Let's give these bikes their own, much-deserved thread.
At our corner of the lake where my cottage was, we (family and neighbours) had a black Honda, a red Suzuki, and a blue Yamaha, like this one. Fun times, even if I almost killed myself on that Honda, lol.
This was a neighbour's bike, but I remember well how scorching hot that exhaust pipe would get.
Those Trail 90's are worth a lot more now than when they were new. Just saying.
Had to Google Trail 90s to know what you were referencing, but:
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A fun(ny) little side story: as a younger lad, I heard junior high friends talk of dirt bikes, and the differences between 125s and 250s. I assured these friends that my father must have had a 500cc dirt bike since it was suuuuuch a huge motorcycle.
But.
Come a few summer later and I finally get to see my dad's bike again . . . . and it's a 90cc Honda trail bike, lol. But when I was 4 years old, it sure seemed huuuuuuuge.
But are the Als?
iād rather own that Trail 90 than the Als right now
Sweet
This is what I was talking about. Dude's garage is packed full of these things - Like 20 of them from "sort of running" to "parts and pieces."
I had a 1965 suzuki m15 80cc back in the early 70s. So much fun for a 1st bike. Seldom drove on pavement.lol
My cottage neighbour friend's grandfather had something similar. I'm not sure the year, but it was something like this one:
We (as young teenageers in the 80s) only rode them on the cottage roads.
Mine was blu and drove it at the cottage surrounded by farm land. Freedom. Lol
The prefect urban commuter. $2500 or more for working / driving. I want one but only want to pay $300. Very cool.
Back in the day we had a Honda 55 Trail at our lake cottage, rode it til the wheels fell off. I've still got my 72 AJS Stormer 250 and a BSA Bantam sitting in my barn.
This guy lives in a small town and he used to use these things as his bow hunting transportation - short hops out of town - this guy could be in the elk or deer by running a few minutes out of town - if he got something he would come back with his teen age kids and pack out whatever he killed. Kept his gas bill for the 4WD low -
Had a little Honda 80 dirt bike as a kid. Loved it. It fostered a life-long love for me. Had quite a few street bikes plus a couple of race bikes I put onto the track. Been a while since I've ridden, but one thing I did like about BC was the backroads.
here is a sweet vintage trail beast from scotland that may or may not be on roids. early 60ās Greeves.
the fork and exhaust pipe on that thing are ridiculous
I'm not sure that one would do so well in the BC backwoods.
Give that old 60s chrome any day.
Backwoods, no. Backroads, definitely.
And yeah, my buddy's BSA Silver Star is a hoot to ride. I'd also love to have an old Triumph Triple or Manx Norton. Great to cruise about. But for sheer performance, modern technology has evolved a long way since then, and with singular purpose.
