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[QUOTE="Higgsy, post: 1230257, member: 60104"] I use to own a 79 PE 175 and my brother had a 81 175. The 81 had the full floater suspension which was better than my 79 with the dual shocks. His engine seemed to pull better also. They are not a powerful bike but we had a lot of fun with them. They were pretty reliable bikes. I used mine to get back and forth to work in the summers. I did manage to hit 90 MPH with it pinned out on the road 1 time. I am not sure how accurate the speedo's were back then but the front tire was hovering off the road every time I hit a small bump in the road at that speed. You should remove the air box lid to make it run better. The only major problems was the counter shaft snapped in half and it wrecked the left side of the engine casing. My cousin was shifting it while he was wheeling it when that happened. And I did have the clutch basket grenade. The back plate come off and the rubber dampers went everywhere and were chewed up by the gears. That was a long walk home that day. LOL. The clutch let loose because I was riding over a wet log and I fell off and the bike got stuck in the mud with the throttle buried in the ground running wide open I didn't get it shut fast enough. We bought another bike and used the the other for a parts bike. If I have any parts still hanging around in my dad's barn I'll let you know. For a $100 you can't lose it might cost you another $100 to get it running but it will be worth it IMO. Don't run it too hard because of it's age. I wish I still had my 79, it would be a great trail bike for my wife. [/QUOTE]
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