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Not sure, I think the 185/200 has the same case/frame mounts (as well as the 100/125). I doubt the 250 will fit, I bought a crankshaft for one thinking I could graft it into the XL I had a few years ago and it's a lot bigger. I was also looking at the Chinese clone engines at that time as...

Powroll used to offer head mod and needle bearings for the camshaft. You might try megacycle cams, they still do that type of work for old hondas. I don't see the XL-175 listed in their catalog, but it's similar to what they do. Boretech might be a good place to buy pistons, etc.

I had one of those orange XL-175s, bought it brand new. That was the first model year of that bike, it replaced the SL-175 of 1972 which my dad bought brand new and I still have to this day. I put Powroll 200cc kits in both of them. I ended up stripping the lights off the XL, ported, polished...

Did a great job, looks new

great job

Given the amount of time it takes to make an old 350 look as good as that one looked it's sad to see it get all chopped up. I would have sold that and bought one that was trashed..what a shame.

I've switched from rattle cans to Urethane basecoat/clearcoat available at your local auto paint shop. It's incredibly easy to paint with it and the gun you have will work fine. Lacquer thinner cleans it up. Make sure you do it with a lot of ventilation, respirator, goggles and long sleeve shirt.

@legendary rider: I've considered fabricating a tensioner from delrin or other suitable plastic with a metal backer attached with screws or rivets like what you're thinking. However, I think that the different expansion coefficients of the materials might create some issues with stress on...