XR75 Sticker puzzle

[kevwrx]

Huston we have a problem....
1977 XR-75 has listed in the parts manual that they came with a tyre sticker on the chain guard (left hand side of the swingarm)
Has anyone actually seen one on a 1977 XR-75

[caps 999]

never seen a new one so im unsure

[bigk]

I'm sure I've seen one Kev, a goldy color with black writing if I remember rightly.
No idea where to get one though.
Cheer,
K

[E74]

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[kevwrx]

I'm not after one Darren 

One of the forum members (Adam) is restoring his 77 model and received a tyre sticker as part of a sticker kit he purchased.
I know that the sticker exists (it's silver with black writing, same as on the right side of the swingarm), but I've never actually seen one on a bike.

The XR parts manual shows it, but I cant find any evidence that it was ever fitted to the bikes from the factory.
My question is has anyone ACTUALLY seen a 77 XR75 with a tyre sticker on it ??
I'm losing sleep over this ...

[E74]

there were two slightly different variations of the 77 model, the first shipment (model) had silver forks and the second had black forks, you may find that one of these had it and the other did not?

[cyclegod]

Does this help...



This site lists the tyre pressure sticker as being for '73-'76 models only

http://www.re-mx.com/xr75/xr75_decals.php

[Billet YZ]

Huston we have a problem....
1977 XR-75 has listed in the parts manual that they came with a tyre sticker on the chain guard (left hand side of the swingarm)
Has anyone actually seen one on a 1977 XR-75

Hi kevwrx,
               I have an XR75 1977 model that is how it left the factory and it has a tyre sticker on the chain guard attached to the swingarm, it has the black forks as mentioned earlier. If needed i can get a photo of it later in the week.  Peter.

[Hoony]

i had one of these models (K4) new, i will dig out some old slides and have an optic when i can find them.

[BETRIC]

E74
 77 XR75 came with black lower fork legs, 78 XR75 came with silver lower fork legs, K3, K4 and K5 had the tyre sticker on the chain guard, my 2 77 XR75's still have their stickers on the chain guard.

[E74]

Thanks for that but you will find the first shipment of '77 xr75's came with silver lower fork legs, I got one in october '76 from Jim Airy M/C from the very first shipment, and I wish I still had it.

[caps 999]

yes there is ine on the side of the upper rear chain guard

[Hoony]

Thanks for that but you will find the first shipment of '77 xr75's came with silver lower fork legs, I got one in october '76 from Jim Airy M/C from the very first shipment, and I wish I still had it.

i too had a 1977 K4 with silver fork legs, got mine late 1976

[kevwrx]

Darren (E74) knows how original my XR75 is, mine doesn't have a sticker and never looks like it did..
Mine is chassis number XR75 141-0666 (the devils own bike) built August 1976.
It has black fork legs, and still has the remnants of the paper sticker on the engine cases.

I've checked all the brochures and even the owners manual and guess what, no sticker.
This is getting confusing

[Adam]

Kev, thanks for chasing this up for me.

BETRIC or caps 999 can you tell me if the sticker goes on the top of the chain guard or on the side of the chain guard. I can't seem to find any photos of one on an actual bike.

P.S. I bought the  sticker on its own, from a guy in Beaconsfield Vic on Ebay but Re-MX offer the same thing in a complete sticker kit for the K4/K5 as well as the K0 through to K3.

Cheers