Come on, there's nowt wrong with an XL175.Originally Posted by F5 Dave
Curmudgeon
Come on, there's nowt wrong with an XL175.
Bevelhead Dinosaur
...that being squashed by a piano won't fix
=mjc=
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Curmudgeon
They were pretty good in their day....that being squashed by a piano won't fix
Gary Wendt won the National Enduro Title on bored out XL175.
All my mates had Xl175K1's, I had a Suzuki TS185.
The Suzook was faster in a straight line but in the forest there wasn't much between them.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
I learnt to ride on my sister's xl185, which is somewhat different sure, but neither are pretty in a Norton kind of way.
I'd prefer a TS250M over all 3.
Until I rode one I'm sure, but that pipe guard is something.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Bogeyman
The abuse mine took trying to keep up with my mates on their TS185s was amazing, the tacho would regularly point to Nippon Denso. I did put three pistons in it though.
Sweet handling wee thing, and the couple of xtra hp I wrung out of it via a cam and compression improved it no end.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
Bored Room
I had a SL 125 with a XR200 motor in it....whoopie.
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Anorak
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What then if not the bike the dudes Butt?
The XL175 is an weirdly odd honda orphan nothing much in common engine wise with anything else that i have seen
looks more half a CB350/360 than any of the other singles
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Um, still the Norton, but don't let me distract you from what catches your eye.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Anorak
Neither comandos or dudes buttts do, a manx or a nice 650ss maybe
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Bored Room
Moving on from fantasy land.
Another fine Commando, met reserve at 13K so realist price.
Usual non bidder tyre kicking matching numbers questions.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...f9bbc9e387bb31
only 64K on Trade Me, great value for the 40minutes you can use it 4 times a year at CMRR events.
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Low personal B.M.E.P.
Move South...Better circuits, in use more often.Moving on from fantasy land.
only 64K on Trade Me, great value for the 40minutes you can use it 4 times a year at CMRR events.
That said, any race bike sold ex Auckland has to be viewed suspiciously. Don't care who's selling it.
Many years of observation - and being caught personally once - leads me to believe it's a different mindset ooop there.
My standard advice now is to only believe half the claims - and strip the bike immediately on arrival....
Bored Room
Don't say that, I'm probably listing my 72 ( ish) BMW race bike soon as hanging up leathers.
But hanging onto the R65 one that I bought of 'Bruce" in ChCh as it goes quite well.
Auckland mindset...I'll have to ponder that over my trim while latte and organic carrot cake.
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Bored Room
Suzuki RE5
Love the dash.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...8129a1921143b8
Anyone actually owned/ridden one of these?
Back in the day stories of TS 185's do not count.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
Curmudgeon
Meh.
Back in the day stories of TS 185's do not count.
I'm not wasting any TS185 stories on anyone who can't make up his mind between a Norton and an RE5.
Anyone with that level of mental illness can make up his own stories, far better than mine...
Bored Room
If its quirky I like it, but only in a " thats interesting" rather than " I want" sort of way.
Once upon a time I rode a Honda 150 2 up from Saigon to Hanoi..... Honda Fighthawk, but rule #1 of Fighthawk Club was no talking about it.
DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.
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