Twisty, I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner.
My usual ride(s) are White, Yamaha 500's or yellow, Zook TM125's. But then my XR200 powered KTM is red, in colour and motor!
The TL's with big bore kits were a blast. The TL125 became the bike it should have been. The 250 taken out to 350 was too powerfull for trials (for me) but the best play bike ever. It would climb anything! It had all the power you could need and would find traction in the worst places. I eventually found a 350 motor that had been bored and stroked to 420 (I think) but the TL was stolen before I made the deal.
I rode trials but much the same way I ride MX. Somewhere at the back of a C grade field.
I loved to pull up at the local big hill in Wgton in the early 80's (Spooky creek for any wgton kiwis) in runners with jeans tucked into my socks and no peak on my helmet. I'd stall it, and nearly fall off, next to someone on a PE, IT or such and say "Geez that hill looks pretty steep, do you reckon I'll get up there"?
They'd usually say to the effect of "no mate it's a bit too steep and loose". I'd let them go and wait till they ran out of go half way up, start the TL and ride up to where they had stopped, stop beside them and say " you're right mate, this is a c*%t of a hill isn't it", then procede to carry on up the hill! I loved doing that. Of course having 4psi in a two ply tyre and all that 4 stroke torque helped a lot.
memories................................
Brent
