The history of Suzuki's PE175 1978-1984

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Here is my look back at Suzuki's fun and feisty 175 Enduros from the late seventies and early eighties.

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Electro21 10/24/2020 7:13am
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That's cool! My first bike was a 1978 PE 175.
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Thanks
I had a 1982 Pe 175,I loved it
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I broke my PE's frame in 11 places.

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wildbill 10/24/2020 10:35am
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I traded my 66 Chevy 2 Nova for my 80 PE 175. Stupidest thing I've ever done. Most fun too.
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wildbill wrote:
I traded my 66 Chevy 2 Nova for my 80 PE 175. Stupidest thing I've ever done. Most fun too.
But you gotta admit, usually the most fun things we have ever done, they tend to have a decent amount of stupidity attached to them somewhere!
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Dirty Points 10/24/2020 11:49am
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I had an '82. Such a well-balanced, nice handling machine with good suspension and motor. Build quality was definitely inferior to both the ITs and KDXs I owned though.
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I welded it up, and put 17.5" Honda shocks on it. It definataly looked like a late 70's works RM.
inthebadboycorner 10/24/2020 12:56pm
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I had an 1980 Pe175, it was a great bike to venture from my 125 on the mx track into the bush, I think mine already had a modified pipe.
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Me racing a PE with some RM parts in a VMX meeting. Going ok until frame broke.

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Racing my PE 175 Z, in 1983

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backinthesaddleagain 10/24/2020 3:53pm
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Mine bent the chain adjuster posts on the swing arm. A couple beads of weld fixed that weak area.
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tblazier wrote:
Here is my look back at Suzuki's fun and feisty 175 Enduros from the late seventies and early eighties. [embed][/embed]
Here is my look back at Suzuki's fun and feisty 175 Enduros from the late seventies and early eighties.

Blaze!! Please take a look at the Barnfind 1974 Yamaha MX125 thread I started....I know the MX125 wasnt as performance oriented as the 74 YZ125 but wanted to know your thoughts on the 74 MX125 from Yamaha.

Link to my post

https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/WOW-Barn-Find-and-Killer-D…
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Tonynz wrote:
Racing my PE 175 Z, in 1983 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/10/24/455744/s1200_E214EE95_F2D0_42C0_B7C5_5367E361A816.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/10/24/455743/s1200_3DA30B23_4AC5_4747_A247_907F57AC5455.jpg[/img]
Racing my PE 175 Z, in 1983

Dang,

Wringing the poor little thing pretty hard there aren't you?

Looks like it had a "turbo boost" button on it
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My best friend had a 175 at 16 years old and I was 14 and we rode that thing to parties from Miami to Daytona.
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Back in the day you could race one in the 125 class it used to be 100 cc school boy and 125to 175 cc was the class
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FLmxer wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/10/25/455969/s1200_Screenshot_20201025_110204_Google.jpg[/img]

Huh? I don't get it?
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FLmxer wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/10/25/455969/s1200_Screenshot_20201025_110204_Google.jpg[/img]

tblazier wrote:
Huh? I don't get it?
My buddies 175 was his first transportation with lights and plate and we rode it all over south Florida with me on the back but also he rode Lockhart stadium practices sometimes too with out me on the back though. Lol That's just a picture of us cruising at our best.😁
profeshenal125 10/25/2020 7:12pm
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I used to check a off road riding book out from the library, that had pe Suzuki,s in it. This 10 yr old thought the XL 100, was groovy also. Yeah I know I was tall enough, for a bigger bike. Polish farmer I worked for, couldn’t handle anything bigger.
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backinthesaddleagain 10/27/2020 1:42pm
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profeshenal125 wrote:
I used to check a off road riding book out from the library, that had pe Suzuki,s in it. This 10 yr old thought the XL...
I used to check a off road riding book out from the library, that had pe Suzuki,s in it. This 10 yr old thought the XL 100, was groovy also. Yeah I know I was tall enough, for a bigger bike. Polish farmer I worked for, couldn’t handle anything bigger.
Always thought those XL were cool looking.

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