1976 Honda Xl100

When I was 14 I was blessed with a 1976 Honda XL100. One of my fathers friends had it in his shed and it had been there for quite some time. When we brought it home, it would not start, needed new tires, new seat, new gas tank, you get the picture, It needed rebuilt essentially from the ground up.

That is exactly what we did, rebuilt it from the ground up,. Like I mentioned earlier, I was young, so my help was not much. But I enjoyed the time with my dad.

I can remember when we were waiting on the gas tank to come in, it had to be ordered and back then, there was no amazon or next day air, or online sales, it was go to the Honda dealer, hope they could find one and wait.. and wait.. While we were waiting, my dad pulled the big square gas tank off a rototiller, and strapped it on the bike. After a carburetor rebuild and a make shift tank, It was the first time we had it running since we brought it home.

My dad, got it all put back together and I eventually got my Motorcycle License. These are some great memories. Having the memories from this "endure" street legal motorcycle are some of my fondest memories as a child.

My dad did not really want me to get on the Big Roads, he was ok with me riding it around in the neighborhood, but not the main streets. However, he would go out of town a lot. With that said, my mother, bless her heart, loved loved loved "Eddies Steak House." Back then it was in Oklahoma City. My mother would send me to Oklahoma City down old Highway 66 on my XL100. (top speed 50 mph with wind at my back down a hill.)

Needless to say, to this day, I have some very fond memories of this old work horse endure. As I have gotten up in age, I have given up the Super Sport bikes, never really got the feeling I could live with out a road bike. so when I got ready to buy another bike this past year, I went back to the DRZ400. It is a fun bike, even though it is not really good at one particular thing, it does bring that grin across my face like i was 14 again.

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