Hi newbie from uk

[Eveready1100]

My fork tubes arrived today!! Just like new. Thanks a heap Carl. Now I can get the old girl more back to her original state.

Thank You XS11.AU

[spanner1954]

hiya bro, nice to see ya made the crossing down under ROFL . could do with brian putting some emotiocons lol. respect bro .spanner.

[vulture]

Hi Fred

I am afraid i shamelessly tried to get my bike to look like one of the other uk members (i like his bike so much)

Anyway ,,, In that picture it did look ok ,,, i was really happy then ,,, i took it out in the mud and rain for an MOT and it sat for a while ,,,dirty ,,,,  the powder coat laquer strated peeling ,, i never got the fairing fitted nice or painted ,,,had a few issues with the bike ,,it was a rush job in the end as i built it to then use on a european rally ,,ran out of time Mot'd 2 days before i left for the trip to France and Germany ,,anyway ,,, i got so fed up i tore it apart in the end ,,now i got another bike to mess with  I did enjoy it and got great memories and had great times with it ,,i used it for a 40 mile trip to work for a while in all weathers with a Martini Fairing on it ,,ended up hating the sight of the flippin thing 

[Fred]

G'day mate,

welcome to the brotherhood.

Love the work you did to make "The Vulture"

Outstanding

[vulture]

 


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and you will see why you are famous 

[Eveready1100]

How the? What the?? Famous??
Please explain.

[steptoe]

there'yre  Errol,,,,,,,,,,not sure how it happened, but  your famous mate 

[vulture]

Hi Everready ,,,ahhhh  so you are Steptoe's famous neighbour 

[fungorus]

Glad to help Eveready1100........by the way they are on their way......

[Eveready1100]

Gidday Gaff.
           Welcome to the Aussie site. I'm Steptoes' neighbour (40 klms away) and seeing he's not online at the moment, I thought I'd just jump in and say hello. here's been a few Uk fellows logging on to this site lately which is really fair cos we spend a fair bit of time on the UK site too. It's all part of the master plan to ensure the survival of the species,eh? I think my bike would have been history by now if it wasn't for all the tips and advice gleaned from these sites over the years.
    I had an E model 25 years ago which was a great bike till it got nicked. Only problem I had with it was the damned fuseholders melting. Wasn't any internet around then so I used 4 inline fuses to replace the original box. Worked a treat.
   Current ride is a 1979 SF Special which is just about to get the front end rebirthed thanks to another member from tassie who supplied me with some new fork tubes to suit. Probably wouldn't have sourced them over here if it wasn't for this site.
     Anyways, enough yakking. I'll leave you in peace to have a bit of a look around.
                                                                                                   

[vulture]

Hi

My names Gareth aka Vulture / Gaff / Gaffer im about 40 odd now

This place looks like it is growing faaast  (good work Christian )

I live along the river severn english / welsh border not far from the bridges

I have had 2 or 3  XS1100 ,,first one was a 1979 USA SF Special (loved that bike )
2nd one was a bitzer uk 2h9 i rebuilt ,,the others were just bits of incomplete wrecks

Now tho i have a 5K7 Sport ,, it just came along at the time i was looking for another XS
slowly gathering up bits for it ,,before i strip it and re-coat the frame etc ,,, gonna be a long
time happening this one i feel ,,,

Anyway ,, just thought i'd say hello ,,, as i know a few of you allready ( so bein polite ,,not like me hey lol !!) and as Christian has done such a good job gettin this up and running as well ,,

Look forward to finding lots of new people like Steptoe on here ,,,,

Might come back and post a couple of pics here soon ,,

Gaff

This
is my 79 SF i had known by some as the Salmon









This was my Standard 2h9 effort i built called it the Vulture ,,







This is my bike now 5k7 sport





I will do a bit to it ,,see if i like it ,,,but hanker after another 79 Special so will have to see how it goes ,,,