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[Kenzie]

Orwell Bridge

[admin]

Spotted today.


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[Sir Trev]

Did we get the CL360 in this country? I don't remember them.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

Did we get the CL360 in this country? I don't remember them.

I'm not sure we did. Very nice though.

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[Craig380]

We didn't, officially, which was a shame. I love the 'street scrambler' style, especially the Suzuki and Kawasaki 250 variants.

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I always fancied the Suzuki Stinger, a 125 twin. Similar concept with upswept pipes.

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[Craig380]

Originally Posted by admin

I always fancied the Suzuki Stinger, a 125 twin. Similar concept with upswept pipes.

They are fantastic-looking machines. I don't know if you read Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, but one of the contributors recently finished a decade-long restoration of a Stinger.

Unlike a lot of other Japanese bikes from the 70s (and Suzukis in particular, which shared lots of parts between models) almost everything on the Stinger is unique to it, which makes reviving them an almost impossible (and very expensive) task because of the short model run and lack of spares availability.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Craig380

They are fantastic-looking machines. I don't know if you read Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, but one of the contributors recently finished a decade-long restoration of a Stinger.



Unlike a lot of other Japanese bikes from the 70s (and Suzukis in particular, which shared lots of parts between models) almost everything on the Stinger is unique to it, which makes reviving them an almost impossible (and very expensive) task because of the short model run and lack of spares availability.

I pick up classic bike occasionally so hasn't seen that. I'm not surprised though it does look very different to other Suzuki models at the time.

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[Seeker]

I rode a Suzuki Stinger in my teens. It seemed slower than my Honda CB175 and my friend's Yamaha AS1. No noticeable powerband at all, unusual for a two stroke.

Rumours are that Honda are bringing back the CL model range, starting with the CL500. "Young Machine" are a Japanese website with a good record of accurately predicting Honda's forthcoming models.
https://young-machine.com/2022/03/10/293965/

[Craig380]

Outside the Raven caff near Whitchurch, this is what you do with your sidecar racing outfit when you give up racing: stick some lights on it!

It's an early 80s Ireson racing chassis with a Suzuki GS1000 motor, with Wiseco big-bore kit, flat-slides and other tuning goodies. Sounded absolutely vicious when he fired it up (his son was the passenger).