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Offline gregwaits

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XR100 Honda
« on: May 01, 2007, 04:27:13 PM »
I have been approached by a guy who has a 1982 Honda XR100. The head was ported and from all reports, this little bike can scoot! At 220 lbs I told the guy there is no way I could ride it without dogging it but he swears he rides it himself and it does great  - and he weighs 260!

I had a cool little SL100 in high school. Those were my Walter Mitty years when I thought I could be competitive against 2 strokes on the dirt tracks. Oh well, I had fun.

And now this bike pops up. He only wants $300. I am thinking I can't go wrong. If nothing else I could give it to my daughter (and piss off my ex wife) or at least have it here for her to ride when she is visiting.
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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2007, 06:11:44 PM »
I've got a great deal on a top end kit for an XR70 in the Free Parts listing in this forum. Anyone interested in it before I sell it on eBay?
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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2007, 08:49:52 PM »
If I had land nearby to ride them on, I'd own a fleet of XR100's.  I got hooked when I went to a dirt track school and they used them for training bikes.  My reaction was the same -- those things are too damn small.  After a few laps of tight oval and TT tracks, I was hooked.  They make like 8 horsepower, but it's amazing to see what professional roadracers can do on one of those little monsters.  Luckily, you can do incredibly stupid things (like trying to follow a pro racer) on them without hurting yourself too bad.  They handle abuse from crashing really well.  Once my 2 year old masters her tricycle, she's getting one.  Of course I may have to borrow it from time to time.

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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2007, 08:53:07 PM »
I learned to drive a motorcycle on an '71 SL175. What's the difference between the SL and XL/XR bikes?
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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2007, 07:14:18 AM »
hell,buy it just to piss off the ex.
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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2007, 09:47:25 PM »
SL are all twin and XR are all singles I believe.

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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2007, 02:24:42 AM »
Any XR100 is worth well more than 300 bucks around here if it is in reasonably good shape.  They don't stay for sale for long before somebody snaps them up.
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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2007, 08:00:25 AM »
SL are all twin and XR are all singles I believe.

That is true on the 350 and larger but it doesn't hold true on the smaller bikes. The SL100, 125, 175 and 250 were all singles
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Re: XR100 Honda
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2007, 08:01:38 AM »
SL are all twin and XR are all singles I believe.

That is true on the 350 and larger but it doesn't hold true on the smaller bikes. The SL100, 125, 175 and 250 were all singles

No, my SL175 was a twin.
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