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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Doggie 1 on April 08, 2016, 06:58:16 PM
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I haven't been on here much lately and when the nationals were held in W.A., I was overseas at the time.
But after much procrastination, I have finally bought an ST to keep my CB400 company.
It's a 1990 ST1100, frame # *****000045, so I presume the 45th manufactured.
184,000 kms, good service history, clean as a whistle, rides very nicely - $2400.
I'm not going to do any RTEs just yet as I'm the first to admit that I'm not that confident, firstly because I'm not that tall and secondly because prior to buying my CB400, I'd been off bikes for decades.
I think slowly, slowly is probably best.
So please don't think it's because I'm anti-social, it's just that I want to get used to the bike and I don't have much time to ride anyway having recently started a new business. But I certainly hope to in the future.
Here are some pics of the latest acquisition.
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Good one Doggie, interesting frame number.
A lot of members ride to RTEs independently so if it is group riding that you are not keen on at this stage just turn up by yourself and say hello.You are also welcome to come on the CB400.
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Congrats on the "new" bike Doggie :hatwave
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Nice to hear.
As Glen said do as most of us do and ride by yourself. The RTE location as the meeting point takes the pressure off the less experienced in trying to keep up with the more experienced in a group. You can always ride the 400 or bring the car to an RTE if you're not comfortable with the 1100. I stepped up from a CX500 to the 1100 and into commuting from day 3 of owning it. Left work on a Friday on the 500 and turned up at work Monday with the 1100 though I did have 900km up riding it home from the seller.
1990 - might just make Classic age I think. Might be the 45th one for Australia for that year. Month and year of manufacture should be on the compliance plate near the top rivet. Check mine here. http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031 (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031)
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Nice to hear.
As Glen said do as most of us do and ride by yourself. The RTE location as the meeting point takes the pressure off the less experienced in trying to keep up with the more experienced in a group. You can always ride the 400 or bring the car to an RTE if you're not comfortable with the 1100. I stepped up from a CX500 to the 1100 and into commuting from day 3 of owning it. Left work on a Friday on the 500 and turned up at work Monday with the 1100 though I did have 900km up riding it home from the seller.
1990 - might just make Classic age I think. Might be the 45th one for Australia for that year. Month and year of manufacture should be on the compliance plate near the top rivet. Check mine here. [url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031[/url] ([url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031[/url])
I will have to check the month and year of manufacture on the compliance plate.
Do they have different numbers for each market (eg Australia, Europe, USA, etc) or is the frame number just a sequential number regardless of where the bike will be sold?
The VIN on this one is JH2SC26U6LM000045.
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Nice to hear.
As Glen said do as most of us do and ride by yourself. The RTE location as the meeting point takes the pressure off the less experienced in trying to keep up with the more experienced in a group. You can always ride the 400 or bring the car to an RTE if you're not comfortable with the 1100. I stepped up from a CX500 to the 1100 and into commuting from day 3 of owning it. Left work on a Friday on the 500 and turned up at work Monday with the 1100 though I did have 900km up riding it home from the seller.
1990 - might just make Classic age I think. Might be the 45th one for Australia for that year. Month and year of manufacture should be on the compliance plate near the top rivet. Check mine here. [url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031[/url] ([url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031[/url])
I will have to check the month and year of manufacture on the compliance plate.
Do they have different numbers for each market (eg Australia, Europe, USA, etc) or is the frame number just a sequential number regardless of where the bike will be sold?
The VIN on this one is JH2SC26U6LM000045.
I did a VIN search here http://www.cmsnl.com/ (http://www.cmsnl.com/) and the results are:- The U in the VIN code is for Australia and yours is in the range given for us. The VIN numbers look to be computer generated in sequence for any given market but the bike is not necessarily produced in sequence.
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Nice to hear.
As Glen said do as most of us do and ride by yourself. The RTE location as the meeting point takes the pressure off the less experienced in trying to keep up with the more experienced in a group. You can always ride the 400 or bring the car to an RTE if you're not comfortable with the 1100. I stepped up from a CX500 to the 1100 and into commuting from day 3 of owning it. Left work on a Friday on the 500 and turned up at work Monday with the 1100 though I did have 900km up riding it home from the seller.
1990 - might just make Classic age I think. Might be the 45th one for Australia for that year. Month and year of manufacture should be on the compliance plate near the top rivet. Check mine here. [url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031[/url] ([url]http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=8678.msg101031#msg101031[/url])
I will have to check the month and year of manufacture on the compliance plate.
Do they have different numbers for each market (eg Australia, Europe, USA, etc) or is the frame number just a sequential number regardless of where the bike will be sold?
The VIN on this one is JH2SC26U6LM000045.
I did a VIN search here [url]http://www.cmsnl.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.cmsnl.com/[/url]) and the results are:-
Thanks. The engine falls within that range so I'm happy it's the original engine. I actually did some checks on that before I bought it.
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Bring the 400 definatley I'd like to look closer at that one :like
OK, might have to do that.
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Great to see folk still buying high mileage STs. Not many people (me included) will buy them with that many kays up, but I know there are good ones out there with another 100 thou still to run, and there very affordable.
And it's also good to see you managed to beat Onesie to an 1100. You have to be quick to do that. :grin
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Good one Doggie, enjoy your new ride :clap :clap
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Congratulations on the new bike Biggles
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Great find Doggie1. I have a 1990 ST1100L, frame # 103. See if you can find out when the cam belt was changed, if it has been. Should have been done around 140,000 kms. If you can't verify it having been changed, I would do it sooner rather than later (I know from experience, sadly) to avoid a costly top end rebuild. Otherwise they are still great, mine has 225,00 kms on it and the 1100PY has about 215,000 kms on it, so they go forever.
Also if you have trouble with the seat height, I have a modified dual seat that is lowered about 45mm which is available if you want to try/buy it.
Anyway, have fun with the STeed and let us know if you need anything.
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Great find Doggie1. I have a 1990 ST1100L, frame # 103. See if you can find out when the cam belt was changed, if it has been. Should have been done around 140,000 kms. If you can't verify it having been changed, I would do it sooner rather than later (I know from experience, sadly) to avoid a costly top end rebuild. Otherwise they are still great, mine has 225,00 kms on it and the 1100PY has about 215,000 kms on it, so they go forever.
Also if you have trouble with the seat height, I have a modified dual seat that is lowered about 45mm which is available if you want to try/buy it.
Anyway, have fun with the STeed and let us know if you need anything.
Thanks Grumpy, I'll certainly be finding that out and I'll bear it in mind about the seat, although I think the standard height will be ok for me. I'm short but not that short. :grin
Unless it's already been lowered because the guy I bought it off was a bit more vertically challenged than me.
Nice to know the kms on yours too. This one certainly seems to run beautifully.
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well done on your purchase, it still has the rubber around the top of the windscreen so it may have been well looked after
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well done on your purchase, it still has the rubber around the top of the windscreen so it may have been well looked after
Thanks.
It certainly looks to have been well looked after.
The last three owners have all been "mature" owners but I don't know how many owners it has had since new.
There are a couple of names in the books that I got with it so I might contact them at some stage to try to fill in some of its history.
There are a couple of marks on the paint and a bit of wear here and there, but for twenty six years old it is in nice condition and so far (early days), I'm very happy with it.
It seems like an awful lot of motorbike for the dollars.
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I tried to take a photo of the compliance plate but had a bit of difficulty.
I think it says 5/90 but I'll try again in daylight.
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I tried to take a photo of the compliance plate but had a bit of difficulty.
I think it says 5/90 but I'll try again in daylight.
5/90 works for me too.
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There is not much to work with in the image, and a better focus might be useful. It appears to be a single digit. The digit does not appear to be a vertical stroke so 1, 4, 7 can be eliminated. The digit does not appear to have a closed loop the same form as the 9 or the 0, so 6, 8 and 0 can be eliminated. There is no flat bottom so 2 is out.
That leaves 3, 5, or 9 and a photo in sharp focus and higher resolution might provide the answer.
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There is not much to work with in the image, and a better focus might be useful. It appears to be a single digit. The digit does not appear to be a vertical stroke so 1, 4, 7 can be eliminated. The digit does not appear to have a closed loop the same form as the 9 or the 0, so 6, 8 and 0 can be eliminated. There is no flat bottom so 2 is out.
That leaves 3, 5, or 9 and a photo in sharp focus and higher resolution might provide the answer.
I've played with saturation, contrast, brightness to try and tickle more detail out of it to no avail. A high resolution image might help.
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I've played with saturation, contrast, brightness to try and tickle more detail out of it to no avail. A high resolution image might help.
When the pixels ain't there, there's nuttin' to find!