Opinion question

[ivers]

just for curiosities sake.....
what does everyone think of the Yamaha XS1100?

does anyone have one? or has anyone had one in the past?

[alan hawke]

G'day ivers i had a 1978 XS 1.1 about ten years ago great bike wish i still had it .
Cheers Alan.

[Dougal]

The 1100 yam was a good bike, but damm heavy. It fealt even heavier than the wing, but I seem to remember it was quite a bit quicker. Maybe there is a forum similar to this one for those that own them.

Dougal

[Dougal]

Just found this site.

http://www.xs11.com/forum/

Take a look

Dougal

[ivers]

for anyone interested in the forum Dougal mentioned,
i am a member there and i can tell you it is a well ran and very informative place.

[Bandanna]

XS1100 EH..........

EXCELLENT MACHINE.......

had one years ago,but as dougal said,they were heavy.........

but make an AWESOME TRIKE..............

safe riding......................ALL

[quakeholio]

The XS was part of a interesting "little" click. It was part of the early super sport bikes of the late 70's and early 80's. Some of the other notable bikes in the category are the Honda CBX, Kawasaki had a inline six as well. Then on the bank of just big bikes was the GS1000 and the GS1100.

I own a GS1100E and they are an impressive bike. The bike is a rev freak, it loves to climb that lader fast. It's also big on the power, more power then I need. I tapped into that power a bit to far once, and it scared me.

The goldwing was just not part of that group of bikes. The wing was aimed more at the cruser and touring market, where the other bikes were aimed at sport ridders. As proof do some research an GS1100 drag bikes.

[Dougal]

You are right on this, the wing was never part of the above set of bikes, it was way better
Just for info, when the GL1000 was first tested by a magazine in the UK (Bike Magazine), it was one of the quickest bikes of its day. I seem to remember 135 mph, which puts it up with the Kawasaki Z1. Acceleration wanst quite so good though, due to the test rider having problems stopping teh rear wheel from spinning

Dougal

[Victorious1]

just for curiosities sake.....
what does everyone think of the Yamaha XS1100?

does anyone have one? or has anyone had one in the past?

I had 2 1982 XS1100's one brand new in 1982 and the other in 1986.

The new one had been bench flow ported, the carbs were precision tuned and it had a 4 into Kerker pipe. What a torque monster, the front wheel could lift like an H2 Kawi and the highway speed 5th gear roll on power was like feeding electricity to a 100 horsepower electric motor, smooth, steady and so exciting. It was incredible how hard that bike could pull in 5th gear at cruising speed. Too bad that bike got wrecked when a drunken driver pulled out in front of me on the highway. That explains why I got another in 1986, but, sadly the second bike just didn't have the guts that the first one did and I didn't feel like going through all the effort again so I sold it shortly after I got it.

Too bad the Wing engine didn't have some of that awesome midrange torque. Oh well, shift down a few gears, make her rev and the Wing goes but it certainly is a lot more comfortable and practical than the XS1100 and the looks of the Wing are still great today unlike the XS which tends to look a little dated today.

Vic