XL 500

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Sat May 03, 14 6:31 pm

Hi
I've just collected an XL 500 pics to follow 😁
A little rough around the edges but I couldn't pass it up.
The guy said the the tank and front mudguard is off a Sebring, at least I think I caught it right as his English was a bit pigeon.
The tank must hold nearly double the standard tank
It'll make a nice little run about.
I'll go through the top end and replace the down pipes as well as there a little crusty.
But other that that it a cracker 😎

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Sat May 03, 14 6:44 pm

Excuses excuses get them pix up

They were brilliant wheelie machines

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Sat May 03, 14 6:52 pm

Same tech problem as last time 😁😁😁
Take a Bananarama! picture with the phone and it's too big to post 😤😡
Pics Soon apparently patience is a

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Sat May 03, 14 6:59 pm

Haha I'm not Dr.Kildaire

I had an XL and an XR, loved em to bits

Can't wait to see it.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat May 03, 14 7:55 pm

Yep, they were a nice chunky Monkey - I can see the attraction...

Pictures please!!

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sat May 03, 14 9:05 pm

Come on trooper. Sort them pics out !

As Ade said. They love the front wheel in the air !

db · Post by db » Sun May 04, 14 10:27 am

My mate had one- I wish I'd bought it off him it was ace

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sun May 04, 14 11:14 am

Didnt the Paris Dakkar xl have the big tank etc ?

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon May 05, 14 7:41 am

Hi

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon May 05, 14 12:28 pm

Ok another pic from above

I found some markings undernearth on one side.

Ormenimoto
Acerbis

I did a quick google check and that there calling them Desert Tanks
or Long Range Tanks.
Which is what Mossy68 had it down as 50 points to you

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Mon May 05, 14 3:24 pm

Some great memories looking at the pics. Believe it or not me and me mates would ride one 3 up !!! Still pulled like a train ( still I was about 14 and weighed about 6 stone soaking wet !!!)

Think they done a Paris Dakkar one similar to Yams Tenere of the time ?

Cool bike

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Mon May 05, 14 6:32 pm

I've only ever ridden the XL250 once, that was probably 25 years ago, so i'm looking forward to winding this one up

Parts are still available so that's good.

Depending on how long I can keep it hidden from the missis, will ultimately see how long I can Keep it

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue May 06, 14 7:36 pm

I had a really early 250, the one with the 23" front wheel, swapped it for my RD250 at college one day

That 500 looks to be a pretty decent bike, ta for postin

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Tue May 06, 14 8:18 pm

Yep.
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Steve · Post by **Steve** » Tue May 06, 14 8:24 pm

I had a really old one of these that had been totally restored....I hated it!

Lovely to look at but I just couldnt kick start her. Spat me off a couple of times and had a week off with a Bananarama! up ankle and sold it. Had a decompression lever thing, just never had the 'knack'. Electric start would have been great!

Nice looking bikes though