80 XS going :(

[steptoe]

mate, will be sad to see you go, a few good rides, and many chats,

 enjoy your new monster, 

[Tony]

Hi everyone,
The bike sold last night for $2,856 after 26 bids. There were about 60 people "watching". I also had several people contact me after the sale who had missed bidding for various reasons and were willing to pay up to $3,500 (although money in the bank is the only real measure.)
The guy who bought the bike lives in Brisbane, picked it up today in the heavy rain (without his wet weather gear!) He is a really great guy who has had an XS1100 before and really appreciates them. He is also keen on the national rally so I am happy the bike has gone to a good home.

Thank you again to all the members of this forum. It is a wonderful community filled with such enthusiastic and helpful guys.

PS: Funny/not so funny story. Literally a minute before the new owner turned up the little button from the starter some how fell out. He walked up to the garage to see me crawling around on the floor looking for it. In the end after 3 of us crawling around we couldn't find it (I think it must have got caught in the bike somewhere somehow!) Typical murphy's law. Anyway we made a quick renegotiation and all is good - except he now doesn't have a button He will be posting on the forum so make him feel welcome and if anyone has one of the buttons I'm sure he will be very thankful.

Again thanks guys!

[Tony]

Hey Steptoe - thanks for that Also a big thank you for your help and friendship. I hope we still keep in touch.

Jonesy - thanks for the offer, very kind indeed

[Jonesy]

Hey Tony you can still ride one of your other inferior bikes to the rally

[steptoe]

hi Tony, sorry to hear your leaving us, but life rolls on,, onto bigger and better things as they say, certainly bigger anyway ,

as for his bike lads,, I can vouch for it,, have ridden and tuned it, a strong quiet motor,{except for the exhaust bit of course } with get up and go, a straight frame that handles well

[Tony]

Hi Guys,
I have loved riding my xs1100, meeting up with you guys and the comradery of this forum. Unfortunately I have to sell my XS (one too many bikes at the moment). I will be putting it on Ebay in a couple of days - I want to give this forum first option if anyone is interested.

• 80 model, dark green
• QLD rego until July
• New back tyre going on this week for roadworthy
• Now has Kerker muffler
• 68k on speedo, actual is 71K as a couple of months (had to replace speedo drive unit)
• Comes with rack, but not bag
• Looking around $2 - $2.5k

More pics at:
http://s1178.photobucket.com/albums/x377/tony_xs/

If you're interested PM me or give me a call on 0407 480 663.

Again thanks to everyone on here - its a wonderful group of blokes. Tony.
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