Honda XL175

The Honda XL175 was a motorcycle produced by Honda that first entered the market in 1973 as a lightweight dual-sport motorcycle and stayed in production through 1978. It had a 173 cc single-cylinder OHC four-stroke engine mated to a five-speed transmission, started by kickstarter only with no electric starter. The gauges included a speedometer and a tachometer until 1976, when the tachometer was deleted for that year and later, and braking was by cable-operated drums front and rear. The bike measured 2,075 by 840 by 1,095 mm. The 1973 XL175 was available in only one colour, Mars Orange with silver, with an orange tank and side covers, black stripes and silver-painted plastic mudguards, and the exhaust was downswept on the K0, K1 and K2 models; the 1974 bike came in the same colours.