Member Contributer bmart Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer Posted April 13, 2022 (someone should start a twins thread for parallels and Vs. Quote
Member Contributer tbzep Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer 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 1 2 Quote
Member Contributer St. Stephen Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer 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. 1 1 Quote
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer 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… Quote
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted April 13, 2022 Member Contributer 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. 2 Quote
Member Contributer bmart Posted April 14, 2022 Member Contributer Posted April 14, 2022 Those are surely top heavy! Quote
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 14, 2022 Member Contributer 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 🙂 Quote
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted April 15, 2022 Member Contributer 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. Quote
Member Contributer Skids Posted April 15, 2022 Member Contributer 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. 3 Quote
voodoo Posted April 17, 2022 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 Quote
SingleCylinderLife Posted April 17, 2022 Author Posted April 17, 2022 WHAAAT? 6 hours ago, voodoo said: And there's not even valves inside Quote
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