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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17784 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #15 - 12/01/17 at 05:00:18 oldNslow wrote on 11/30/17 at 17:14:42: underbone in plus size: https://rideapart.com/articles/honda-x-adv-scooter-crossover-adventure-beast The awful soundtrack in that Honda video is bad enough to keep me from buying one!
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Reply #16 - 12/03/17 at 09:15:01

MMRanch wrote on 11/30/17 at 18:48:52:

Hay ! ... Look what I found !!

https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cm185t-twinstar-1979-z-usa_model7279/info/
0 to 60 mph in only 12 seconds .... I think the old Honda CL175 was a little quicker ?

It was a Fun machine

And you're dead on. The CL175 was a poor "dirt bike", but a real hellion for mixed riding conditions, from freeways to logging roads. Oh, BTW, the spec sheet I found for the CM185 said top speed was 57.5mph. It's the ".5" that sells it.

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #17 - 12/07/17 at 12:05:03 The specs I read said top speed 75, and hp not 10 but 17. single carb aside( it made the bike easier to tune and cut cost) ,it's a twin with 185cc ,I'm thinking that 17 hp is more likely than 10. With a shorter stroke ,and higher red line,I think 75 mph might be true.(even the cb 200 made 20 hp)
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Reply #18 - 12/07/17 at 14:36:17

Sometimes I think I'd like to have something like a old 250 street legal dirt bike , but then I don't need the up-keep hassle. I've had the idea of finding a DR200 for some time now but ain't done it yet ... it might be about 17HP ?
Kind of think , instead of getting a Coleman 200 scooter I should have just got the DR then ... might just get one anyway when the January credit card bills come due and all those used bikes get posted on Ebay ! Grin

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #19 - 12/09/17 at 20:29:35 MMRanch wrote on 12/07/17 at 14:36:17: ... might just get one anyway when the January credit card bills come due and all those used bikes get posted on Ebay ! Now here's a bloke with his finger on the pulse!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5716 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #20 - 12/09/17 at 23:15:18 Well , Thank You Very Much IslandRoad , I do try to think ahead as far as possible ! I suspect you must do the same .
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #21 - 12/13/17 at 00:12:33 MMRanch wrote on 12/09/17 at 23:15:18: Well , Thank You Very Much IslandRoad , I do try to think ahead as far as possible ! I suspect you must do the same . Sometimes to a fault!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5716 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #22 - 12/13/17 at 09:10:25 IslandRoad Did ya put a dual purpose tire on the Savage or do ya got a second bike ?
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Reply #23 - 12/15/17 at 16:33:15

batman wrote on 12/07/17 at 12:05:03:

The specs I read said top speed 75, and hp not 10 but 17. single carb aside( it made the bike easier to tune and cut cost) ,it's a twin with 185cc ,I'm thinking that 17 hp is more likely than 10. With a shorter stroke ,and higher red line,I think 75 mph might be true.(even the cb 200 made 20 hp)

Here's the reference:
https://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/honda_cm_185_t_1979.php
The 250cc Rebel is closer to what you quote.

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Reply #24 - 12/15/17 at 18:25:41

Happydan , You may be correct ,but you can look at the same place (bikez) and find that the1981CM-200T is rated at 17 hp only 19 cc's larger (buy making the stroke longer-.10 inches) they made a 7 hp increase, and these are the kind of numbers that I had expected to find in the 185T ,guess it took Honda a while to wake up. the 185 is rated @7500 ,the 200 @ 9000rpm ,so I think the 185 may have had a bit more hp than what it was rated for.

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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #25 - 12/17/17 at 22:59:08 MMRanch wrote on 12/13/17 at 09:10:25: IslandRoad Did ya put a dual purpose tire on the Savage or do ya got a second bike ? I wonder if that question was meant for someone else?
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Reply #27 - 12/18/17 at 21:11:17

There are so many bike of so many kind , I've had dirt bikes and I think the most favorite was a Honda XL 200 - but it wasn't street legal so I got rid of it. Those semi knobby tires drift sideways on pavement so easy its fun and predictable .
IslandRoad , I thought you might be a man of two or more bikes . So , I was kinda asking about your other bikes.

Sorry for any confusion ...

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Reply #28 - 12/18/17 at 23:05:05

MMRanch wrote on 12/18/17 at 21:11:17:

There are so many bike of so many kind , I've had dirt bikes and I think the most favorite was a Honda XL 200 - but it wasn't street legal so I got rid of it. Those semi knobby tires drift sideways on pavement so easy its fun and predictable .
IslandRoad , I thought you might be a man of two or more bikes . So , I was kinda asking about your other bikes.

Sorry for any confusion ...

Ah! Now, I see Grin

I would love to be a "man of two or more bikes" ... alas, starting late, and the restriction of circumstances, dictate that my journey is going deeper rather than wider, at the the moment.

In the last year I have really developed a love of riding, and also a deep appreciation for the heritage of all the classic styles that people on here emulate in their builds (cafe racers, bobbers, trackers, choppers etc).

For now I'm making the most of my one little bike, and it's own special character.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5716 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: What were they thinking? Reply #29 - 12/20/17 at 11:23:34 For now I'm making the most of my one little bike, and it's own special character. IslandRoad , you hit the nail on the head with that one , These LS-650's got as much or more Character than any other bike I've ever had ! I've got three bikes and the LS is still the first choice for 90% of my ridding.
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