4eight0wagons
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I want to share my bikes and build ideas with you guys. They are a pair of 1980 Yamaha XS1100 Midnight Specials. I'll just give some background info. My father-in-law was having a scraper come look at his bike, and I talked him out of it. He bought it brand new in 1980 and it had sat in his barn since 1987. He parked it running. Not much rust and workable. I have heard that these bikes are rare, (two built by Yamaha for every dealership in the U.S.). Not crazy rare but not an abundance of them running around. I figure parts would be impossible and I wasn't entirely wrong. So, I decided to sell some of my extra's and was contacted by someone wanting to get rid of one. He said he didn't want it anymore and it was ridden just a year or two ago. He dropped the bomb on me that he only wanted $250 for it. So, I now have two "RARE" bikes in my garage for a mere $250 bucks. Now, I don't know if one will run, but with two complete bikes here I think I can make one out of two. I know a lot of people want them brought back to originality, but I didn't like how they looked originally so I will include my Photoshopped idea. I haven't done much more than just tinkered on bikes so it is going to be a learning process, but what do I have to loose. Any and all advice is welcome. Enjoy!!
Oh yeah the name of this project is called Beyond Thunderdome because the bikes remind me of Mad Max.[ddd
Oh yeah the name of this project is called Beyond Thunderdome because the bikes remind me of Mad Max.[ddd
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