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[quote][/My time line must be off a bit. I thought you would have been riding a big wheel in the '60's.

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Don't remeber big wheels in the 60's, I had a sting ray though with monkey bars and a banana seat :neener:

My first road bike was a 1973 Yamaha RD350, to me the style of the 60's and 70's bikes were the true standards. It could have been my youth and that was why the one piece seat wasn't a pain, or it could be my age now, and I just don't remember how it felt. O_o

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One other factor from our youth: Many of us weighed a "bit" less when we were in our 20's.

The things we did in our youth: How about riding a 120 mile trip (one way) on the interstate in the mid 70's on a Honda CL175 ? There's no way I would consider that today. My current weight would "crush" the seat! But back then I didn't have the financial resources to easily have other means of better transportation.

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Let's see......40 extra pounds on the frame......NO extra pounds in the "seat pad"...... no, that couldn't be a factor. :biggrin:

I think the "springs" might be a little rusty too !! :cry:

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[quote="rusty rider"][quote][/My time line must be off a bit. I thought you would have been riding a big wheel in the '60's.

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Don't remeber big wheels in the 60's, I had a sting ray though with monkey bars and a banana seat :neener:

I remember that sing ray only mine had a 3 speed shift also.

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[quote][/qI remember that sing ray only mine had a 3 speed shift also.uote]

If I remember right that 3 speed shifter was made to look like a speed shift in a muscle car, and it was on the bar right below the boys. :cry:

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The things we did in our youth: How about riding a 120 mile trip (one way) on the interstate in the mid 70's on a Honda CL175 ? There's no way I would consider that today. My current weight would "crush" the seat! But back then I didn't have the financial resources to easily have other means of better transportation.

Man I never thought about the weight factor, that is a very good assessment (sic?)
Also in the 2nd half of the 70's Smiling Jimmy Carter had made the speed limit 55 mph, and in Indiana it was enforced with an Iron Fist. I hear you on the financial resources and having to ride motorcycles, boy that $1 gallon gasoline sucked. :whistle:

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Hep thats where it the shift was, and the bike also had hand brakes..

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Okay, so now that I have been able to get a look at the new Tu 250 I am wondering. It does look very much like the 97-99 that I found on Google. The only major difference is fuel injection and a cat converter. May be that Suzuki has created a bike for North America fueled by high gas prices. A taller economical bike for taller riders who don't want to buy a larger bike to be comfy. Should make their bean counters happy by selling an already built bike and adding FI which they already have on many machines. Sounds like a win-win situation.

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http://www.suzukicycles.org/TU-series/G ... cker.shtml

According to that page, this bike gets 128 MPG at 37 MPH!

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Just so you know, the single exhaust port will allow the implementation of the aftermarket exhaust systems that exist for this engine acorss the pond. If a company doesn't decide to import these products, at least there is now a place to get them, for those who are interested.

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I'd be happy to drop the cash to shoehorn fuel injection on my gz. I can't seem to get my carb right. seems to be rich at low rpm and lean at high rpm.