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Somewhere to be on the Bike / Re: Walcha, NSW - get together - January 12th to 15th 2024
« Last post by Christian Raith on November 14, 2023, 03:20:35 PM »I've started packing.....
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2025 VJMC NATIONAL RALLY DATES
14th, 15th, 16th March 2025 at the same location in Nuriootpa, South Australia
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Anywho .. I am a German native but have been living in the US since 1990 ... I have been an XS1100 enthusiast since my dad bought the 41st XS1100 built (built date 9/77) in April 1978, VIN 2H9-000142. I rode a GT750 back then and remember it like yesterday when my dad asked me to come along ... I jumped in the car not knowing where'd we go ... and off we went arriving at Detlev Louis a well known Hamburg MC shop. They presented my dad with his new 2H9 XS1100 and he rode it home. Price was 7,900 Deutsche Mark. My dad stopped riding in 1983 and I eventually took the XS over. When I moved to the US it got parket and never moved again. My dad stored it in the barn and did not want to keep it up or sell it. He passed away in 2020 and I inherited the bike, but there is little I can do with it from here. It has only 18500 km on the odo, but is in rather poor shape. It has not run since 85 either. Now for my life in the US. XS standards are very rare in the US. Almost everyone bought the Special back then. I have been looking for a standard in good shape and an acceptable price for years and finally found one. 79 F model with only 9100 miles. beginning to iron out the bugs and make her better. Cheers to all here !