Bollocks!

**old git** · 25th October 2008, 10:16

It had to happen one day...................the old girl has had a terminal seizure... after 28 years of good hard riding and over 5 laps of the planet...i think the poor old girls crank has parted company in the centre....shes been a bit smokey too in the last 10 000.
I'm going to write to that nice Mr Yamaha and ask if he'll find me a new lump for a well loved and rather used XS1100 ...after all....when i got the old girl on 2nd Aug 1980 the advert said
"A BIKE FOR LIFE"....i've still got the ad, and i'm still alive.......Christ its only done give or take 340,000 k's...........I'M PISSED OFF........GOING TO THE PUB......................Who can lend me $25K ish for another toy, as my other is in bits awaiting surgery.

**gijoe1313** · 25th October 2008, 10:22

The bike is dead, long live the bike! Thats some pretty good going for the ol'girl ... I guess it was feeling its age and just wanted a bit of a rest!

**Bonez** · 25th October 2008, 10:22

Should've bought a Harley mate

**MSTRS:Me** · 25th October 2008, 10:25

Only 340,000 kms? No wonder you are pissy. I'd be wanting my money back too.

**old git** · 25th October 2008, 10:25

Dear Bonez.......................I'D RATHER WALK...............I have never seen a Harley used..........let alone done any serious milage.

**Dooly** · 25th October 2008, 10:30

Fuckin hell, thats poor. They'll have to cover it via warranty!

**old git** · 25th October 2008, 10:33

I'M starting a petition to Mr Yamaha........if everyone will sign it perhaps he will cave in and give the old girl a new lease of life......after all look at the amount of good advertising i've given him in 28 years.

**Ocean1** · 25th October 2008, 10:36

Originally Posted by old git

I'm going to write to that nice Mr Yamaha and ask if he'll find me a new lump for a well loved and rather used XS1100 ...after all....when i got the old girl on 2nd Aug 1980 the advert said
"A BIKE FOR LIFE".

Ah, dude, what Mr Yamaha had in mind was the statistical likelihood of his fine machine killing you, thus fulfilling his contract at pretty much exactly the agreed time.

You're not playing the game right.

**dipshit** · 25th October 2008, 10:39

Originally Posted by old git

on 2nd Aug 1980 the advert said
"A BIKE FOR LIFE"....i've still got the ad, and i'm still alive.......Christ its only done give or take 340,000 k's...........I'M PISSED OFF........GOING TO THE PUB.....................

That was in the early 80's..! They probably figured most 1100 owners would have killed themselves within 24 months.

So therefore the ad was quite accurate.

**raftn** · 25th October 2008, 10:40

Just check............it might still be under warrenty! Its worth a try........

**dipshit** · 25th October 2008, 10:43

Originally Posted by Ocean1

Ah, dude, what Mr Yamaha had in mind was the statistical likelihood of his fine machine killing you

Snap!

**pritch** · 25th October 2008, 10:47

By all means write to Mr Yamaha san he might want your bike for his museum...

**manicmedic** · 25th October 2008, 11:11

Saw something like this before .... a mate tried a similar thing in the UK (similar advert - bike for life) and was told that he needed a full dealer service history ..... imagine the cost of that! How many new bikes do you recon you could have bought since '80 if you'd paid for that lot.

How many times do you recon that crank turned around?

Manic

**Subike** · 25th October 2008, 12:23

Will you be wanting to source another bottom end?
If so i will ask my mate Darrel if any of the XS1100 bottom ends he has are serviceable. And a price.