Goodbye, my friends!

Welp, it's done.

Just traded in the '82 XJ Maxim for a 2011 Triumph Tiger 1050 SE.

The dealer took $100 less for the XJ than what I paid for it!! I was surprised it was able to trade in at all. It wasn't even registered, that would have cost me $80.

So that means I'm no longer an XJ owner, there are some things I miss. I'm so nervous that I'll harm my bike now...before, a dent would've totaled her!! More insurance money for me!

It's been a pleasure, and I hope you all take care of your XJ's. Truly a classic motorcycle.

Cheers,
Derek

 

You don't have to leave, we like other bikes too. There's even a forum for other makes.

 

Yeah stick around

 

Don't say goodbye, just say see ya later. Now you get to tame a Tiger, looks like a nice ride. Enjoy and be safe Shipmate...

 

Yeah.....what they said. Look under your screen-name. It says "RED LINER".

That means something-- it means you've posted a whole HECK of a lot of postings.

It ALSO most assuredly means that a LOT of those posts were very useful, helpful, and insightful posts. You are a part of the collective XJ Brain. Please don't go. Just because you don't have the xj anymore doesn't mean that all your knowledge of the bike has left.

Of course, it could mean that you posted 610 posts worth of blather................but I DOUBT that's the case. LOL

Dave F

 

HA!!!! You guys are busy at night. Ok, I'll keep an eye on things, but I won't be having too many questions about the XJ. Maybe I'll have some answers though.

In the meantime you can check out my prolific blather for my Tiger here, if you'd like.

Maybe if I blathered more I'd be a wizard by now!!!

 

I wouldn't mind having a Triumph Speedmaster or Thunderbird.

 

Odds lay on someday there will be yet another XJ that sneaks it way into your life. When it does. You know where to come!

Ghost

 

Well, I hate my wife's Rebel...but she couldn't ride the XJ due to missing kickstand.

 

...probably could have got a replacement from someone on here and instructions or a tutorial on how to put it on too! :roll: :roll:

 

Definitely hang around. I'm on other forums for bikes I no longer own.

 

Yea, but then she would've wanted to ride MY bike!!!!!!! Lack of kickstand never bothered me, in fact on my new bike I always feel like the stand is just going to break and the bikes gonna tumble, plus you can use the center stand no matter which way the hill is facing!! I eventually learned how to use it like a kickstand, i didn't even have to get off the bike to put it up.

Someone had previously tried to put a replacement on there and seriously messed up the surface where it mounts, and removed the safety switches. Plus, as a daily driver, I couldn't get the down time required to modify the frame.

 

Doesn't matter if you don't have questions anymore............ you'll have answers, like you said.

Glad you're gonna stick around.

Dave F

 

I say sell the wife's rebel, and but her an xj