Member Contributer bmart Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 13, 2022 (someone should start a twins thread for parallels and Vs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer tbzep Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 13, 2022 The first few bikes I ever rode were thumpers. CT-70 aka Trail 70 (neighbor's) CL-125 (cousin's) XL-75 (later neighbor's) Possibly an XR-75 but I think I remember lights and turn signals, so probably an XL. I also rode the obligatory mini-bike with no suspension and a Briggs or equivalent pull start...once. It wasn't much fun because we were on rough trails and my buddy was on a Benelli mini-bike of some sort with real suspension. I bought a TTR-90 for my son back around Y2K, but I rode it around the yard/pasture as much as he did. lol Other than the 420 Rancher, I don't think I've ever ridden thumpers, other than just sitting on a friend's KLR to see how it felt. We were going to swap rides for a little while, but he was uncomfortable with the ~500 lb weight and the pretty fairing on the VFR. I was uncomfortable with him on it too. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer St. Stephen Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Dutchy said: Dutchy, you're just jealous since my minibike was more powerful than your Gileras. 😉 I'll try to dig up a pic but I'm not sure if cameras had been invented back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 13, 2022 10 hours ago, Dutchy said: And number 3 That first photo doesn’t look like the Netherlands I visited in 2000😂 Where was that taken Dutchy ? The second photo is the Netherlands I know… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 13, 2022 Recently purchased my first single cylinder bike a new 2022 KLR Adventure, only put about 2000km on it but loving it so far. But the rumours are true it feels heavy especially moving it around the garage with a full tank of fuel. To be fair I think it’s the added height that makes it more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer bmart Posted April 14, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 14, 2022 Those are surely top heavy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 14, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Philois1984 said: That first photo doesn’t look like the Netherlands I visited in 2000😂 Where was that taken Dutchy ? The second photo is the Netherlands I know… Picos Europa mountain range south of Santander, Spain. Rode that 150cc single cilinder in that area for a week. 2,000km 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted April 15, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 15, 2022 21 hours ago, Dutchy said: Picos Europa mountain range south of Santander, Spain. Rode that 150cc single cilinder in that area for a week. 2,000km 🙂 Didn’t quite get that far on the North Coast of Spain, made it as far as San Sebastián and Bilbao. The mountains in your photo look very similar to a mountain range in the South of Spain called The Serrated Mountains (Montserrat) thought for a moment I’d picked the spot. Had about three weeks in The Netherlands (Holland😳)in 2000 and we loved it, especially the Poffertjes, ate too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted April 15, 2022 Member Contributer Share Posted April 15, 2022 I'm almost embarrassed to post that my only foray into the single cylinder world was the venerable Honda SS50 4-speed. Owned from 16 - 17 yo ('77 - '78). Sadly no photos of my beast but this is from the David Silver Spares museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 9:39 PM, SingleCylinderLife said: Wow, the size of the cylinder head on the ETZ251! And there's not even valves inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleCylinderLife Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 WHAAAT? 6 hours ago, voodoo said: And there's not even valves inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmythecop Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Got one. Looking for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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