Yeah, def makes sense for you. My backpack is generally all I need on a daily basis, but I don’t carry much.
I’m honestly not a fan of the CTX’s riding position, forward pegs feel unnatural to me (sorry, cruiser bros). The upright CN I think I’d like more…although if you ride scooters, you might be used to it.
The automatic transmission is actually more efficient if you can believe it. It’s not a typical automatic…it’s a dual clutch system (like you would find on cars) that shifts just as you would, but faster. It still has all the gears and everything and there is a satisfying shift “feeling” when it shifts. There’s a more aggressive “sport” mode that keeps in gear longer and a manual mode where you can control the gearing with buttons.
It’s all very neat, but I like my bikes the way I like my cars: manual. It’s part of the riding/driving experience.
I had bikes from the time I learned to ride a bicycle. When I first met my wife I taught her to ride and she gradually made it up to a 650 Hawk GT. Then the kids came along and pretty soon I was selling off my last bike, a CBR1000F (but I bought a boat the same day, didn’t want to risk the fun money mixing in with the bill money).
Last spring (almost 20 years since I sold the CBR) my son bought these.
So I started thinking it’s time to start riding again.
This spring he sold the Shadow and bought a Harley, definitely time to start riding again so I found a nice clean Valkyrie.
No kids, he and a few of his friends pitched in for the TTR then cut some trails through the woods behind my house, they spend hours taking turns on the thing. I was amazed when I first rode that little bike, 4 strokes have come a long ways.
I like the mini-bikes too, brings back memories. I really like the little spring above the lower triple tree on the orange one.
Wow and I was only jesting. Hotted up Briggs & Stratton. I suppose theres another whole world out there on these engines, a bit like the loonys here. :laughing:
Yeah you can spend however much you want.
“Speed costs money, how fast do you want to go?”
My Rat bike is not crazy hopped up, but enough for a little fun.
Anyway, the thing I like about the mini bikes is the older ones have no titles so when you buy or sell them there are no additional fees.
I don’t know what the transfer fees are in your country but here in USA, PA they have all just gone up. More $ to fix the roads they say, yet the roads remain crap.
Does your postal service still use the Honda’s?
Postie bikes I think you call them.
Thanks and love this thread.
They still use a version of the 110 now but its a little different to what they were. Fuel injection, electric start and a low pipe are the biggest difference I have seen. I cant believe they never went for a disc brake on the front.
Heres a picture of the new prototype postie bike complete with super charger being speed tested at Lake Gairdner a few years ago.
Picked this up a couple of months ago. Just rolled over 1000 miles. Next on my mod list is a KLX headlight with an HID retrofit and a 39 tooth rear sprocket.
My first bike 1984 KX80. I was 15 in 1985. I raced BMX bicycles prior to the MX.
@ 16 in 1986 and Licensed to Kill I got Dads old 1973 CB360 and almost succeeded in killing myself. Dirt clod in a corner at night wearing shorts and a T-shirt. I was prolly 5Lbs lighter from skin and blood lost. No broken bones or additional DainBramage. Rebuilt the bike and rode it for a few more years. It was Green before the wreck and I found an NOS tank in red and red side covers. That was a fun bike and perfect for someone my age and mentality. Bike is still in the barn at my Dads, with a worn clutch and bald tires.
Random pic, not mine. Just learning the tank I put on it is 1975. Same as Pictured here.
Got a little older, 20 in 1990. I bought this from a co-worker for $2000
1985 Kawasaki ZL900 Eliminator. I still have it and I an still alive despite what everyone thought. It’s still worth more than what I payed for it. But 3000 miles on a rear tire got expensive. Could smoke the rear tire in 1&2 while carrying the front wheel 8in off the ground. Very fun bike, if going straight.
Also bought this in 1990. Not running mostly complete. Luckily I never got to working on it at that age. This is my last restoration project.
1971 Kawasaki H1 500.
3 cylinder, 2 stroke with drum brakes. New kind of fun for me and lucky I waited over 20 years to get on this thing.
Paint is original, but the surface of everything else has been refinished. Engine and trans I went over myself. Also laced new aluminum Takasago Excel rims myself.
Yup, shorts and a T shirt again. And now Helmets aren’t required in my state.
Thanks,
Some ZZZZZing makes me Feel young again.
But Sheeesh, never paid $50 for a bolt before that restoration project. Or seeing distributor caps selling for $250+. And the same gas cap I have sell for $300. Had mine done and running in 3 months. Just in time for summer 2012.
Yamaha 1974 “Cat” TY250 trials bike I had back in 1978. Wish I still had it.
1987 Yamaha Radian 650 I scavenged from a friends backyard who wrecked it 10 years earlier. I put it all back together buying ebay parts over a period of two years.
A 1978 Suzuki 400 given to me in non-running condition. Fixed it up, rode for a year and sold it.
Your son must have kids as well or is the TTR125 for someone else?
