#XL250S

[captain-buchi]

レストア始めてから丸2年のこの子。

今年の夏こそはガッツリ乗りたいなって思っても、生憎の雨だし、明日からはキャンプだし。

台風はギリ避けれた感じ？

[pjaeknubare]

- lille kubik & go teknik -

honda hygge

[peteryanphotography]

1972 Honda xl250

[bikebound]

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[cruisenippon]

HONDA XL250の販売車の紹介です。

エンジンも調子も良くオリジナルコンディションです。

ビンテージオフロードを探している方オススメです。

[bigbadbruno]

...looks like an XL250 tank and an XL600/650 engine!

[zenmindenterprise]

BarPicnicオーナーさん、愛車メンテナンスを承りました。1978年式、6VのXL250S。43年前の車両。ゲキシブ。普通に使ってるようですが、やれ具合がビンテージ感満載。これはやりがいがありそう。 #barpicnic #xl250s #カスタムバイク ⠀ #カスタムショップ ⠀ #カスタムバイクショップ⠀ #カスタムバイク製作⠀ #カスタムバイク好き⠀ #バイクのある風景 ⠀ #バイク屋⠀ #バイクショップ ⠀ #横浜市⠀ #保土ヶ谷区⠀ #zenmindenterprise⠀ #ゼンマインドエンタープライズ (Tokiwadai) https://www.instagram.com/p/COzaSm1Mui8/?igshid=yf005j9icspf

[klassikkustoms]

#Honda #xl250 #scrambler #tracker #flattracker #bratstyle #japstyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqHPtlKLD8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[onedownfourupmotorcycles]

/// Riding Brown Mountain. #onedownfourup #dirtbike #vintagemotorcycle #honda #customjersey #xl250 (at Brown Mountain OHV) https://www.instagram.com/onedownfourup/p/CXOTXq_rCal/?utm_medium=tumblr

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

I need to have a talk with Stephanie Meyer

So I'm reading the Twilight Official Illustrated Guide and I got to the Cullen Cars section.

There are some revelations about Rosalie's car choices that I'll get to in a different post (my head is exploding with the info here I can't contain myself)

BUT FIRST!

We need to talk about Bella's motorcycle.

According Bella's character profile in Twilight: The Official Illustrated Guide, Bella's Honda is a "1960's Honda motorcycle.

According to the profile on the bike itself in the "Cullen Cars" section, it's a Honda XL250.

Now, I don't know about you guys, but I've done some research on the Honda XL250 - just a cursory google search really - and I found out two things

That the Honda XL250 is NOT a 1960's motorcycle - it was only introduced in 1972.

that NONE of the bikes the search results turned up looked like the bike pictured on Meyer's website or illustrated in the Guide.

Alright, so 1972 - that's pretty close to the 60', Meyer has made similar time-line related mistakes. ~shrug~ whatever. Point 2 however is a bit more of an issue.

This is the bike as pictured in the guide...

... which is basically the same as the bike pictured on Meyer's website since New Moon came out, except the gas tank in the illustration is painted red instead of white.

What I realized after about an hour or so of image searching is that this UNEQUIVOCALLY is NOT a Honda XL250, but a Honda CL70 Scrambler, which WAS introduced in 1969.

How did I figure that one out? Well, from my cursory google image search.

See, this is what a Honda XL250 looks like.

Now i know to a lot of people, this probably doesn't look that different from the bikes pictured above, but it is - I promise - and the reason I figured this out was, I noticed one pretty glaring difference.

The exhaust pipe isn't even on the same side. The example of the XL250 (pictured left) is a 1972 model, the oldest available. it's exhaust pipe is on the LEFT side of the bike and also looks totally different from that on the CL70 (above, right).

This ^ is the exhaust on the XL250.

While we're here, we might as well have a little go on about Alice's Porsche as depicted in the Guide as well because that's ALSO wrong, though this time it's on the Illustrator and not Stephanie, I think.

One of the most irritating things to me about all of the Cullen Car information is that Meyer NEVER INCLUDES MODEL YEARS, and that's annoying, because car makers tweak things from year to year and some of the tweaks can be pretty major, from styling to performance.

This is the Porsche as pictured in the guide and, I think I'm safe in saying, the exact picture used as reference?

This is the Porsche pictured on Meyer's Website since New Moon came out.

Now I don't think you have to be particularly eagle-eyed to notice the difference between the side-scoop air intakes (just above the rear wheel arch) and THOSE HEADLIGHTS between these cars?

Alice's Porsche was bought new by Edward in 2006 and so should look exactly like the 2006 model pictured on Meyer's website, NOT the 2003(-05?) model pictured in the Guide.

[moment-japan]

HONDA XL250

[oldmini106]

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[redcloudscollective]

We scored a new project bike! A little tinkering and she started right up. Best $90 motorcycle purchase. #xl250 #vintageflattrack #everydayfriend #oneshot #handpaintedtank #honda #thumper

[peaksmopeds]

#業務連絡 @hikonelotus #ぺスパ は動かした。 #XL250 は もうちょい待って！ #工具市場滋賀 #工具市場愛知川店 #工具市場カスタムヤード (工具市場 愛知川店) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN61Zbuss_V/?igshid=1unn3pnf17pfm

[motoary]

Classic line up of the Honda XL600 and XL250. These bikes broke into the motorcycle scene with radial valve heads and synchronized carburetors. #motoary #greensboro #nc #ncbikelife #ncbike #winstonsalem #ncbikers #northcarolina #carolinabikelife #classicbike #ahrma #ama #bikesofinstagram #motograph #dirtbike #dirtbikeracing #braap #enduro #xl600 #xl250 #followus #love #ridetolive #getoutdoors (at Greensboro, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJAard8nVPG/?igshid=17891z80txsve