers and a 17" front wheel, but with this one i'm leaving the front end as is for now.
They will still fly along at a fair old pace though for a 95hp engine. The shaft drive unit adds the weight, my XJR1200 is positively light compared.
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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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Nice to see. Xs11's are a blast from me early biking past :) .
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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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lmac wrote:Nice to see. Xs11's are a blast from me early biking past :) .
Exactly

Its been some time since I've seen one of these :whistle:
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If anyone is still interested in the old XS this is what I've done to it this week. Rough in the flesh. XJR1200 forks and wheel. 17" wheel instead of 19" and 43mm forks instead of the spindly 37mm.
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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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One of my old threads but if anyone is still interested the old Midnight Special has morphed.
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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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Back in the day, the piper exhaust was so loud the coffee would be waiting as they knew I was on the way :lol:
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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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Well well. A Standard. Tank has been painted, drop bars. Nice one. Is it still on the road? Where was that picture taken?
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Ashton in Makerfield, it was late 70s many bikes since then so don't know what became of it :D
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Re: XS1100 Midnight Special

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Billy Bananahead wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:51 pm One of my old threads but if anyone is still interested the old Midnight Special has morphed.
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