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One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's #151175 04/20/21 07:54 PM
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Hi everyone,
I am UK owner of 2 of these bikes currently.
At 66 yrs old and struggling a bit with the weight of todays adventure bikes i sold my 2018 Crf1000l during the lockdown and after quite a few months searching for a nice Serow i found a bike at an importers. i actually rang about another Serow but that had been sold already. A long story cut short i bought a limited edition bike that he had apparently tucked away for himself.

Whilst waiting for the bike courier van to deliver this 1995 225W 4JG model i was still getting notifications of Serows for sale and bought another Serow as well The second bike is an earlier one from 1987 and is a 225S 1KH. This 87 bike is only showing a little over 5 thousand kilometres from new and looks it.

1987 https://photos.google.com/album/AF1...ipNs4eZ75EGCZD-vIsCkQGTXurIUpcac_jImbce5

1995 https://photos.google.com/album/AF1...ipO9FdfcncGDXz4ua1RobkXoQmJMZ237oPvXAPK1

I think the 1995 bike is a 10th year Anniversary Limited edition Japan only model to celebrate 10 years of Serow production so has a few enhancements

I also own a RE Himalayan to hopefully do longer trips on instead of torturing the Serow

The lightweight Serow is going to be carried on my Motorhome rear rack when i need to cover a few days.away (i hate camping)

Well that's me introduced and raring to go and search through this forum and then ask all the stupid questions?

Ian

Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151176 04/20/21 08:02 PM
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Welcome! I’m not having any luck viewing your photos, but I’ll bet they’re nice bikes. I hope you enjoy them, and the incredible wealth of information on this site. Someone on here has most likely “been there, done that”. I’ve gotten a lot of useful information and I think you will as well.


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Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151177 04/20/21 10:59 PM
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Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151181 04/21/21 03:37 PM
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Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151184 04/21/21 04:45 PM
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Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151187 04/21/21 07:00 PM
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Welcome. By CRF1000L do you mean the Africa Twin? I would have to have a tall step ladder to even get on one of those, and would not be able to touch the ground after I did. I am 62, and have severe arthritis, bad knee and hip joints, among several other things. I have to stand on something at least 6" high to even get on a Serow/XT225. I really like the Himalayan, and considered buying one. I have a 2013 Royal Enfield B5 Bullet, converted to an Amal carb using a kit from Hitchcocks. But I decided that at my age and in my condition I probably don't need to be buying any more bikes, especially tall ones.

I was unable to see your pictures because I don't have a google account.


The above is my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
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Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151188 04/21/21 07:48 PM
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Welcome to the XT world. At 65 and traveling full time in an RV in the US I have traded up and down from our original XT's. Now I am in search of another XT.

Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151202 04/25/21 06:35 AM
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/yQQ27PobzeSTNQga8 does this link i created show a bike?

Ian

Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151207 04/25/21 03:10 PM
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Yes it does sir, and it’s a beauty! Don


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Re: One old'ish rider, Two oldish bikes, both XT225's [Re: scotsy] #151213 04/25/21 07:17 PM
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thanks Don, here's one from today
https://photos.app.goo.gl/t4FnESwV4DakQMM78

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