Who Here Likes Single Cylinder Bikes?

(someone should start a twins thread for parallels and Vs. 

The first few bikes I ever rode were thumpers.

CT-70 aka Trail 70 (neighbor's)

CL-125 (cousin's)

XL-75 (later neighbor's) Possibly an XR-75 but I think I remember lights and turn signals, so probably an XL.  

I also rode the obligatory mini-bike with no suspension and a Briggs or equivalent pull start...once.  It wasn't much fun because we were on rough trails and my buddy was on a Benelli mini-bike of some sort with real suspension.

I bought a TTR-90 for my son back around Y2K, but I rode it around the yard/pasture as much as he did.  lol

Other than the 420 Rancher, I don't think I've ever ridden thumpers, other than just sitting on a friend's KLR to see how it felt.  We were going to swap rides for a little while, but he was uncomfortable with the ~500 lb weight and the pretty fairing on the VFR.  I was uncomfortable with him on it too. lol  

3 hours ago, Dutchy

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Dutchy, you're just jealous since my minibike was more powerful than your Gileras.  😉

I'll try to dig up a pic but I'm not sure if cameras had been invented back then.

10 hours ago, Dutchy

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And number 3

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That first photo doesn’t look like the Netherlands I visited in 2000😂 Where was that taken Dutchy ? The second photo is the Netherlands I know…

Recently purchased my first single cylinder bike a new 2022 KLR Adventure, only put about 2000km on it but loving it so far. But the rumours are true it feels heavy especially moving it around the garage with a full tank of fuel. To be fair I think it’s the added height that makes it more difficult.

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Those are surely top heavy! 

8 hours ago, Philois1984

That first photo doesn’t look like the Netherlands I visited in 2000😂 Where was that taken Dutchy ? The second photo is the Netherlands I know…

Picos Europa mountain range south of Santander, Spain.

Rode that 150cc single cilinder in that area for a week. 2,000km 🙂

21 hours ago, Dutchy

Picos Europa mountain range south of Santander, Spain.

Rode that 150cc single cilinder in that area for a week. 2,000km 🙂

Didn’t quite get that far on the North Coast of Spain, made it as far as San Sebastián and Bilbao. The mountains in your photo look very similar to a mountain range in the South of Spain called The Serrated Mountains (Montserrat) thought for a moment I’d picked the spot. Had about three weeks in The Netherlands (Holland😳)in 2000 and we loved it, especially the Poffertjes, ate too many. 

I'm almost embarrassed to post that my only foray into the single cylinder world was the venerable Honda SS50 4-speed. Owned from 16 - 17 yo ('77 - '78). Sadly no photos of my beast but this is from the David Silver Spares museum.

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SingleCylinderLife, 3/28/2022 at 9:39 PM

Wow, the size of the cylinder head on the ETZ251!

And there's not even valves inside  :wink:

:wacko: WHAAAT?

6 hours ago, voodoo

And there's not even valves inside  :wink:

Got one. Looking for more.