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Those are just too pretty. I don't think you ever rode them?
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Those are just too pretty. I don't think you ever rode them?
Wow, a leading-link front suspension too.Mine was a tossup between a Yamaha 80 Step-through similar to this but red and a 1950 Chevrolet Pickup. Got the bike from my Uncle and it had a carpeted tray on the back for his dog. Learned to ride in the Nevada desert. Drove back to Washington with the bike stuffed in between the seats of my Parent's van. It was a blast to ride.
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I take it you're referring to motorcycles in particular, because motorized vehicle could be a car, a motorcycle, an airplane....really any thing that can transport stuff and is powered by some kind of motor.
So for me, it was when I was a teenager.
My brother, who was in the service in those days, had a Honda TL125 and he shipped it home in 3 boxes when he was getting ready to transfer from Yokota to McChord.
This would've been about 1978.
No place to really ride it, fortunately my parents had a big yard, so I just putted around there.
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Dean
P.S. - I asked my mom how we got home from the hospital after I was born and she said a friend picked her up (my Dad wasn't home when I was born), but she doesn't remember what kind of car it was.
It had off road tires and did pretty good on logging roads and trails.Wow, a leading-link front suspension too.
Classic!
Wow, a leading-link front suspension too.
Classic!
TTR 250, Rincon 650 and a old 600 Powder Special (snowmobile).Martini,
What are you currently riding?
Dean
Nice collection.TTR 250, Rincon 650 and a old 600 Powder Special (snowmobile).
I'm looking, off and on, for a WR 400 or similar enduro / dual sport.
Front and rear tire sizes were the same, but the rear on one of them was a knobby. The sprockets (which I still have) were a bolt on, that went over the original sprocket, moving from something like a 40 tooth to a 72, I think, and was held in place by 4 bolts with washers.
Oh, how interesting.
Do you know if that sprocket was a mod you could get from the factory, or an aftermarket item?
Elvis
I don't know, I never looked into it. Interesting that both of mine were modified like that. I suspected it was aftermarket, but just don't know. I try and remember to take a picture of one of them and share it on here. I took them off because I was primarily riding them on the street, and it dropped their top speed from around 45-50MPH (50cc) and 55-60MPH (90cc) to about 35MPH on both. The definitely climbed hills better with those sprockets though. With those removed, the gas mileage was great. It seems like it was something like 150MPG on the 50 and 110 MPG on the 90. I think the factory specs were closer to 200MPG and 150MPG, but I'll have to look those up to be sure.Oh, how interesting.
Do you know if that sprocket was a mod you could get from the factory, or an aftermarket item?
Elvis
To switch from low to high speed on early Honda's.you had to switch the sprocket and chain, but in 1968 Honda redesigned the transmission and all you had to do is throw a lever located under the foot shift lever.
Come to think of it,...A Montgomery Wards lawn mower...