XR150L

[Arsey]

Why aren’t these on sale in UK ?

Only $3300 in USA.

Looks perfect for Micky and the like who want a light machine but may be a tad tall for a CT125 etc.

 

[Mr Bean]

Emission regs?

Looks like it's using a carb.

 

[mikeyboy]

Best guess would be licensing laws,
The similar XR 125 was available

 

[steve hughes]

Emission regs?

Looks like it's using a carb.

Good spot, but a great small machine to take on a modest tour. Everyone can have a go a fixing a carb’d bike.

 

[cookie]

Emission regs?

Looks like it's using a carb.

Same reason we don't get the DR650 & KLR650.
If I understand it correctly, the US has a weird law that an old polluting bike can stay on sale as long as it doesn't get substantially updated. So bodywork etc. can get changed but not the engine. Weird.

 

[Dirty Ming]

We ran a load of CRF230's in Spain and you couldn't break them. Air cooled, carb'd, not fast, but unburstable. They're sought after now for the LDT community (long distance trials, not a new minority group ).

Can't get them new, but still made in Brazil I think

 

[fs996]

We rode round Vietnam on a few of these, luggage’s up. Couldn’t fault them.

 

[Northern jock]

I'd take one for the TET, light and simple.

 

[Clifton]

From just looking at an XR150 the other day you're just as well off without getting them. The whole thing looked cheap, I believe they're manufactured in China. I'd much rather have a Grom for not much more $.

Same reason we don't get the DR650 & KLR650.
If I understand it correctly, the US has a weird law that an old polluting bike can stay on sale as long as it doesn't get substantially updated. So bodywork etc. can get changed but not the engine. Weird.

I've heard this mentioned quite a lot and quite frankly couldn't believe our EPA would allow such an exemption, so I called the EPA. The person whom it was suggested I talk with was not available but they gave me her Email so I contacted her that way. I asked that specific question using Honda's dinosaur XR650L as an example.
She said "no there are no "grandfather or any other exemptions, every motorcycle must meet the current standard, and as far as the Honda XR650L you referenced it does pass, barely but it does meet them."
I doubt our standards are as restrictive as Euro 4 much less 5 but Biden is working on having our EPA come up with new and *very* tight emission requirements, so restrictive that they couldn't be achieved therefore end ICE and force battery vehicles.

 

[fs996]

From just looking at an XR150 the other day you're just as well off without getting them. The whole thing looked cheap, I believe they're manufactured in China. I'd much rather have a Grom for not much more $.

Maybe the case, but from experience giving them a VERY hard time on multiple Nam trips, they refused to break. Meanwhile, Chinese bikes on the same trip failed repeatedly. One needed the subframe welding and reinforcing 3 times in the space of a week.

 

[Clifton]

The idea of marketing a smaller, inexpensive bike, is good but why in the world that primitive bike to America when they have the CRF150L which has full size 21'/18" tyres, more suspension, fuel injection, more power, etc., for not much more money?