09-02-2014, 07:38 AM
(09-01-2014, 08:51 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Btw I think the bike in the picture is a CL160 and not a CL 77. The CL77 had a grab rail behind the seat, and there was much more room between the seat and tail light. Also the CL77s had chrome moulding along the bottom of the seat and the CL160s did not.
Funny thing is, I got a hankering to own another CL77 a few years ago. I had fond memories of mine. It was my first " big" motorcycle that I felt could go anywhere. So I searched one out and went to look at it. The thing was TINY! Omg I felt like a giant on the thing. I passed on the bike realizing I would never really ride it anywhere and no sense of it just sitting in my garage. Tiny I tell ya. I used to think it was so big!
I think you're right. I forgot about the smaller sibling CL160. The two bikes look a lot alike!
I know what you mean about shrinking bikes. I used to dog sit for my neighbor as a kid and often enjoyed sitting on his garage queen CL77 and making motorcycle noises. At the time I thought it was a ridiculously large motorcycle (compared to my friends' Honda Trail 50/70 bikes).
Years later, my first real bike was a KZ400. In my mind, it was a good sized bike. I sat on one earlier this year and felt like I was sitting on a monkey bike.