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Subject: Re: Recondition an xr200 or move on?
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by: Allan Grote - Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:16 UTC

On Friday, July 18, 2003 at 9:25:42 PM UTC-7, Slingblade wrote:
> Check out http://www.xrsonly.com
> I just rebuilt my XR200 for about $400.
> Its a 1984 model and this is its first rebuild. I figure $400 every
> 20 years aint that hard on the old wallet.
> If you just like to put-put around and tractor up some hills...and are
> a laid back rider....keep the bike.
> I ride this bike often and its still fun.. if you can say the same
> thing keep it.
To those looking to race a 200 XR, this isn’t what that bike was built for! Honda has plenty of race bikes available in all price ranges, the old adage of “SPEED COSTS MONEY, HOW FAST DO YA WANT TO GO” still holds. I’ll add, if you are riding for fun, and want to have fun for years and years, buy yourself a XR200. I tidy my original XR 200 from 1983 (new bike) to October 2020, when stolen by a massive forest fire that stole everything We had, leaving only ashes.
I’m presently building 4 XR’s and finished 2 additional CT90’s for my grand kids. At my point I; life, I’ve learned a lot, but pertaining to motorcycles, speed isn’t impressive, dependability and fun rule!
My objective, Have more fun every day, you nor I will ever know how many we have!

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Recondition an xr200 or move on?	Allan Grote

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