Fork gaiters are cheap to buy and install. The Canadian Peso makes it a bit expensive for what it is, just like the Tu250. Still, more choice is better.
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Suzuki Van Van
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Fork gaiters are cheap to buy and install. The Canadian Peso makes it a bit expensive for what it is, just like the Tu250. Still, more choice is better.
bigpoppa
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Truer words have never been spoken.
Yeah, but if I didn't say it somebody else would've
I was going to say you should try to my 125 but I think this thing actually has a lower seat than mine.
I'm okay on the cbr125, I just don't like the riding position. Between my gut and my back, I'm in pain after a few minutes.
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RS125 is more aggressive. Think the seat might be higher, too, but it's been awhile since I sat on a CBR125R.
That's what I thought until I tried to put them where they didn't belong. T'was nary a lip. The slippage was real and almost instantaneous.
Morrissey
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How tall is too tall, Joe? Yamaha Virago 1100 had a 25" or 26" seat height if I remember correctly. Plenty of gut room on one too!
Here's a descent review from England of the Van Van going head to head with the new Grom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmRcBjNt7N4
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Test rode one before I bought my Shadow. It was good for height, and rode nice, just didn't feel right.How tall is too tall, Joe? Yamaha Virago 1100 had a 25" or 26" seat height if I remember correctly. Plenty of gut room on one too!
Here's a descent review from England of the Van Van going head to head with the new Grom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmRcBjNt7N4
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Morrissey
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As someone who lives in "cottage country" and spends a lot of time in several cottage areas, no, you can't still do that. What used to be REAL cottages are now summer homes that are nicer than mine. City folks with city money have moved up here and brought their need for rules, regulation and by-laws with them. Johnny Law is on the look out for any and all infractions and will fine you accordingly. There was a time when the rules up here were lax and you could get away with a lot as long as no one was getting hurt, but not any more.
Get north of the the Sioux and maybe its a bit more flexible, "cottage country" rules have put the clamps on anything with a motor, be it bikes boats or sledding anything that moves better be plated or stickered and insured if it leaves your own property.
I guess those days are gone now and they will never be back.
I was trying to find a picture of our RV but I'd have to go through boxes of old photos, but it looked this, same color and everything
The styling hasn't changes a lot in 40 years
I feel old now
That's a neat looking machine. Incidentally, that tire tread pattern looks as fresh today as it did back then. No wonder the S. Koreans can manufacture a tire, send it over seas, thru a chain of handlers, thru multiple distribution centres, down the highway delivered to my back porch taxes included for around $100. And everybody's happy.
Iceman
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That's awesome. I had a 76 ts400 2t. That thing tried to kill me many times.Looks like a TS Suzuki from the 70's.
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sundin4prez
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I love the look of the bike, and I feel this would be a perfect bike for kids to learn on.
I have/had grand intentions to buy a bike like this to give to my sister when she turns 17 to putter around town or store up at the cottage so that she can hang out with friends and what not. Unfortunately, insurance costs destroyed that idea; the cheapest quote that I could find for a 125 and a 17 year old was 7.5k. NUTS
I have/had grand intentions to buy a bike like this to give to my sister when she turns 17 to putter around town or store up at the cottage so that she can hang out with friends and what not. Unfortunately, insurance costs destroyed that idea; the cheapest quote that I could find for a 125 and a 17 year old was 7.5k. NUTS
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