mikes@tekgvs.UUCP (Mike Seckora) (07/26/85)
Sorry for not getting back with the dirt bike comments but I have,
one of those, " get it done by this date or heads will roll" dead
line. It will be nice to work a regular 9 hour days and have the
weekends off again.
To Doug Williams comment about Tires going flat. I saw, in one of
the dirt bike mag.s, of a steal belted Knobby (sp). I can't remember
which one but it was about 2 years ago and they were very expensive
(over $100). Have you checked with companys that sell ice racing tires?
Or do you have tube locks installed on your tubes? Tube locks
prevent your tire from ripping the tube from the stems.
I use to live in Centre county in State College Pa.(2 years ago) and
enjoyed the riding there.
I have a 83 XL200R, 81 XR200R, XR200 and 76 TL250 Hondas.
The XL200R is my favor because of very flat power band and it is
a very easy, nonfatiguing riding motorcycle. On a muddy hill the
XL200R (with trials tire) has a better chance of making it up
the hill than the XR200R (with Knobby) because the power comes
on so slowly that the tire doesn't spin, but the power for the
XR200R come on so quickly the Knobby spins and loses traction.
Its amazing the power differance between the XL200R and the
XR200R, it's like Clark Kent and Superman. Where the XR200R
Explodes with power for blasting up the trails. I'll ride the
XR200R when I get squirrly.
The XR200 is just like the XR200R but with different shocks.
The TL250 feels like a tractor for traction when I test road it.
I haven't taking it to the trails yet so I don't know if it will
do better than the XL200R for hill climbing. Also the TL250
has loud wineing (sp). I don't know if it normal cam chain
wine (Ripple) or bearing noises. Does any one oun a 76 TL
250 with this noise.
Michael Seckora
Tek Labs
Beaverton OR.
Happy Trail to you.
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