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Rider52
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Received both inner tubes. One won't hold air. Since I bought them as a pair I had to send both back. New tubes supposed to arrive Friday. I've never received the rim strips ordered on July 9th. USPS tracking shows they have never left the Post Office in Florida. Got an "update" from the shop that sold them saying they would be here on the 23rd. Probably a load of BS since the USPS tracking number is still stagnant in Florida. While waiting I ordered a second set of rim strips on the 15th. They arrived from another shop in Florida the next day. I honestly can use two sets of 17" rim strips but I don't have much hope of receiving the first set ordered.
About 10 years ago my father and I went to a snowmobile show in Toledo Ohio at a place called Honda East. Back in the corner of their used bike department sat a black Honda ST1300. I know that is it far from what most young mid 20's guys would be after, but the idea of a sport tourer was pretty cool to me. Even at that point in my life, I liked to ride a lot of miles, but neither the sport bikes nor the metric cruisers that I had owned or ridden to that point were REALLY all that good at munching miles and bikes that were good at it (like Goldwings or Harley Baggers) really didn't do much for me. At the time, ST1300's were still seeming to command $6k-$8k on the used market which put them out of the cycle of possibility for me to own.
Since then, I have looked at them on and off, but never really was in the place to buy. The personal life has taken a few hits in the last few years, which led me to sell off my daily rider bike (F800GS BMW) and was somewhat in the market again, and the ST1300 became the short list bike to search for.
I found this 2005 model on Facebook Marketplace just North East of Detroit. It has extremely low miles for what the bikes are known to do, (roughly 23,500 miles). It also has a nice Corbin seat and Givi Monolock box. It's my least favorite color of the lineup, but for the price, I couldn't pass it up. Rode home from Detroit after work on Tuesday, and even though I may be the only dude that hasn't gone grey riding one, I really like it, and think it will end up being a great machine for my riding needs.
Since then, I have looked at them on and off, but never really was in the place to buy. The personal life has taken a few hits in the last few years, which led me to sell off my daily rider bike (F800GS BMW) and was somewhat in the market again, and the ST1300 became the short list bike to search for.
I found this 2005 model on Facebook Marketplace just North East of Detroit. It has extremely low miles for what the bikes are known to do, (roughly 23,500 miles). It also has a nice Corbin seat and Givi Monolock box. It's my least favorite color of the lineup, but for the price, I couldn't pass it up. Rode home from Detroit after work on Tuesday, and even though I may be the only dude that hasn't gone grey riding one, I really like it, and think it will end up being a great machine for my riding needs.
Maritime
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Nice
NSNickName
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Picked this 1977 XS360 up for restoration.
Maritime
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Nice!
I've always liked those XS360's
Maritime
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@NSNickName if you end up needing some stuff from Mike's XS X USA and shipping to the Valley is crazy high I can pick stull up in Houlton ME for you and send it via the bus for usually $20. I know someone in Toronto that did one of these and there was some parts he could only get on the US side of Mike's XS and I did the same for him. His thread is here, Shamus is his name.
NSNickName
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Thanks Maritime. I may take you up on that, but I seem to have everything I'll need. I would however like to find an xs400 top end and cams for it. I have the lightweight crank and second gen block in this machine. It would still look original, but make a little more, and I'd have something unique.
Maritime
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Cool
Rider52
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@NSNickName I hope you can save the paint. I believe the design was done by Molly Design aka Paint by Molly
I'll say that it doesn't roll as easily as I'd like, probably the rubber conveyor belt pieces I've got on the floor. It is easier to move by pulling it w/ an old ratchet strap, kinna' like a dog leash so that's what I'll do. It's still better than trying to move it around, back and forth, back and forth to get it into the right spot or turn it around.
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@Rider52 Absolutely, I'll be keeping the original paint. It's in really good shape. There are some spots, (mostly over the yellow) where the clear coat is flaking. I'm not sure if I want to try to scuff it and re clear or just lay the wax to it. Thoughts?
