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Offline ricakk

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xl 175
« on: May 20, 2009, 08:45:00 pm »
Does any one happen to have a kick starter for 1973 XL 175
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Offline Nathan S

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Re: xl 175
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 08:50:49 pm »
No spares, but I'm interested in knowing why you want one.... (and I mean, beyond the really obvious "I have an XL175 without a kickstarter").

I thought I was the only XL175 weirdo here.
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2009, 06:02:30 pm »
Love them, got one for my daughter to ride.
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2009, 05:59:03 am »
Just thought I would say something to bring it back to the top
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2009, 09:30:49 am »
Probably regret this....but I found this from a looong time ago. ::)
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2009, 09:37:24 am »
Are they as gutless as the mag tests of the day claimed?
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2009, 09:48:52 am »
Don't think they were as bad as made out....serious. ;D They were a "trail bike" not a racer. I do remember Trail & Track reporting on how well they jumped...........and boy did I test out that theory....to the point the front downtube ended up breaking.  ::)
There was quite a few of 'em around our way at the time.
All in all, as my first bike I had a ball on it.
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2009, 09:50:08 pm »
+1.

Mine was a typical paddock bike - but it always went far better than anyone expected.

Stripped of the road gear, it wasn't all that heavy (lighter than a DT250A in the same spec, I reckon), nice and slim between the legs, good throttle response, steered nicely... Not a lot left to complain about, really.

I guess they're one of those bikes that works well as a package - doesn't do anything particularly well, but everything makes sense and encourages you to explore the (trail bike) limits.
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2009, 01:34:05 pm »
Always thought they looked a bit like a xr 75 but bigger
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Re: xl 175
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2009, 01:54:18 pm »
The all time classic XL175 was owned by a bloke named "Rattles" Randall, a Bilpin feral who raced in the early days of VMX. He was the consumate fiddler who managed to get 320cc of his XL175. Bilpin legend has it that he used a CR250 Elsinore 2 stroke crankshaft and some weird road bike rod. Not sure what piston he used but you could see the weld build up between the fins. I rode the bike at Condo one year and it flew but quickly ran out of puff if you didn'y keep the throttle pinned, sorta like a really fast, ported 125...hardly my riding style. It looked like a stock 175 except for the Elsinore 125 wheels.  I ran into him at CD5 and he threatened to come back racing it again but so far that hasn't happened.
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