cowpuc Posted January 24, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 24, 2015 I know I am really pushing the edge on posting this here BUT,, considering what our beloved Ventures mean to us and how much fun we have yapping about em - I thought maybe this one would inspire some good ol Watering Hole chit chat.. THIS THING IS SO PURRRDY IT IS HARD TO LOOK AT WITHOUT TEARING UP!! 1981 yahama v max 1100cc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted January 25, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 25, 2015 She sure is a peach! Never seen one fully dressed though. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that an XS1100? They had one at the stealership here for 3 grand... I didn't even make them an offer I will some day make it my own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted January 25, 2015 She sure is a peach! Never seen one fully dressed though. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that an XS1100? They had one at the stealership here for 3 grand... I didn't even make them an offer I will some day make it my own! Indeed Cha, it an XS1100 BUT,, check this out!! VentureRider.org - 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbjman Posted January 25, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 25, 2015 Anybody else on here have an Eleven? I'll show you mine if you show me yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted January 25, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 25, 2015 Ah yes the way back machine. I had a mid 70s KZ750 with the Windjammer fairing and lowers. I added saddle bags and a trunk. I have no old pics of that bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted January 25, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 25, 2015 Indeed Cha, it an XS1100 BUT,, check this out!! VentureRider.org - 1981 So do you think that the XS1100 owners are always giving first gen Venture riders crap for having the "tuned down machine" kind of like you dirty old first genners do to us Second Gens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) So do you think that the XS1100 owners are always giving first gen Venture riders crap for having the "tuned down machine" kind of like you dirty old first genners do to us Second Gens? If I had that purdy, REAL 1st Gen, 81 Venture it WOULD be the fastest Venture on the site AND I WOULD make sure that everyone knew it, including any imposter who claimed his 83 to 93 Venture was the real 1st Gen!!! One Dirty Ol 1st Genner:backinmyday: Puc Edited January 25, 2015 by cowpuc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted January 25, 2015 Share #8 Posted January 25, 2015 If I had that purdy, REAL 1st Gen, 81 Venture it WOULD be the fastest Venture on the site AND I WOULD make sure that everyone knew it, including any imposter who claimed his 83 to 93 Venture was the real 1st Gen!!! One Dirty Ol 1st Genner:backinmyday: Puc Let's go half on it! You can have it every other weekend:missingtooth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted January 25, 2015 Let's go half on it! You can have it every other weekend:missingtooth: No way Cha,, egotism is to selfishness what winning is to racing,, its all or nothing Wait a minute,, that might work,, how bout I get it when its running and you get it when its broke:think: Hmmm,,, I get for 6 months and you get for the other I am beginning to feel like a divorce attorney here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted January 25, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 25, 2015 Hahaha I think I better get a prenup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted January 25, 2015 Hahaha I think I better get a prenup! :crackup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm482 Posted January 26, 2015 Share #12 Posted January 26, 2015 The 1981 Venture had a 6 gal. fuel tank. The std xs1100 78-80 had 5 gal. tanks and the Specials had four gal tanks I bought a new 81 special and put 42K on it. The day I picked it up there was a new 81 XS1100 Venture setting next to my special. At the time the special just looked so much cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted January 26, 2015 The 1981 Venture had a 6 gal. fuel tank. The std xs1100 78-80 had 5 gal. tanks and the Specials had four gal tanks I bought a new 81 special and put 42K on it. The day I picked it up there was a new 81 XS1100 Venture setting next to my special. At the time the special just looked so much cooler. Isnt it funny how now that we are older we suddenly realize how cool the stuff we thought was icky back than really was way cool!!! MM, those XS11's were flier's,, I think they were close to 100 horse stock AND they were a LOT lighter than our Ventures.. What do you think,, if a guy had one - tune it up so it ran right,, give these modern day Ventures a run for their money?? I had a real pretty 78 650 Special that I bought brand new from a dealership in Scottsville Mi back in 78, loved the bike - road it out west.. Than I won a 78 1/2 Harley Low Rider in a drawing on a Power House job site (working for Local 169, Boilermakers out of Detroit) and sold the Yam.. Those Specials (650, 3 cylinder 750's and the 1100's) were cool bikes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poledar Posted January 26, 2015 Share #14 Posted January 26, 2015 It looks a lot like my 1979 XS1100, except I had Pacifico fairing and luggage on it. Had to change the seat within hours of my first ride away from the dealer. Called from the road and screamed bloody murder...(actually was my BUTT screaming!) those original seats were for eternity but not for comfort. Had the bike for 5 years and loved every minute of it. STRONG motor, fun times....of course I was a LOT younger in those days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted January 26, 2015 It looks a lot like my 1979 XS1100, except I had Pacifico fairing and luggage on it. Had to change the seat within hours of my first ride away from the dealer. Called from the road and screamed bloody murder...(actually was my BUTT screaming!) those original seats were for eternity but not for comfort. Had the bike for 5 years and loved every minute of it. STRONG motor, fun times....of course I was a LOT younger in those days! THAT is a fact Poledar!! I always said those early bikes saddled like a 2/6 with a blanket tossed over it!! Remember the early water seats:big-grin-emoticon: that we strapped over em for comfort? Like a flat rectangular whoopee cushion with tie strings to hook onto the seat? I was touring out west with one covering the saddle on my 73 650 and had it sprang a leak.. Would have been funny except it took me a month to get over the monkey butt I ended up with from riding in soaked jeans.. Those were the days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted January 26, 2015 Share #16 Posted January 26, 2015 I don't feel like bikes today (or anything for that matter) are as cool or just generally as neat as they used to be. Very few bikes currently on the market that attract my attention. My dream bike that would be new would be an XJR1300. Which is still a throw back to the air cooled in-line fours of old... Really think sometimes I was born in the wrong generation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm482 Posted January 26, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 26, 2015 Isnt it funny how now that we are older we suddenly realize how cool the stuff we thought was icky back than really was way cool!!! MM, those XS11's were flier's,, I think they were close to 100 horse stock AND they were a LOT lighter than our Ventures.. What do you think,, if a guy had one - tune it up so it ran right,, give these modern day Ventures a run for their money?? I had a real pretty 78 650 Special that I bought brand new from a dealership in Scottsville Mi back in 78, loved the bike - road it out west.. Than I won a 78 1/2 Harley Low Rider in a drawing on a Power House job site (working for Local 169, Boilermakers out of Detroit) and sold the Yam.. Those Specials (650, 3 cylinder 750's and the 1100's) were cool bikes!! With out a doubt the XS1100 was a faster ¼ mile bikes. In a high gear roll on the XS would leave the Venture in the rear view mirror. They had about the same HP, minus 200 lbs, and were geared lower. Earl PS, I have five XS1100s now, three with titles and two partsbike. 78 XS full dresser (title) 80 XS Special (title) 81 XS Special (title) I bought it new in 81 and sold in 1990and bought it back in 1995 81 XS Special parts bike 80 XS Standard parts bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbjman Posted January 26, 2015 Share #18 Posted January 26, 2015 With out a doubt the XS1100 was a faster ¼ mile bikes. In a high gear roll on the XS would leave the Venture in the rear view mirror. They had about the same HP, minus 200 lbs, and were geared lower. Earl PS, I have five XS1100s now, three with titles and two partsbike. 78 XS full dresser (title) 80 XS Special (title) 81 XS Special (title) I bought it new in 81 and sold in 1990and bought it back in 1995 81 XS Special parts bike 80 XS Standard parts bike PICS!!!! Here's my '79 Special. Fairing with lowers, radio, Full Luggage, Heel-toe, floorboards. Bought as seen in pics, it had been sitting for 7 years. I rebuilt the carbs, changed the oil, and it runs, but i still have to go through everything else when I get a round tuit. Haven't ridden it yet. When I get it on the road I won't razz any '1st gen' owners. (Or shall we say gen 1.1?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm482 Posted January 26, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 26, 2015 PICS!!!! Here's my '79 Special. Fairing with lowers, radio, Full Luggage, Heel-toe, floorboards. Bought as seen in pics, it had been sitting for 7 years. I rebuilt the carbs, changed the oil, and it runs, but i still have to go through everything else when I get a round tuit. Haven't ridden it yet. When I get it on the road I won't razz any '1st gen' owners. (Or shall we say gen 1.1?)[ATTACH=CONFIG]96683[/ATTACH] You have one nice looking 79, my 78 is in need of a total rebuild. I have posted picturs before, not working today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm482 Posted January 26, 2015 Share #20 Posted January 26, 2015 81 back in the eighties and the 78 that I picked up a few months ago. Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbjman Posted January 26, 2015 Share #21 Posted January 26, 2015 Nice, MM, your pics make me say MMMMMM! Especially the second one; has two of my favorite things: motorcycle and chicken/barbeque! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm482 Posted January 26, 2015 Share #22 Posted January 26, 2015 This is an 80 XS11 I helped my son-law fix up a couple years back. It had 22K, but had not been on the road for ten years. Earl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 26, 2015 Share #23 Posted January 26, 2015 i have an 1100 if any body is interested in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted January 26, 2015 PICS!!!! Here's my '79 Special. Fairing with lowers, radio, Full Luggage, Heel-toe, floorboards. Bought as seen in pics, it had been sitting for 7 years. I rebuilt the carbs, changed the oil, and it runs, but i still have to go through everything else when I get a round tuit. Haven't ridden it yet. When I get it on the road I won't razz any '1st gen' owners. (Or shall we say gen 1.1?)[ATTACH=CONFIG]96683[/ATTACH] 81 back in the eighties and the 78 that I picked up a few months ago. Earl This is an 80 XS11 I helped my son-law fix up a couple years back. It had 22K, but had not been on the road for ten years. Earl WOW!!! Gorgeous scoots you guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 26, 2015 Share #25 Posted January 26, 2015 i have an 1100 if any body is interested in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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